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Broadband millimeter-wave GaAs transmitters and receivers using planar bow-tie antennasWe report broadband monolithic transmitters and receivers IC's for mm-wave electromagnetic measurements. The IC's use nonlinear transmission lines (NLTL) and sampling circuits as picosecond pulse generators and detectors. The pulses are radiated and received by planar monolithic bow-tie antennas, collimated with silicon substrate lenses and off-axis parabolic reflectors. Through Fourier transformation of the received pulse, 30-250 GHz free space gain-frequency measurements are demonstrated with an accuracy approximately = 0.17 dB, RMS.
Document ID
19930018539
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Konishi, Y.
(Shimadzu Corp. Kyoto, Japan)
Kamegawa, M.
(Shimadzu Corp. Kyoto, Japan)
Case, M.
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Yu, R.
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Rodwell, M. J. W.
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
York, R. A.
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Rutledge, D. B.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Michigan Univ., The Third International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology: Symposium Proceedings
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
93N27728
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: AF-AFOSR-0394-89
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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