Re: Tapping into the 300 GHz band with innovative CMOS transmitter

Feb 22, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 1 Replies


Tapping into the 300 GHz band with an innovative CMOS transmitter


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Date:
> February 20, 2024
>Source:
> Tokyo Institute of Technology
>Summary:
> New phased-array transmitter design overcomes common problems of CMOS technology in the 300 GHz band.
>Thanks to its remarkable area efficiency, low power consumption, and high data rate, the proposed transmitter could pave the way to many technological applications in the 300 GHz band, including body and cell monitoring, radar, 6G wireless communications, and terahertz sensors.
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Are they not already using such frequencies in combo with VNAs to test for explosive substances at airports? Like if someone tries to board an aircraft with a bottle of 'something' in their hand luggage which could represent a security threat, but they need to determine if it is within seconds rather than hours?

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What's interesting about the report is that they are claiming to have developed a new source of terahertz radiation, in addition to the ones we know about and use, some of which are decidedly exotic

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Josephson junctions in high temperature superconductors strike me as pretty exotic.

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