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Versatility of Laser Enhanced Direct Print Additive Manufacturing
Omer F. Firat
Roger Tipton
Venkat Bhethanabotla
Jing Wang
Thomas Weller
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2021.37.32  Published Online :  October 2021
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This paper provides examples of the use of direct print additive manufacturing to fabricate RF/microwave and optical components. Direct print additive manufacturing is the combination of extrusion and micro-dispensing on a single tool. The design, 3D printing process and material selections for finite ground coplanar waveguide (FG-CPW) planar transmission lines, the integration of DC contact RF MEMS switches within the FG-CPWs, and optical interconnects are detailed. Picosecondpulsed laser machining is performed to enhance the finish quality of the devices and achieve minimum feature size down to 6 μm specifically for the RF switch.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
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Omer F. Firat, Roger Tipton, Venkat Bhethanabotla, Jing Wang, Thomas Weller, "Versatility of Laser Enhanced Direct Print Additive Manufacturing"  in Proc. IS&T Printing for Fabrication: Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP37),  2021,  pp 32 - 36,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2021.37.32

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Versatility of Laser Enhanced Direct Print Additive Manufacturing
FiratOmer F.
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
TiptonRoger
Department of Chemical Biological and Materials Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
BhethanabotlaVenkat
WangJing
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
WellerThomas
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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This paper provides examples of the use of direct print additive manufacturing to fabricate RF/microwave and optical components. Direct print additive manufacturing is the combination of extrusion and micro-dispensing on a single tool. The design, 3D printing process and material selections for finite ground coplanar waveguide (FG-CPW) planar transmission lines, the integration of DC contact RF MEMS switches within the FG-CPWs, and optical interconnects are detailed. Picosecondpulsed laser machining is performed to enhance the finish quality of the devices and achieve minimum feature size down to 6 μm specifically for the RF switch.