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Bosma, S. (author), van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We report on the first demonstration of dynamic beam steering using a scanning lens phased array. A scanning lens phased array relies on a combination of mechanical and electrical phase shifting to dynamically steer a high-gain beam beyond the grating-lobe free region using a sparse array. These two concepts have been demonstrated separately in...journal article 2022
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Bosma, S. (author), van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We present a resonant leaky-wave lens antenna, fed by a circular waveguide with annular corrugations in the ground plane. The proposed leaky-wave feed reduces the impact of the spurious TM0 leaky-wave mode in all planes over a wide bandwidth while reducing assembly complexity compared to previous methods. The proposed leaky-wave antenna has...journal article 2022
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Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Bußkamp-Alda, Tobias (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a broadband lossless matching layer for silicon lens arrays. The proposed matching layer is based on silicon frusta (truncated pyramids) on top of the lens array fabricated by means of laser ablation. This matching layer is advantageous over quarter-wavelength dielectric matching...journal article 2022
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Hoogelander, M. (author), van Berkel, S.L. (author), Malotaux, E.S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Neto, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this contribution we will present the diffraction-limited imaging capabilities of a focal plane array (FPA) of antenna-coupled direct-detectors at submillimeter wavelengths. The FPA prototype is a tightly sampled, 12-pixel array that was developed in a 22 nm CMOS technology and it covers a band from 200 GHz to 600 GHz. A quasi-optical (QO)...conference paper 2022
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Bosma, S. (author), van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We report the measured results of a sparse, 4x1 scanning lens phased array prototype at W-band that is capable of beam steering a directive (>30 dBi) beam towards ±20° with sidelobe levels around -10 dB. The array elements are high-aperture-efficiency resonant leaky-wave lens antennas with a feed that suppresses the spurious TM0 mode over a...conference paper 2022
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Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Bußkamp-Alda, T. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a broadband lossless matching layer for shallow lens arrays. The matching layer we propose is based on silicon pyramids fabricated on top of the lens array by means of laser ablation. This matching layer has the advantage that it covers over an octave of bandwidth. We have compared the...conference paper 2022
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Jung-Kubiak, C. (author), Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Chattopadhyay, G. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)A novel transmit lens array is proposed to provide broadband quasi-optical power distribution and beam-steering capabilities for array architectures in future submillimeter-wave heterodyne instruments. The transmit array is composed of a double array layer of lens antenna elements with high aperture efficiency. To enable broadband and low loss...conference paper 2022
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van Berkel, Sven (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author)A small volume and low-mass THz spectroscopy instrument, integrated in a CubeSat platform, enables an accessible and low-cost pathway to earth science. Low-profile lens antennas emerge as a suitable candidate to realize a high gain, 50 dB, over a wide bandwidth, from 450 GHz to 550 GHz. To achieve a high aperture efficiency with a large...conference paper 2022
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van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)This work presents a novel lens antenna architecture based on a core-shell lens design with a leaky-wave in-packaged antenna at 150GHz. An electrically small core lens made of dense dielectric material is used to enhance the radiation of the in-packaged antenna. A low-loss dielectric shell lens with electrically large dimensions is then added to...conference paper 2022
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Tang, Adrian (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Kim, Yanghyo (author), Zhang, Yan (author), Reck, Theodore (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Nemchick, Deacon (author), Dyer, Logan (author), Virbila, Gabriel (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author), Chang, Mau Chung Frank (author)This paper presents an overview of a sub-orbital flight demonstration with a 183 GHz and 540–600 GHz limb-sounding instrument aboard a stratospheric ballooncraft. The 183 GHz band provides soundings of stratospheric H 2 O and is implemented with a hybrid CMOS-InP receiver architecture which provides excellent sensitivity while remaining compact ...journal article 2021
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Bosma, S. (author), van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this contribution, we present a plastic resonant leaky-wave lens antenna with high aperture efficiency (>80%) over a 1:2 bandwidth centered at 180 GHz. This antenna can be integrated in a scanning lens phased array architecture for next-generation wireless and sensing applications that require high-directivity steerable beams. The high...conference paper 2021
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Jung-Kubiak, C (author), Chattopadhyay, G. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this paper, we will present a novel quasi-optical power distribution technique that will allow achieving an efficient multi-pixel LO power distribution for submillimeter-wave instruments. This method can distribute the power from one antenna to a multi-pixel lens array in a hexagonal configuration with a power coupling efficiency of nearly 60...conference paper 2021
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this article, we propose a hybrid electromechanical scanning lens antenna array architecture suitable for the steering of highly directive beams at submillimeter wavelengths with field-of-views (FoV) of ±25°. The concept relies on combining electronic phase shifting of a sparse array with a mechanical translation of a lens array. The use...journal article 2021
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Bosma, S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this contribution, we present the progress towards developing two submillimeter-wave prototypes of a scanning lens phased array. This recently-proposed array architecture can achieve high-gain, wide-scan radiation patterns with low sidelobes and only a few active elements. Measurements<br/>are presented for a prototype lens antenna at 550 GHz.conference paper 2020
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Bosma, S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Blanco Montero, D.J. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this contribution, we propose a hybrid electromechanical scanning antenna array architecture suitable for highly directive phased arrays at submillimeter wavelengths with field-of-views (FoV) of+/-30 degrees. The concept relies on combining electrical phase shifting of a sparse array with a mechanical translation of an array of lenses. The...conference paper 2019
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Bosma, S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Blanco Montero, D.J. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this contribution, we propose an antenna for a dual-band focal plane array (FPA) heterodyne receiver at 210-240 GHz and 500-580 GHz to perform cometary observations. The proposed antenna is composed of a fused silica lens fed by a leaky wave waveguide feed. The dual-band leaky wave feed is based on a single-layer Frequency Selective...conference paper 2019
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Reck, Theodore (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author)This paper presents a lens antenna that scans the beam using an integrated piezomotor at submillimeter-wave frequencies. The lens antenna is based on the concept presented by Llombart et al. in 2011, a leaky-wave waveguide feed in order to achieve wide angle scanning and seamless integration with the receiver. The lens is translated from the...journal article 2019
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Reck, Theodore (author), Lee, Choonsup (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Mehdi, Imran (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author)This article presents the latest developments of our work related to a micro-lens antenna integrated in a heterodyne receiver using silicon micromachining technology at Terahertz frequencies. The antenna is composed of a waveguide feed which uses a leaky wave cavity to enhance the directivity and illuminate a shallow lens efficiently. The...conference paper 2016
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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Thippur Shivamurthy, H. (author), Gao, H. (author), Spirito, M. (author)This contribution presents the development of an integrated power combiner in Bi-CMOS technology employing artificial dielectric layers (ADLs) at submillimeter wave frequencies. The power is gathered from frequency multiplier chains into a single waveguide which is loaded with ADL in order to reduce the structure footprint.conference paper 2015