Review Article
Printable Materials for the Realization of High Performance RF Components: Challenges and Opportunities
Table 2
Comparison of RF parameters for printed dielectrics [
46].
| Material | Print method | Characterization frequency range | tanδ | ε |
| COP w/ 30% TiO2 [18] | FDM (then 1100°C) | 17 GHz | 0.0014 | 4.56 | PC-ABS | FDM | 1 MHz–1 GHz | 0.0076–0.0055 | 2.74–2.77 | Polycarbonate | FDM | 1 MHz–11 GHz | 0.0076–0.0066 | 2.74–2.59 | ABS-M30 | FDM | 1 MHz–11 GHz | 0.0069–0.0098 | 2.63–2.60 | Ultem 9085™ [18] | FDM | N/A | 0.0040 | 3.00 | DMX-SL 100 | SLA | 8.2 GHz–11 GHz | 0.0115–0.0130 | 2.97–3.09 | Prototherm 12120, thermal-cured | SLA | 1 MHz–11 GHz | 0.0171–0.0170 | 3.45–2.71 | NanoForm | SLA | 1 MHz–11 GHz | 0.0131–0.0286. | 3.75–2.88 | Prototherm 12120, UV-cured | SLA | 1 MHz–11 GHz | 0.0148–0.0368 | 3.68–2.93 |
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