MM wave p-i-n diode development

MM波p-i-n二极管的开发

• 批准号: 101524
• 金额: $ 6.39万
• 依托单位: TERATECH COMPONENTS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=101524
• 关键词: MM; wave; diode; development

Teratech Components Ltd (Teratech) is requesting support to develop a new type of product: the airbridged p-i-n diode to complement teratech's wide range of airbridged schottky diodes. Most parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are well understood and exploited, but the terahertz (THz) region between microwaves and infrared is still largely unexplored. The ability to see through obscuring dielectric materials with higher spatial resolution than with microwaves, and the potential for high speed data transfer, makes the THz spectrum of particular interest. Using airbridged contact structures, similar to those employed in current schottky products, p-i-n diodes will be designed to operate to upper frequencies at least twice that of currently available commercial devices. Primary uses for these devices are within switching and attenuation circuits; which are usd in applications as diverse as thermal imaging (for security and medical purposes), millimetric radar, sub-millimetre spectroscopy, process technology, near field imaging at sub-wavelength resolution and high bandwidth data transfer. These, and other applications, are backed by an emerging international market in millimetre and sub-millimetre test instrumentation.

Teratech Components Ltd（Teratech）正在寻求支持，以开发一种新型产品：空气桥p-i-n二极管，以补充Teratech广泛的空气桥肖特基二极管。电磁频谱的大部分都被很好地理解和利用，但微波和红外线之间的太赫兹（THz）区域仍然在很大程度上未被探索。与微波相比，太赫兹光谱具有更高的空间分辨率，能够穿透模糊的电介质材料，以及高速数据传输的潜力，这使得太赫兹光谱特别令人感兴趣。使用空气桥接触结构，类似于那些在目前的schools产品，p-i-n二极管将被设计为工作在较高的频率至少是目前可用的商业设备的两倍。这些器件的主要用途是在开关和衰减电路中;这些电路在热成像（用于安全和医疗目的）、毫米雷达、亚毫米光谱、工艺技术、亚波长分辨率的近场成像和高带宽数据传输等各种应用中都有使用。这些和其他应用得到了毫米和亚毫米测试仪器新兴国际市场的支持。