Gas spectroscopy system with 245 GHz transmitter and receiver in SiGe BiCMOS

Klaus Schmalz; Nick Rothbart; Johannes Borngräber; Selahattin Berk Yilmaz; Dietmar Kissinger; Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

doi:10.1117/12.2250030

24 February 2017 Gas spectroscopy system with 245 GHz transmitter and receiver in SiGe BiCMOS

Klaus Schmalz, Nick Rothbart, Johannes Borngräber, Selahattin Berk Yilmaz, Dietmar Kissinger, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

Proceedings Volume 10103, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications X; 101031L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250030
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The implementation of an integrated mm-wave transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) in SiGe BiCMOS or CMOS technology offers a path towards a compact and low-cost system for gas spectroscopy. Previously, we have demonstrated TXs and RXs for spectroscopy at 238 -252 GHz and 495 - 497 GHz using external phase-locked loops (PLLs) with signal generators for the reference frequency ramps. Here, we present a more compact system by using two external fractional-N PLLs allowing frequency ramps for the TX and RX, and for TX with superimposed frequency shift keying (FSK) or reference frequency modulation realized by a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) or an arbitrary waveform generator. The 1.9 m folded gas absorption cell, the vacuum pumps, as well as the TX and RX are placed on a portable breadboard with dimensions of 75 cm x 45 cm. The system performance is evaluated by high-resolution absorption spectra of gaseous methanol at 13 Pa for 241 - 242 GHz. The 2f (second harmonic) content of the absorption spectrum of the methanol was obtained by detecting the IF power of RX using a diode power sensor connected to a lock-in amplifier. The reference frequency modulation reveals a higher SNR (signal-noise-ratio) of 98 within 32 s acquisition compared to 66 for FSK. The setup allows for jumping to preselected frequency regions according to the spectral signature thus reducing the acquisition time by up to one order of magnitude.

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Klaus Schmalz, Nick Rothbart, Johannes Borngräber, Selahattin Berk Yilmaz, Dietmar Kissinger, and Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers "Gas spectroscopy system with 245 GHz transmitter and receiver in SiGe BiCMOS", Proc. SPIE 10103, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications X, 101031L (24 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250030

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