Optimum coupling of a Gaussian beam to a corner reflector with a four-wavelength antenna

The coupling of a Gaussian radiation beam to a corner reflector with a four-wavelength long wire antenna was studied theoretically and experimentally. The antenna configuration in conjunction with a Schottky barrier diode is recently used widely as a fast submillimeter wave detector. The optimum angle focusing the radiation to the antenna has been obtained and is 11° (half-width at the 8.7dB points).     

New method for calculating pulse radiation from an antenna with areflector

A simple method for calculating the pulse radiation of an antenna with a reflector is proposed both in the near and far zones. The method is based on substitution of the radiation field from a parabolic mirror by the radiation field from an exciting V-antenna reflected from the mirror. An experimental investigation of the system radiation field and a comparison with the theoretical results have been performed     

Absolute measurement at 1 THz of the optical coupling of a F.I.R. conical antenna with a Josephson detector

We present the first absolute measurement of the optical coupling of a FIR antenna with a Josephson detector. We have studied a wide band FIR coupling system made of a conical antenna (discone) and a focussing paraboloid mirror. The calculated efficiency is (6.8±0.3)10^?2 for the optimum choice of parameters at 1 THz. The best measurements using a HCN laser at 891 GHz are in agreement while the average achieved coupling is (2.3±0.4)10^?2 reflecting the experimental difficulties.     

A Readout Channel Optimized for Minimum NEP of a FET-Based THz Pixel

This paper presents a high-gain, noise-efficient readout interface for a FET-based direct THz detector fabricated in 0.15 μm standard CMOS technology. The pixel, conceived to be used in array configuration for an imaging application, consists of an on-chip antenna, a FET device for THz signal detection and a chopper-stabilized readout interface performing in-pixel filtering and amplification. The switched-capacitor multistage design achieves a closed-loop gain of 70 dB and a system bandwidth of 1 kHz, thereby improving the SNR and limiting the total integrated input referred noise of the channel to less than the minimum detectable signal limit defined by the FET detector. The measurement results show that the pixel is able to achieve a maximum voltage responsivity of 470 kV/W and a minimum NEP value of 480 pW/√Hz at the antenna frequency of 370 GHz. The pixel consumes 200 μW power, and it occupies an area of 0.375mm².     

基于柱坐标系抛物方程的太赫兹目标RCS计算

针对太赫兹(THz)波段目标雷达散射截面(RCS)的计算问题,提出柱坐标系抛物方程模型的计算方法。基于柱坐标系中的电场通解式,利用三角函数的正交性分解各模式的激励系数,将抛物方程方法拓展到柱坐标系,得到柱坐标系中抛物方程的分步傅里叶求解形式。在此基础上,将目标等效为一系列的面元或线元,然后通过边界条件和场的迭代递推方法求解抛物方程,进而获得这一系列面元在传播方向某一截面上的散射场。数值算例表明,该方法能用于电大尺寸目标的RCS计算,相比于传统的抛物方程方法,克服了散射角度的限制,计算误差更小。     

（英）一种基于透镜天线的宽带太赫兹准光检波器

设计了一种能够工作在140~325 GHz频带的宽带准光检波器,由一颗高阻硅透镜和单片集成检波芯片组成.设计并加工出双缝天线,在天线馈电端集成了肖特基二极管,该紧凑结构使其能够接收空间中的太赫兹辐射并转换为基带信号.为增强片上天线的方向性,利用MLFMM算法进行了扩展半球硅透镜的设计和优化,实现了良好的辐射特性.通过测试,天线在220 GHz和324 GHz处的辐射增益分别为26 dB和28 dB.在140~325 GHz,检波器测试得到的响应率可达到1 000~4 000 V/W,对应的等效噪声功率(NEP)估算为0.68~273 pW/Hz.     

偏振可调的太赫兹光电导天线设计北大核心

提出了一种偏振可调的太赫兹光电导天线,其结构由四个弧形金属电极、低温砷化镓衬底和氮化硅抗反射涂层构成。通过对光电导天线的工作原理分析,可以发现弧形金属电极结构决定天线的辐射偏振,且衬底的载流子迁移率、载流子寿命和衬底材料对激光的吸收直接影响天线的辐射特性。利用COMSOL软件对该光电导天线进行建模仿真,其结果表明该光电导天线可以在45°方向倍增地辐射线偏振太赫兹波,且辐射强度相较于常规光电导天线提高了30%,辐射带宽高达10 THz。所设计太赫兹光电导天线具有偏振可调、结构简单和易于加工等特点,在太赫兹光谱检测领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

基于铟镓砷材料的新型太赫兹/亚毫米波探测器研究

对一种基于生长在半绝缘InP衬底上InGaAs外延材料的新型太赫兹室温探测器进行研究。首先在HFSS理论计算的基础上对器件天线阻抗、驻波比、辐射方向图等特性参数进行分析。其次,通过光刻、腐蚀、溅射、点焊等工艺制作出对称金属电极天线耦合的太赫兹探测器件。结合自己搭建的0.037 5 THz器件响应测试系统,得到铟镓砷太赫兹探测器件在不同偏置电流和不同调制频率下的器件响应曲线。结果表明器件具有明显的光电信号和快的响应速度。通过利用高莱探测器进行标定,得到器件在0.037 5 THz时的电压灵敏度优于6 V/W,器件噪声等效功率NEP优于1.610-9 W/Hz1/2,器件响应时间优于300 s。     

倒装焊结构对太赫兹对数周期天线的影响

设计了一种倒装焊结构,用于340GHz的肖特基二极管探测器。探测单元是基于砷化镓（GaAs）工艺设计的。薄膜陶瓷支撑层旨在为太赫兹检测单元提供封装。通常,导电胶用作天线和输出电路之间的附接。分别对倒装焊结构和无倒装焊结构（类引线键合结构）模型对太赫兹接收天线性能的影响进行研究。为了比较的目的,使用相同的测试系统表征FC结构模型和无FC结构模型（引线键合结构）。通过引线键合与倒装焊测试增益的结果比较,表明倒装焊结构可以作为大规模太赫兹检测阵列封装的低成本解决方案。     

基于场效应晶体管的太赫兹探测器中天线设计的一种有效方法

在场效应晶体管太赫兹探测器中,合理的天线设计可以增强晶体管和太赫兹波之间的耦合效率,从而提高太赫兹探测器的响应度.提出一种基于晶体管栅极边缘沟道电场的仿真来设计平面天线的方法.这种方法尤其适用于太赫兹波段晶体管输入阻抗不容易得到的情况.通过流片完成的基于氮化镓高电子迁移率晶体管的太赫兹探测器的响应度测试证实了这种方法的有效性.集成碟形天线和双偶极子天线的太赫兹探测器最大响应度分别在170.7 GHz(1568.4 V/W)和124.3 GHz(1047.2 V/W)频点处测得,这个测试结果接近基于晶体管栅极边缘沟道电场的仿真结果.     

Controlling the radiation pattern of a spherical mirror antenna

Creation possibility of spherical mirror antenna’s irradiating system based on a few-element array of cylindrical spiral radiators to increase the radiation directivity and to control the radiation pattern’s form in a wide frequency band is shown.     

基于SIW 的多波束CTS 阵列天线设计

文中设计了一款基于基片集成波导(SIW)的毫米波高增益多波束连续横向枝节(CTS)阵列天线,它 通过切换馈电端口实现多波束功能。该天线整体结构简单,采用印刷电路板工艺实现。天线主要包含馈电喇叭、平 面波转换结构以及辐射结构三个部分,由三层基板构成。馈源为基于SIW 的馈电喇叭,并在口径处添加匹配结构以 提高其辐射性能;平面波转换结构由SIW 抛物面和渐变耦合槽组成,可将馈电喇叭辐射出的柱面波转换为幅度服从 泰勒分布的平面波进而为CTS 阵列馈电,因此天线具有低副瓣的特性;辐射结构为1×8 的CTS 阵列,通过优化缝隙 宽度以保证每个单元辐射出相等的能量。天线工作在30 GHz,通过切换馈电端口可在±20°范围内实现波束切换,天 线测试结果与仿真结果吻合,验证了设计的合理性。     

A two-element horn-reflector antenna for cosmic microwavebackground astronomy

We present the design of a novel two-element horn-reflector antenna, which has been used on an interferometer built for studying the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background at an angular scale of ≈2° and a frequency of 33 GHz. The design consists of a pair of closely packed parabolic mirrors fed by two rectangular corrugated horns, each at an offset angle of 75° to the axis of its mirror. The offset angle and the horn-reflector dimensions were chosen so that the antenna has elliptical primary beams producing a synthesized beam with circular lobes. We have designed and tested the radiation pattern of the individual antennas and the performance of the interferometer using bright radio sources. Our measurements revealed that the individual antennas have low sidelobes and that the crosstalk between the two elements of the interferometer is less than -80 dB. We therefore conclude that this design is suitable for the required astronomical application     

Matching Condition of Direct THz-Signal Detection from On-Chip Resonating Antennas with CMOS Transistors in Non-resonant Plasma Wave Mode

This paper presents matching condition for detector at THz frequencies, which directly read signals from an integrated antenna. We use direct THz-signal detections with CMOS transistors in non-resonant plasma wave mode, which are embedded in on-chip resonating antennas. The detector detects THz envelope signals directly from the side edges of the on-chip patch antennas. The signal detection mechanism is studied in the view of the impedance conditions of the antenna and the detector. The detectors are implemented with stacked transistors structures to achieve high responsivity. The measured responsivities of the detectors with antenna impedances that were simulated to be 599.7, 912.3, 1565, and 3190.6 Ω agree well with the calculated values. Moreover, the responsivity dependence on the detector impedance is shown with two different input impedances of the detectors. Since CMOS circuit models from foundry are not accurate at frequencies higher than f _t , the matching guideline between the antenna and the detector is very useful in designing high responsivity detectors. This study found that a detector has to have a large input impedance conjugately matched to the antenna’s impedance to have high responsivity.     

NOVEL TERAHERTZ PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ANTENNAS

The photoconductive (PC) antenna is a key device for the recent terahertz (THz) photonics based on laser-pumped generation and detection of THz radiation. In this paper we report on two new types of PC antennas: the Schottky PC antenna and the multi-contacts PC antenna. The former one is able to detect THz radiation intensity without the time-delay scan and useful for applications where spectroscopic information is not important, such as the THz intensity imaging. The latter one is useful for the polarization sensitive THz spectroscopy, such as the THz ellipsometry. The characteristic features of these new types of PC antennas are studied by using a THz time-domain spectroscopy system.     

一种新型介质加载的矩形喇叭天线

传统的卫星地面通信系统多采用抛物面天线,但抛物面天线却存在体积大、灵活性差等缺点,而喇叭天线则可以较明显地克服上述不足,但其增益较小、损耗较大。文中设计了一种新型介质加载的矩形喇叭天线,该天线有两层结构:上层为辐射结构,下层为微带-槽耦合馈电结构。辐射结构是中心为矩形喇叭孔的长方体铜板。这种结构的喇叭天线体积适中、活动方便,而且天线增益、反射系数和半功率波瓣宽度相比于传统形式的喇叭天线都有明显改善。     

机械调整式极化跟踪器

在低剖面动中通天线系统中,辐射器多为平板阵列或柱形抛物面的形式,由于天线高度限制,无法通过旋转天线面板的方式进行极化跟踪,需要独立的极化跟踪调整机构,针对此提出了一种新型机械调整式极化跟踪器,具有结构紧凑和可靠性高的特点。通过电机驱动波导关节及OMT实现上行极化调整。基于极化波合成的工作原理,提出了系统设计方案,并描述了核心器件的设计方法。给出仿真与实测结果,且二者吻合较好。     

CMOS-Compatible Room-Temperature Rectifier Toward Terahertz Radiation Detection

In this paper, we present a new rectifying device, compatible with the technology of CMOS image sensors, suitable for implementing a direct-conversion detector operating at room temperature for operation at up to terahertz frequencies. The rectifying device can be obtained by introducing some simple modifications of the charge-storage well in conventional CMOS integrated circuits, making the proposed solution easy to integrate with the existing imaging systems. The rectifying device is combined with the different elements of the detector, composed of a 3D high-performance antenna and a charge-storage well. In particular, its position just below the edge of the 3D antenna takes maximum advantage of the high electric field concentrated by the antenna itself. In addition, the proposed structure ensures the integrity of the charge-storage well of the detector. In the structure, it is not necessary to use very scaled and costly technological nodes, since the CMOS transistor only provides the necessary integrated readout electronics. On-wafer measurements of RF characteristics of the designed junction are reported and discussed. The overall performances of the entire detector in terms of noise equivalent power (NEP) are evaluated by combining low-frequency measurements of the rectifier with numerical simulations of the 3D antenna and the semiconductor structure at 1 THz, allowing prediction of the achievable NEP.     

Four-Element Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Wideband Monopole-Like Radiation

A new four-element cylindrical dielectric resonator (CDR) array is proposed as a wideband low profile monopole-like antenna. Unlike previous investigations, the present antenna is easy to design and excite as it employs the dominant$ HEM_11delta$mode in each CDR. Ansoft's HFSS based design data and experimental results are presented. As much as 29% matching bandwidth$( S_11≪-10 dB)$with monopole-like radiation pattern over the entire band has been achieved with 4 dBi peak gain from a prototype occupying a very compact space measuring$0.6lambda_0$by 0.1$lambda_0$approximately.     

Research on dual-polarized circular waveguide antenna fed by L-shaped probes

This paper researched a kind of dual-polarized and cylindrical waveguide antenna fed by two L-shaped probes at the antenna bottom. The designed antenna was composed of two orthogonal L-shaped coaxial probes and a cylindrical waveguide cavity. The two orthogonal field structures were excited and the dual-polarized radiation mode was formed. The feeding cables of two polarization ports went through the bottom of the cylindrical cavity and were connected with the microwave adaptors. The bottom feeding structure was suitable to constitute a planar antenna array. The electromagnetic simulation and optimization design of the proposed antenna were carried out by using the full wave electromagnetic simulation technique, and the simulation results showed that the isolation between two polarization ports were more than 20 dB within the frequency range of 4.8–5.4 GHz. At the center frequency, the cross-polarization levels of radiation pattern were lower than −21 dB at the boresights and the beam width of radiation patterns at E-plane and H-plane were more than 70° for two polarization ports. The designed antenna in this paper was fabricated and measured. The measurement results indicated that the designed antenna achieved anticipated radiation performances and design effectiveness of the dual-polarized antenna in this paper was proved. The dual-polarized and cylindrical waveguide antenna is suitable for some application fields such as dual-polarized array radar. The research results in this paper can provide a technical basis for the practical engineering application.