A 239-281 GHz CMOS Receiver With On-Chip Circular-Polarized Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna for Sub-Terahertz Imaging

被引:55
作者
Shang, Yang [1 ]
Yu, Hao [1 ]
Fu, Haipeng [1 ]
Lim, Wei Meng [1 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore
关键词
CMOS; 65; nm; high detection resolution; substrate integrated waveguide; sub-THz imager; SPECTROSCOPY; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1109/TTHZ.2014.2352040
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 239-281 GHz sub-THz imager with circular-polarized substrate-integrated-waveguide (SIW) antenna is demonstrated in CMOS 65 nm process with high spectrum resolution and high sensitivity for sub-THz spectroscopy imaging system with consideration of depolarization effects. The sub-THz imager is a receiver that consists of a circular polarized substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) antenna, down-conversion mixer and power gain amplifier (PGA). The proposed receiver is measured with -2 dBi conversion gain over 42 GHz bandwidth, -54.4 dBm sensitivity at 100 MHz detection resolution bandwidth, 6.6 mW power consumption and 0.99 mm(2) chip area. Moreover, frequency dependent sub-THz images are demonstrated by the proposed receiver.
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页码:686 / 695
页数:10
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