A Novel 0.3-0.31 THz GaAs-Based Transceiver with On-Chip Slotted Metamaterial Antenna Based on SIW Technology

Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad; Virdee, Bal S.; Hwang See, Chan; Abd-Alhameed, Raed; Falcone, Francisco; Limiti, Ernesto

doi:10.1109/APMC46564.2019.9038371

A Novel 0.3-0.31 THz GaAs-Based Transceiver with On-Chip Slotted Metamaterial Antenna Based on SIW Technology

Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad; Virdee, Bal S.; Hwang See, Chan; Abd-Alhameed, Raed; Falcone, Francisco; Limiti, Ernesto

Authors

Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

Bal S. Virdee

Prof Chan Hwang See C.See@napier.ac.uk
Professor

Raed Abd-Alhameed

Francisco Falcone

Ernesto Limiti

Abstract

This paper presents a novel on-chip antenna with fully integrated 0.3-0.31 THz transceiver implemented on 0.5μm GaAs substrate. The transceiver consists of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a buffer, a modulator, a power amplifier, a frequency tripler, and an on-chip antenna. The proposed on-chip antenna design is based on metamaterial (MTM) slots and substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technologies. The SIW antenna operates as a high-pass filter and an on-chip radiator to suppress the unwanted harmonics and radiate the desired signal, respectively. Dimensions of the on-chip antenna is 2×1×0.0006 mm3. The average radiation gain and efficiency of proposed on-chip antenna is >1.0 dBi and ~55%, respectively. The transceiver provides an average output power of -15 dBm over 0.3-0.31 THz, which is suitable for near-field active imaging applications at terahertz region.

Citation

Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., Hwang See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2019, December). A Novel 0.3-0.31 THz GaAs-Based Transceiver with On-Chip Slotted Metamaterial Antenna Based on SIW Technology. Presented at 2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Singapore

Presentation Conference Type	Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name	2019 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC)
Start Date	Dec 10, 2019
End Date	Dec 13, 2019
Acceptance Date	Aug 30, 2019
Online Publication Date	Mar 19, 2020
Publication Date	Mar 19, 2020
Deposit Date	Sep 24, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Sep 25, 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN	978-1-7281-3518-2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC46564.2019.9038371
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2161080
Publisher URL	http://web.apmc2019.org/client/sites/view/SP8f993