Integrated beam-scanning antenna for heterodyne instruments at submillimeter-wave frequencies for Martian climatology measurements

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

M. Alonso Del Pino California Institute of Technology
Cecile Jung-Kubiak California Institute of Technology
T. Reck California Institute of Technology
N.J. Livesey California Institute of Technology
L. Tamppari California Institute of Technology
Nuria Llombart Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
G. Chattopadhyay California Institute of Technology
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Antenna Submillimeter-wave Silicon Beam-scanning Micro-lens
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present an integrated beam-scanning antenna for a submillimeter wave instrument. The ultimate goal is to be able to scan the limb of the Martian surface to measure the wind, temperature and water vapor. The scanning of the limb can be achieved by the mechanical translation of a micro-lens using a piezo-electric motor integrated with the receiver. A prototype has been fabricated and measured at 550 GHz, achieving a scanning loss lower than 0.4 dB for beam angles up to 15 degrees.