• DocumentCode
    3689181
  • Title

    A terahertz diagonal multi-layer horn antenna based on MEMS technology

  • Author

    Wei Hou;Zheng-yang Sun;Yi-fan Jiang;Yong Liu;Xin Lv

  • Author_Institution
    School of Information and Electrical, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, Haidian 100081
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A terahertz(THz) diagonal multi-layer horn antenna is proposed. The proposed antenna is composed of several silicon layers, monolithically fabricated by dry etching, and sputtering gold and gold-gold thermo-compression bonding. The input return loss shows a level below -8dB from 480 to 500GHz. The gaussicity of radiation patterns at the working band is calculated to be 92%. The proposed antenna exhibits asymmetric beamwidths of 13° in the E- and H-planes, and sidelobes below 15dB, along with a 22 dB gain. The proposed THz waveguide-fed proposed antenna is suitable for THz imaging and detection systems.
  • Keywords
    "Horn antennas","Antenna radiation patterns","Slot antennas","Antenna measurements","Silicon","Micromechanical devices"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMWS-AMP.2015.7324918
  • Filename
    7324918