340 GHz Integrated Receiver in 250 nm InP DHBT Technology
Journal article, 2012
A 340 GHz integrated receiver based on a 250 nm InP DHBT technology is presented in this paper. It consists of a 2X2 differential patch array antenna, a sub-harmonically pumped Gilbert mixer and an IF buffer amplifier. Performance of the integrated receiver is evaluated by setting up a RF link in the frequency band of 302-338 GHz. At 338 GHz RF and 170 GHz LO, the peak conversion gain of 11.8 and 14.0 dB is achieved with and without antenna, respectively. A double-sideband noise figure of 17 dB at room temperature is obtained from direct noise figure measurement.
sub-millimeter wave
receiver
differential patch antenna
terahertz monolithic integrated circuits (TMICs)
340 GHz
down-converter
Gilbert cell mixer
terahertz (THz)
sub-harmonic mixer
differential amplifier
InP double-heterojunction transistor (DHBT)
Author
Yu Yan
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Yogesh Karandikar
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Sten Gunnarsson
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Miguel Urteaga
Teledyne Technologies
Richard Pierson
Teledyne Technologies
Herbert Zirath
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
2156-342X (ISSN) 21563446 (eISSN)
Vol. 2 3 306-314 6192344Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2189912