IMAGINE project: a low cost, high performance, monolithic passive mm-wave imager front-end

N. Alexander; P. Frijlink; J. Hendricks; E. Limiti; S. Löffler; C. Macdonald; H. Maher; L. Pettersson; D. Platt; P. Rice; M. Riester; D. Schulze; V. Vassilev

doi:10.1117/12.976860

26 October 2012 IMAGINE project: a low cost, high performance, monolithic passive mm-wave imager front-end

N. Alexander, P. Frijlink, J. Hendricks, E. Limiti, S. Löffler, C. Macdonald, H. Maher, L. Pettersson, D. Platt, P. Rice, M. Riester, D. Schulze, V. Vassilev

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Proceedings Volume 8544, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology V; 854404 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976860
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The FP7 Research for SME project IMAGINE - a low cost, high performance monolithic passive mm-wave imager front-end is described in this paper. The main innovation areas for the project are: i) the development of a 94 GHz radiometer chipset and matching circuits suitable for monolithic integration. The chipset consists of a W-band low noise amplifier, fabricated using the commercially available OMMIC D007IH GaAs mHEMT process, and a zero bias resonant interband tunneling diode, fabricated using a patented epi-layer structure that is lattice matched to the same D007IH process; ii) the development of a 94 GHz antenna adapted for low cost manufacturing methods with performance suitable for real-time imaging; iii) the development of a low cost liquid crystal polymer PCB build-up technology with performance suitable for the integration and assembly of a 94 GHz radiometer module; iv) the assembly of technology demonstrator modules. The results achieved in these areas are presented.

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N. Alexander, P. Frijlink, J. Hendricks, E. Limiti, S. Löffler, C. Macdonald, H. Maher, L. Pettersson, D. Platt, P. Rice, M. Riester, D. Schulze, and V. Vassilev "IMAGINE project: a low cost, high performance, monolithic passive mm-wave imager front-end", Proc. SPIE 8544, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology V, 854404 (26 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.976860

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