Silicon-Integrated Transmitter and Receiver Components for Multi-Color Imaging and Broadband CW Spectroscopy (C04)

• Subject Area: Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 287022738

C04 researches the use of cutting-edge silicon technology to build an integrated reflection-mode THz spectrometer. To overcome the current bandwidth, output power and sensitivity limitations of silicon-integrated THz front-ends, a multi-color approach is explored where transceivers operate sub-harmonically and at several harmonics at the same time. Based on this, C04 researches and develops ultra-compact silicon-based monostatic and quasi-monostatic transceivers covering the frequency range between 0.15 THz and 2 THz without gaps. As such, C04 aims to achieve a breakthrough in remote THz spectroscopy system mobility to provide the required portable spectroscopy hardware to the MARIE consortium.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 196: Mobile Material Characterization and Localization by Electromagnetic Sensing
• Major Instrumentation: 100 kHz to 43.5 GHz Wideband Synthesizer System
• Instrumentation Group: 6100 Verstärker und Bausteine der analogen Meßtechnik (außer 670-679)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Ullrich Pfeiffer