• DocumentCode
    521879
  • Title

    Antenna in the terahertz band for Radioastronomy applications

  • Author

    Andres-Garcia, B. ; Garcia-Munoz, L.E. ; Camara-Mayorga, I. ; Segovia-Vargas, D. ; Gusten, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A submillimeter ultra-wideband Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA) is presented. The operation frequency band goes from 0.6 THz to 2 THz, with symmetric radiation patterns from 0.9 THz to 1.8 THz. Good gaussicity levels are achieved (above 80%) and the substrate width limitation has been overcomed by the use of a dielectric wedge over a Gallium Arsenide wafer, where the photonic excitation is placed. With the designed TSA, a phased array with three elements is also presented, swhowing the radiated power in terms of the scanning angle.
  • Keywords
    Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Dielectric substrates; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Impedance; Phased arrays; Slot antennas; Structural beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6431-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-84-7653-472-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5505029