Design and Characterisation of a 3.5-THz Fundamental Schottky Mixer
Paper in proceeding, 2022
Mixers operating at ambient temperatures are essential for realisation of THz heterodyne receivers for long lifetime space missions. In this paper, we report the design, circuit and block fabrication, assembly and characterisation of a 3.5-THz fundamental Schottky diode mixer. Design of planar, integrated mixer circuit realised using a suspended stripline technology on a 2-µm GaAs substrate and video signal detection results are presented.
Fundamental mixers
Heterodyne receivers
Schottky diodes
Terahertz electronics
Author
Divya Jayasankar
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Nick Rothbart
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Heiko Richter
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Vladimir Drakinskiy
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Peter Sobis
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Jan Stake
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Terahertz and Millimetre Wave Laboratory
32nd International Symposium of Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2022
32nd IEEE International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology
Baeza, Spain,
Baeza, Spain,
THz Schottky diode mixers for high resolution FIR spectroscopy
Swedish National Space Board (170/17), 2018-01-01 -- 2019-12-31.
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Infrastructure
Kollberg Laboratory
Nanofabrication Laboratory
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering