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Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Jung-Kubiak, C. (author), Bueno, J. (author), Chattopadhyay, G. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this paper, we present a quasi-optical power distribution architecture based on the use of an integrated lens antenna that generates a uniform aperture field distribution. By using such distribution in combination with an integrated lens array, an efficient and scalable quasi-optical power distribution can be achieved at THz frequencies....conference paper 2023
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Hoogelander, M. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Spirito, M. (author)The continuous advancements in the coverage and sensitivity of terahertz direct-detector imagers places increasing constraints on the test benches needed for characterization. Already, relative differences on the order of a few decibels are observed between simulated and measured performance in the state-of-the-art literature. This...conference paper 2023
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Berkel, S. L. van (author), Maestrini, A. (author), Jung-Kubiak, C. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Hayton, D. (author), Kooi, Jacob (author), Siles, J. V. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Mehdi, I. (author), Chattopadhyay, G. (author)Terahertz heterodyne spectrometer instruments have been traditionally limited to a single pixel or a handful of pixels due to integration and assembly constraints and a limited availability of local oscillator (LO) power. As a solution we propose a novel silicon-micromachined planar and modular packaging strategy, that will allow for a dense...conference paper 2023
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Hoogelander, M. (author), van Dijk, R. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)The design of a focal plane array (FPA) for imaging at sub-mm wavelengths generally is a trade-off between resolution and sensitivity. For maximum angular resolution, minimal spacing between FPA elements is desired, which leads to increased losses due to spillover and mutual coupling and therefore deteriorates the imaging sensitivity. This work...conference paper 2023
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van Rooijen, N. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)This contribution presents the development of an electrically small lens antenna using an artificially loaded thermoplastic at 140-170GHz. We will present the on-going development of the Fly’s Eye front end antenna concept that was presented in [1]. The antenna is composed on a dual plastic lens, a core lens and a shell lens, fed by a double...conference paper 2023
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Hoogelander, M. (author), van Berkel, S.L. (author), Malotaux, E.S. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)This article presents the development of a focal plane array (FPA) for terahertz imaging applications with a near diffraction-limited resolution achieved through a very tight sampling of the focal plane. The antenna array is integrated with direct detectors in a 22-nm CMOS technology and operates from 200 to 600 GHz. The tight sampling of the...journal article 2023
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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), 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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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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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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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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