Hybrid spectral domain ray tracing algorithm for fast analysis of on-chip terahertz integrated antenna

Author

Hailu, Daniel M. ; Neshat, Mohammad ; Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

2515

Lastpage

2518

Abstract

We present a computationally efficient general Hybrid Spectral Ray Tracing (HSRT) method that requires one spectral domain integration step for each observation point. The HSRT method is capable of modeling arbitrary three-dimensional dielectric and metallic structures. As an example, the HSRT method is applied to on-chip dipole antenna backed by Silicon lens and integrated with a 180-GHz VCO in SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. We compare and validate the HSRT method for different reflection orders with measurements.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; carbon; dielectric materials; dipole antennas; electrical engineering computing; lens antennas; ray tracing; spectral analysis; terahertz waves; voltage-controlled oscillators; BiCMOS technology; HSRT method; SiGe:C; frequency 180 GHz; hybrid spectral domain ray tracing algorithm; metallic structure; on-chip dipole antenna; on-chip terahertz integrated antenna; silicon lens; spectral domain integration step; three-dimensional dielectric structure; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Lenses; Moment methods; Silicon; Antennas; geometrical optics; graphics processing unit (GPU); hyper-hemispherical lens; lens antennas; method of moments; multi-level fast multi-pole method; spectral ray tracing; terahertz radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5997035

Filename

5997035