Author Affiliations
1Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China3School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Structure of millimeter wave security inspection imaging system. (a) Core components; (b) transmitting front-end module
Fig. 2. Transmission line models and performance curves of grounded coplanar waveguides and microstrip structures. (a) Three-dimensional simulation structure; (b) comparison of simulation results of S parameters
Fig. 3. Two-port equivalent circuit. (a) Bonding wires; (b) equivalent “T” type network with compensation of high-low impedance line
Fig. 4. Schematic and performance curves of transmission line before and after high-low impedance line compensation. (a) Before compensation; (b) after compensation; (c) comparison of simulation results of S parameters
Fig. 5. Switch chip evaluation board. (a) SP4T switch; (b) SPDT switch
Fig. 6. Simulation and measurement results of S parameters of different chips. (a) SPDT switch chip evaluation board; (b) SP4T switch chip evaluation board
Fig. 7. Layout and performance curves of 8-channel switch subcircuits. (a) Actual assembly photograph; (b) simulation results of S parameters under different channels
Fig. 8. Octave frequency multiplier structure and spectrum simulation curves. (a) Chain block diagram; (b) harmonic simulation results
Fig. 9. Schematic and performance curves of wideband bandpass filter. (a) 3D models and; (b) Simulation results of S parameters
Fig. 10. Test framework for transmitting front-end
Fig. 11. Measured results of transmitting front-end module. (a) Output power of each channel and isolation between channels; (b) harmonic rejection
Fig. 12. Schematic of imaging experiment and experimental results. (a) Schematic of imaging scene; (b) original image of active millimeter wave imaging
Performance | SPDT switch | SP4T switch |
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Reverse breakdown voltage /V | 25 | 25 | P1dB /dBm | >30 | >21 | Operation frequency /GHz | 24--40 | 22--40 | Port return loss /dB | 20 | 20 | Insertion loss /dB | 0.70--0.90 | 1.10--1.25 | Isolation /dBSize /(mm×mm) | 402.5×1.0 | 352.0×1.5 |
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Table 1. Overall performance of SPDT and SP4T switches