Multi-functional, Active and Information Processing Antenna Surfaces in Chip-scale THz Systems

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Abstract

Silicon-based integrated circuit technology provides a great platform for enabling compact, efficient, low-power, chip-scale THz systems for new applications in sensing, imaging and communication While this is partially facilitated by scaling that has pushed device cut-off frequencies (ft,fmax) up into the sub-THz and THz frequency range, the true paradigm shift in silicon integration is that it provides a unique opportunity to enable a new field of active THz electromagnetics realizable through a circuits-EM-systems co-design approach. At these frequencies, the chip dimension is several times larger than the THz wavelengths which allows novel scattering and radiating properties in a substrate that simultaneously supports a billion high-frequency transistors that can generate, process and sense these signals. The ability to actively synthesize, manipulate and sense THz EM fields at subwavelength scales with circuits opens up a new design space for THz electronics. THz architectures emerging from this space are often multi-functional, reconfigurable and break many of the classical trade-offs of a partitioned design approach. This paper provides examples to illustrate this design methodology on THz signal generation with beam-forming and spectrum control and THz spectrum sensing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - ANTEM 2018
Subtitle of host publication2018 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538613375
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 10 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics, ANTEM 2018 - Waterloo, Canada
Duration: Aug 19 2018Aug 22 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - ANTEM 2018: 2018 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics
Volume2018-August

Conference

Conference18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics, ANTEM 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityWaterloo
Period8/19/188/22/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • CMOS
  • Multi-port
  • Terahertz
  • antenna
  • beamforming
  • on-chip antennas
  • phased arrays
  • scattering
  • silicon
  • spectroscopy
  • sub-wavelength

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