Hybrid Electromagnetic Modeling of Lens-Integrated Antennas for Non-Contact On-Wafer Characterization of THz Devices and Integrated Circuits
Keywords:
Double-slot antenna, lens antenna, moment method, ray tracing, sub-millimeter wavesAbstract
A hybrid full-wave/quasi-optical electromagnetic model for the design of lens-integrated THz antennas for high frequency non-contact device characterization (30 GHz – 3 THz) is presented. Experimental validation of the antenna properties (input impedance and radiation pattern) is also provided to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed model.
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