Integrated 585-GHz hot-electron mixer focal-plane arrays based on annular slot antennas for imaging applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 7 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1943-1951

  Liu, Lei ^a   Xu, Haiyong ^b   Lichtenberger, Arthur W ^b   Weikle, Robert M ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular slot antenna (ASA); Bolometer; Focal plane array (FPA); Hot electron mixer

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR SLOT ANTENNA (ASA); ANTENNA FEEDS; ARRAY IMAGING; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CONVERSION GAIN; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DOUBLE-SIDEBAND; EVEN-ODD MODE ANALYSIS; FAR FIELD RADIATION PATTERNS; FOCAL-PLANE ARRAY (FPA); HIGH RESISTIVITY SILICON; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INDUCED ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MIXER ARRAYS; MIXER DESIGN; MIXER NOISE TEMPERATURE; MUTUAL IMPEDANCE; QUASI-OPTICAL MIXERS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; RECEIVER NOISE TEMPERATURES; SIMULATION DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BOLOMETERS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; ELECTRONS; FOCUSING; HOT ELECTRONS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NIOBIUM;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 77954659412     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2050101     Document Type: Article

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