Electronic THz transmissive imaging system

Author

Wei-Cheng Chen ; Chih-Wei Lai ; Tzu-Chao Yan ; Chun-Hsing Li ; Tzu-Yuan Chao ; Chien-Nan Kuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2015

fDate

26-28 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

23

Abstract

An electronic THz transmissive imaging system is presented in this work. This system is composed of a CMOS signal source, a CMOS signal sensor, lenses, and commercial electronic chopping components. The output frequency of the signal source is 339 GHz, and the responsivity of the signal sensor is 200 kV/W. The total dc power consumption of those CMOS circuits is 91.02 mW. Using electronic chopping at the frequency up to 100 kHz helps improve the system dynamic range and makes imaging feasible. The resolution of the realized imaging system achieves 2 mm.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; submillimetre wave imaging; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; terahertz wave imaging; CMOS signal sensor; CMOS signal source; commercial electronic chopping components; dc power consumption; electronic THz transmissive imaging system; electronic chopping; frequency 339 GHz; lenses; power 91.02 mW; signal source; CMOS integrated circuits; Image resolution; Imaging; Lenses; Modulation; Oscillators; Testing; THz imaging; THz sensor; THz source; chopping; lens;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF), 2015 IEEE 15th Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIRF.2015.7119862

Filename

7119862