{"title":"A 220-GHz- Band 31.2-Gbps Dual-Carrier Real- Time Wireless Link Using 64-QAM Modulation","authors":"Yinian Feng, Bo Zhang, C. Qiao, Bingli Dai","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569883","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a 220-GHz solid-state dual-carrier superheterodyne wireless link using 64-QAM modulation over a distance of 5 cm. By aggregating two channels in sub-terahertz band, the real-time data rate of the proposed link is double to achieve 31.2 Gbps (15.6 Gbps per channel). The measured SNR is 24.2 dB and 25.4 dB, and the BER is 1.8e-7 and 8.6e-8 for two channels, respectively. Meanwhile, 4-K video transmission is carried out in two channels which are all clear and free of stuck. The successful transmission of aggregated channels in this work shows great potential for future high data rate realtime communication.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125968117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1080P HD Video Transmission using RTD Transmitter","authors":"Jue Wang, A. Al-Khalidi, Sean Ahearne, E. Wasige","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569915","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present low cost THz wireless transmission system utilizing 278GHz resonant tunneling diode (RTD) transmitter (Tx) with around ImW output power. The demonstration shows 12Gbps error free and 1080p30 (3Gbps) HD video real time transmission over 80 cm distance. These results demonstrate very promising future of RTD Tx for next generation wireless communication system.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126428299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of WR5 Waveguide Bandpass Filter using Oversized Spherical Resonators","authors":"Yi Zhang, X. Shang, Jun Xu","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569916","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the design of a WR5 band (140–220 GHz) waveguide bandpass filter based on four oversized spherical resonators operating at TM211 mode. Compared to the fundamental mode TM101, the spherical cavities based on TM211 mode offer appealing advantages including a higher unloaded quality factor (Qu) and a larger size. The filter is designed for 3-D printing technique, and a larger size facilitates the fabrication process and allows larger tolerances in the printing process. The filter is designed to have a generalized Chebyshev response with a centre frequency of 205 GHz, a fractional bandwidth of 4.4% and a passband return loss of 20 dB. An extracted pole resonator is introduced to produce a transmission zero at 215 GHz, for improved rejection at the upper stopband. Simulation results of the filter show good performance, demonstrating that the proposed design could find useful application in the 3-D printed millimetre-wave waveguide filters.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132416380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yin Jin, Tianliang Zhang, Di Jiang, Y. Du, Xuan Shao, Lijun Feng, Jie Gao, Kainan Qi
{"title":"Miniaturized reflective phase shifter based on liquid crystal","authors":"Yin Jin, Tianliang Zhang, Di Jiang, Y. Du, Xuan Shao, Lijun Feng, Jie Gao, Kainan Qi","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569875","url":null,"abstract":"This paper designs a miniaturized reflective phase shifter based on liquid crystal. The phase shifter adjusts the dielectric constant of the liquid crystal to cause the load impedance to change, thereby realizing the phase change at the output of the coupler. Through the multilayer circuit structure, the miniaturization of the phase shifter is realized. In the operating bandwidth of 14GHz∼16GHz, the return loss is better than −10.89dB, the insertion loss is better than 5.7dB, and the maximum phase shift exceeds 320°.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"204 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122593972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Planar Microstrip Slow-Wave Structure for a V-band Dual-Sheet-Beam Traveling-Wave Tube","authors":"Roman A. Torgashov, N. Ryskin","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569879","url":null,"abstract":"Planar microstrip slow-wave structure (SWS) consisting of two electrically connected meander lines is under study in this paper. Such SWS is suitable for millimeter-band traveling-wave tube (TWT) operating with two low-voltage sheet electron beams. The use of two beams leads to an increase in the total current while maintaining the current density and therefore leads to an improvement in the output characteristics of the device.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117026111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Jiang, Wenqiang Lei, Peng Hu, Rui Song, Zhang Luqi, Ma Guowu, Hongbin Chen, Xiao Jin
{"title":"A Novel Slow-wave Structure for 0.22THz TWT","authors":"Yi Jiang, Wenqiang Lei, Peng Hu, Rui Song, Zhang Luqi, Ma Guowu, Hongbin Chen, Xiao Jin","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569863","url":null,"abstract":"A novel slow-wave structure(SWS) named domical trapezia double staggered grating waveguide(DTDSGW) has been used to design a 0.22THz travelling wave tube. The slow-wave characteristics of the novel SWS, including dispersion properties and interaction impedance, are analyzed by using the 3-D electromagnetic simulation software. The particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation results reveal that, with the cylindrical electron beam of 18.3 kV and 100 mA, the output power and electron efficiency of the DTDSGW TWT at the typical frequency of 0.22 THz can reach 91 W and 4.97%, respectively. In addition, the 3-dB bandwidth of the DTDSGW TWT exceeds 15 GHz.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129327172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan M. Socuéllamos, R. Letizia, R. Dionisio, C. Paoloni
{"title":"Analysis of the Bottom Metal/Dielectric Supporting Plane in Meander Line Slow Wave Structures for Millimeter Wave Traveling Wave Tubes","authors":"Juan M. Socuéllamos, R. Letizia, R. Dionisio, C. Paoloni","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569892","url":null,"abstract":"Meander lines have been lately studied as slow wave structures (SWSs) for millimeter-wave traveling wave tubes (TWTs) given their numerous benefits such as low beam voltage, high interaction impedance and straightforward manufacture. They are seen as a very promising candidate for a new generation of low-cost TWTs. The efforts are now focused on finding novel meander line configurations that could improve the overall performance of the TWT. This paper analyses the effect of the material underneath the meander line substrate and presents different alternatives to enhance the interaction impedance.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125875312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Zhu, Di Jiang, Tianming Bai, Weiyi Zhang, Tianliang Zhang, Jie Gao, Kainan Qi
{"title":"Design of a terahertz phase shifter based on liquid crystal","authors":"Kai Zhu, Di Jiang, Tianming Bai, Weiyi Zhang, Tianliang Zhang, Jie Gao, Kainan Qi","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569888","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a terahertz phase shifter work in F-band (90–140 GHz) is designed based on the continuous tunability of liquid crystal and the excellent electrical properties of non radiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide. The simulation results show that the liquid crystal phase shifter is electrically controlled by the bias electrode network, and the maximum phase shift is 500 degrees. The phase shifter shows excellentl matching, and the return loss is almost less than −10 dB in the bandwidth up to 60 GHz.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126119122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Mode Composite Transmission Line based on SSPPs and HMCSIW","authors":"Yedi Zhou, K. Song, Qian Li, Y. Cheng, Yong Fan","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569840","url":null,"abstract":"A novel mode composite transmission line (MC-TL) is proposed. The MC-TL integrates spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) into half mode corrugated substrate integrated waveguide (CSIW) to realize surface plasmon mode propagated on the corrugated metal surface and TE0.5,0 transmitted in the substrate at the same time. With the dual-mode operation, the dual-band can also be obtained. For verification, the proposed MC-TL based on SSPPs and HMCSIW is fabricated, and good agreement between the measured and simulated results demonstrates the validity of the proposed configurations.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124688040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wideband Dual-Circular-Polarization Antenna based on the Grooved-Wall Horn Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications","authors":"Chao Shu, Yuan Yao, Y. Alfadhl, Xiao-dong Chen","doi":"10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt53364.2021.9569932","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a dual-circular-polarization (dual-CP) antenna based on a grooved-wall horn antenna working in the W-band, which shows high port isolation over a wide bandwidth. The grooved-wall horn antenna has a pair of grooves on its wall to serve as an inbuilt polarizer. By connecting the grooved-wall horn to an orthomode transducer (OMT) in such a way that the pair of grooves is aligned at ±45° with respect to the horizontal and vertical polarization of the OMT, left-hand circular polarization (LHCP) and right-hand circular polarization (RHCP) can be generated, thereby realizing a dual-CP antenna. High isolation is also achieved due to the low reflection coefficient of the horn and high isolation of the OMT. The simulated results show the proposed dual-CP antenna achieves port isolation> 30 dB over 27.4% bandwidth from 82 to 108 GHz with axial ratio (AR) < 3 dB and |S11| < −15 dB.","PeriodicalId":117712,"journal":{"name":"2021 14th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114634024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}