3-D Electromagnetic Band-Gap Submillimeter wave imaging array
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Gonzalo, Ramón; Ederra, Iñigo (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadia, 31006, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain)
Alderman, Byron E. J.; Huggard, Peter G. (Millimetre Wave Technology Group, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK)
Murk, Axel (Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland)
Marchand, Laurent; Maagt, Peter de (European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, PO Box 299, 2201 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
Abstract:
The design, fabrication and characterisation of a 500 GHz electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) based heterodyne receiver array is presented. The array contained seven planar dipole antennas that were photolithographically defined on a common 20 µm thick quartz substrate. Each antenna incorporated a Schottky diode and was connected to coplanar transmission lines that conveyed the down converted 500 GHz signals to detectors. The quartz substrate was backed by a silicon EBG woodpile structure, which reduced antenna cross talk and increased directivity. An off-axis parabolic mirror completed the beam forming network.