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How to Design and 3D Print a Radar Target Using Low-Loss Gradient Dielectrics

3D-printed microwave lenses are a commercially viable option for RF devices deployed in the field. When a mission-specific radar target signature is required quickly, a Luneburg-style lens can be configured as a wideband retroreflector to tailor the signal received by threat radars.

You'll learn how engineers at CTI, an HII company, used Ansys HFSS and Fortify's 3D printing technology combined with Rogers Corporation's new Radix low-loss printable dielectric to design and print efficient gradient-index lenses for a drone-mounted radar target application. These presenters will illustrate the workflow from design concept to printed results and correlate simulation results with test data.

What Attendees Will Learn

Join us on 5th April, 11 a.m. ET to design and simulate 3D print Luneburg-style lenses for drone-mounted radar targets.

  • How CTI is leveraging groundbreaking simulation and manufacturing technology to innovate in the Defense and Intelligence Sectors
  • How CTI designs quick-turn mission-specific RF devices with spatially varying properties using Ansys HFSS
  • See the complete design and manufacturing workflow from RF device concept to 3D printed part
  • Specifics about Fortify's unique 3D printing technology and geometry solutions used for creating artificial dielectric media
  • Learn the benefits of utilizing 3D-printed GRIN (Gradient Refractive Index) components for RF devices

Speakers

nick hann speaker

Nicholas Hahn

Nick is a multidisciplinary engineer with over 20 years of experience developing innovative solutions to complex national security problems. Nick has designed, analyzed, integrated, and tested mission-specific mechanical, electromechanical, and RF systems - as large as a nuclear submarine and as small as a key fob. At Commonwealth Technology Innovation, LLC, since 2005, he was the Chief Engineer for a deployable sensor program until recently. He's focused on developing CTI's technology roadmap to leverage the resources available from their acquisition by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) last year.

philip lambert speaker

Philip Lambert

A mechanical engineer with nearly ten years of professional 3D printing experience, Phil helps his customers adopt 3D printing as a true manufacturing resource. Phil spent his graduate program in the DREAMS Lab at Virginia Tech working on developing novel projection stereolithography systems and has since gained broad experience in both design and manufacturing of 3D-printed goods across a variety of industries. He is passionate about his contributions towards realizing the goal of market-ready, 3D-printed products.

jeff tharp

Jeff Tharp

Jeff Tharp has been with Ansys for over 12 years and is a Principal Application Engineer for RF and Digital Applications utilizing the Ansys Electronics Tool Suite.

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