Double-Layer 90° corrugated terahertz horn antenna based on MEMS technology

Author

Yong Liu ; Hong-Da Lu ; Zi-Jian Gao ; Kai Zhou ; Li-Ming Si ; Ya-Fen Ge ; Xin Lv

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

25-28 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

333

Abstract

A double-layer 90° corrugated terahertz (THz) horn antenna based on MEMS (Micro-electromechanical System) technology is proposed. This antenna is designed at the frequency range of 400GHz-500GHz. Through adding expansion aperture and chokes to the traditional structure, good antenna performance can be obtained. From the simulated result it shows a impedance bandwidth of 400-500GHz with input return loss less than 10dB. The radiation pattern shows good symmetric beamwidth and very low cross-polarization. The peak gain varies from 13.9dBi to 16.1dBi within the frequency band 400GHz-500GHz. Dry etching MEMS technology is suitable for design of this type of antenna.

Keywords

horn antennas; micromechanical devices; millimetre wave antennas; MEMS technology; antenna performance; cross-polarization; double-Layer 90° corrugated terahertz horn antenna; expansion aperture; frequency 400 GHz to 500 GHz; loss 10 dB; microelectromechanical system technology; radiation pattern; symmetric beamwidth; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Electromagnetic waveguides; Horn antennas; Inductors; Micromechanical devices; MEMS; corrugated horn; dry etching; terahertz (THz);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Technology & Computational Electromagnetics (ICMTCE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMTCE.2013.6812448

Filename

6812448