A 250 GHZ PLANAR LOW-NOISE SCHOTTKY RECEIVER

被引:2
作者
ALIAHMAD, WY [1 ]
BISHOP, WL [1 ]
CROWE, TW [1 ]
REBEIZ, GM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT ELECT ENGN,SEMICOND DEVICE LAB,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22901
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES | 1993年 / 14卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1007/BF02084284
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A planar quasi-optical Schottky receiver based on the quasi-integrated horn antenna has been developed and tested over the 230-280 GHz bandwidth. The receiver consists of a planar GaAs Schottky diode placed at the feed of a dipole-probe suspended on a thin dielectric membrane in an etched-pyramidal horn cavity. The diode has a 1.2 mum anode diameter and a low parasitic capacitance due to the use of an etched surface channel. The antenna-mixer results in a measured DSB conversion loss and noise temperature at 258 GHz of 7.2dB +/- 0.5dB and 1310K +/- 70K, respectively, at room temperature. The design is compatible with SIS mixers, and the low cost of fabrication and simplicity makes it ideal for submillimeter-wave imaging arrays requiring a 10-20% bandwidth.
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页数:12
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