A mm-wave power source based on high power Schottky diode multipliers

基于大功率肖特基二极管倍增器的毫米波电源

• 批准号: 720261
• 金额: $ 12.28万
• 依托单位: TERATECH COMPONENTS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Development of Prototype
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=720261
• 关键词: mm; wave; power; source; based

Teratech Components Ltd (Teratech) is requesting support to develop a novel mm-wavesource technology based on high power, high efficiency Schottky diode multipliers. Mostparts 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 seethrough 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: there is a clear and growing commercial market for sources of millimetre-wave power (and other components) in areas as diverse as thermal imaging (for security and medical purposes), millimetric radar, sub-millimetre spectroscopy, process technology, near field imaging at subwavelength resolution and high bandwidth data transfer. These, and other applications, are backed by an emerging international market in millimetre and sub-millimetre test instrumentation.We propose to prototype a method for generating power at ~100GHz with attractive features and potential advantages compared with other techniques. As well as addressing an immediate market need, this is an excellent opportunity to exploit Teratech’s unique Schottky diode foundry through innovative development of higher added value knowledge based component electronics in a developing technology field.Specifically, we propose to design and prototype a novel high power, high efficiencyfrequency doubler. This will be breadboarded with a lower frequency active multiplier andfrequency synthesiser to make a diode based millimetre-wave source, with higher outputpower and broader tuning range than alternative technologies.

Teratech Components Ltd （Teratech）正在寻求支持，以开发一种基于高功率、高效率肖特基二极管乘法器的新型毫米波源技术。电磁波谱的大部分已经被很好地理解和利用，但微波和红外线之间的太赫兹（THz）区域仍未被探索。通过比微波更高的空间分辨率透视模糊介质材料的能力，以及高速数据传输的潜力，使得太赫兹频谱特别令人感兴趣：在热成像（用于安全和医疗目的）、毫米雷达、亚毫米光谱学、工艺技术、亚波长分辨率近场成像和高带宽数据传输等不同领域，毫米波功率（和其他组件）的来源有一个明显且不断增长的商业市场。这些和其他应用都得到了毫米和亚毫米测试仪器新兴国际市场的支持。与其他技术相比，我们提出了一种具有吸引人的特征和潜在优势的~100GHz发电方法的原型。除了解决直接的市场需求外，这是一个极好的机会，可以通过在不断发展的技术领域中创新开发更高附加值的基于知识的组件电子产品，利用Teratech独特的肖特基二极管代工厂。具体来说，我们建议设计和原型一个新的高功率，高效率的倍频器。这将与低频有源乘法器和频率合成器一起制作一个基于二极管的毫米波源，具有比替代技术更高的输出功率和更宽的调谐范围。