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

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发射技术。电磁波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，太赫兹能够以更高的空间分辨率穿透遮蔽的电介质材料，并且具有高速数据传输的潜力，这使得太赫兹光谱特别令人感兴趣：毫米波能源的商业市场是明确的，而且还在不断增长（和其他组件）在热成像等不同领域的应用（用于安全和医疗目的）、毫米雷达、亚毫米光谱学、加工技术、亚波长分辨率近场成像和高带宽数据传输。这些和其他应用，是由一个新兴的国际市场在毫米和亚毫米测试instruments.We建议原型的方法产生功率在~ 100 GHz的有吸引力的功能和潜在的优势，与其他技术相比。除了满足当前的市场需求外，这也是一个极好的机会，可以利用Teratech独特的肖特基二极管代工厂，通过在发展中的技术领域创新开发更高附加值的基于知识的组件电子产品。具体来说，我们建议设计和原型化一种新型的高功率，高效率的倍频器。这将是一个较低频率的有源乘法器和频率合成器的面包板，使二极管为基础的毫米波源，具有更高的输出功率和更广泛的调谐范围比替代技术。

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.