Terahertz Electronics

Abstract

The Terahertz Electronics program developed the critical semiconductor device and integration technologies necessary to realize compact, high-performance microelectronic devices and circuits that operate at center frequencies exceeding 1 Terahertz (THz). There are numerous benefits for electronics operating in the THz regime and new applications in imaging, radar, communications, and spectroscopy. The Terahertz Electronics program was divided into two major technical activities: Terahertz Transistor Electronics that included the development and demonstration of materials and processing technologies for solid-state transistors and integrated circuits for receivers and exciters that operate at THz frequencies; and Terahertz High Power Amplifier Modules that included the development and demonstration of vacuum electronic traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers for high power amplification of THz signals.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
fd8ec69b610e8c4ed8565f86b52ff963

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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