Terahertz imaging and sensing applications with silicon-based technologies

P Hillger, J Grzyb, R Jain… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional terahertz (THz) equipment faces major obstacles in providing the system cost
and compactness necessary for widespread deployment of THz applications. Because of …

Design and Characterization of -Band SiGe RFICs for Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging

JW May, GM Rebeiz - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design and measurement of a wideband (W-band) passive
radiometer chip developed in a standard 0.12-¿ m SiGe BiCMOS technology (IBM8HP, ft/f …

Wideband, low-profile patch array antenna with corporate stacked microstrip and substrate integrated waveguide feeding structure

J Xu, W Hong, ZH Jiang, H Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this communication, a corporate stacked microstrip and substrate integrated waveguide
(SIW) feeding structure is reported to be used to broaden the impedance bandwidth of a 4× …

A passive W-band imaging receiver in 65-nm bulk CMOS

A Tomkins, P Garcia… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A passive imaging receiver operating in the W-band around 90 GHz has been realized in a
digital 65-nm CMOS process. The circuit, occupying only 0.41 mm 2, integrates an SPDT …

Breaking the efficiency barrier for ambient microwave power harvesting with heterojunction backward tunnel diodes

CHP Lorenz, S Hemour, W Li, Y Xie… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Harvesting low-density ambient microwave power as an alternative power source for small
ubiquitous wireless nodes has been proposed in recent papers discussing emerging …

A 0.32 THz SiGe 4x4 imaging array using high-efficiency on-chip antennas

M Uzunkol, OD Gurbuz, F Golcuk… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 0.32 THz 4x4 imaging array based on an advanced SiGe technology.
Each pixel is composed of a high efficiency on-chip antenna meeting all metal-density rules …

Design and analysis of a W-band SiGe direct-detection-based passive imaging receiver

L Gilreath, V Jain, P Heydari - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A W-band direct-detection-based receiver front-end for millimeter-wave passive imaging in a
0.18-μm BiCMOS process is presented. The proposed system is comprised of a direct …

A BiCMOS W-band 2× 2 focal-plane array with on-chip antenna

Z Chen, CC Wang, HC Yao… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a W-band 2× 2 focal-plane array (FPA) for passive millimeter-wave
imaging in a standard 0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS process (f T/f max= 200/180 GHz). The FPA …

Microwave imaging using noise signals

S Vakalis, JA Nanzer - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new method of active incoherent microwave imaging is presented that uses noise signals
and spatial frequency sampling. Building on interferometric spatial frequency sampling …

-Band Total Power Radiometer Performance Optimization in an SiGe HBT Technology

E Dacquay, A Tomkins, KHK Yau… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A D-band SiGe HBT total power radiometer is reported with a peak responsivity of 28 MV/W,
a noise equivalent power (NEP) of 14-18 fW/Hz 1/2, and a temperature resolution better than …