• DocumentCode
    447813
  • Title

    Performance at 585 GHz of a slot-ring antenna coupled niobium HEB mixer element for imaging applications

  • Author

    Liu, L. ; Xu, H. ; Xiao, Q. ; Lichtenberger, A.W. ; Weikie, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Charles L. Brown Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    265
  • Abstract
    585 GHz diffusion-cooled Nb HEB (d-HEB) mixers utilizing slot-ring antennas have been designed and fabricated on silicon wafers. To optimize power coupling from the antennas to the mixing elements, two impedance matching schemes are proposed. Performance at 585 GHz of the mixers including I-V curves, conversion gain and noise temperature are presented.
  • Keywords
    impedance matching; niobium; silicon; slot antennas; submillimetre wave antennas; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave mixers; 585 GHz; HEB mixer; Nb; Si; conversion gain; coupled niobium; imaging application; impedance matching; noise temperature; silicon wafers; slot-ring antenna; Bridge circuits; Cryogenics; Fabrication; High-resolution imaging; Impedance; Lenses; Niobium; Radio frequency; Silicon; Slot antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2005. IRMMW-THz 2005. The Joint 30th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9348-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2005.1572510
  • Filename
    1572510