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    Highly linear fundamental up-converter in InP DHBT technology for W-band applications
    (New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley, 2020) Hossain, Maruf; Stoppel, Dimitri; Boppel, Sebastian; Heinrich, Wolfgang; Krozer, Viktor
    A fundamental up-converter with high linearity is presented, realized as full Gilbert cell (GC) mixer using a 800 nm transferred substrate (TS) InP-DHBT technology. The LO input of the Gilbert cell conducts from 75 to 100 GHz and requires 5 dBm of input power. The GC attains a single sideband (SSB) conversion gain of 10 ± 1 dB within the frequency from 82 to 95 GHz with a saturated output power of -1 dBm at 86 GHz and >5 dB conversion gain between 75 and 100 GHz. The up-converter exhibits 25 GHz of IF bandwidth. The DC power consumption is only 51 mW. © 2020 The Authors. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    Passive Detection and Imaging of Human Body Radiation Using an Uncooled Field-Effect Transistor-Based THz Detector
    (Basel : MDPI, 2020) Čibiraitė-Lukenskienė, Dovilė; Ikamas, Kęstutis; Lisauskas, Tautvydas; Krozer, Viktor; Roskos, Hartmut G.; Lisauskas, Alvydas
    This work presents, to our knowledge, the first completely passive imaging with human-body-emitted radiation in the lower THz frequency range using a broadband uncooled detector. The sensor consists of a Si CMOS field-effect transistor with an integrated log-spiral THz antenna. This THz sensor was measured to exhibit a rather flat responsivity over the 0.1–1.5-THz frequency range, with values√ of the optical responsivity and noise-equivalent power of around 40 mA/W and 42 pW/ Hz, respectively. These values are in good agreement with simulations which suggest an even broader flat responsivity range exceeding 2.0 THz. The successful imaging demonstrates the impressive thermal sensitivity which can be achieved with such a sensor. Recording of a 2.3 × 7.5-cm2-sized image of the fingers of a hand with a pixel size of 1 mm2 at a scanning speed of 1 mm/s leads to a signal-to-noise ratio of 2 and a noise-equivalent temperature difference of 4.4 K. This approach shows a new sensing approach with field-effect transistors as THz detectors which are usually used for active THz detection. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.