Passive beam-steering waveguide arrays (C12)

• Subject Area: Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering ; Microsystems
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 287022738

C12 focuses on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for THz beam steering. In the 2nd phase the work moves on from reflect-arrays, arrays of reflectors with long-throw actuators for true-time delay, to transmissive waveguide beam steering by integrating dielectric high-resistivity silicon waveguides into the long-throw actuators. This allows to realize compact and energy-efficient systems in mobile applications in combination with diverse THz sources and transceivers. C12 therefore investigates the co-integration of long-throw-actuators and slot antennas with the most suitable dielectric waveguide concept for complex future THz waveguide array systems.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 196: Mobile Material Characterization and Localization by Electromagnetic Sensing
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Martin Hoffmann