Additively manufactured electronics (AME) is an emerging technology that offers an enormous potential to revolutionize the way of designing and manufacturing electronic structures. Due to the possibility to process conductive and non-conductive material in parallel within the same 3D printing system, the boundaries between mechanical and electrical engineering are more and more breaking up. This leads also to a new need for designing and simulation software. The former distinction between 3D mechanical CAD tools (mCAD) and layer-based electronic CAD tools (eCAD) is no longer valid. To use the full potential of AME technology, a software tool should be able to combine the abilities of both worlds. Electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical simulations and optimizations need to be performed on the same part now. This presentation will focus on the current design abilities Solidworks and CST already offer to realize truly three-dimensional electronic structures.

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Speakers

Rolf Baltes

RF Design Engineer, J.A.M.E.S GmbH

Dr. Rolf Baltes graduated in 2013 from the University of Saarbrücken in the fields of Mechatronics. He finished his PhD in electrical engineering with a focus on computational electromagnetics in 2018 at the institute for electromagnetic theory at Saarland university. In 2019 he joined HENSOLDT, a Germany-based technology leader for defense electronics, as an RF design engineer. His focus was on designing new futuristic applications for the emerging field of additively manufactured electronics (AME). In 2021, HENSOLDT and Nano Dimension, a leading manufacturer of AME printers, founded the Joint Venture J.A.M.E.S which aims at advancing AME technology and increasing its accessibility for the whole market. Rolf Baltes was part of the J.A.M.E.S team from the beginning and focuses on designing and realizing new applications of the AME technology.