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A Micro-Sized Rhombus-Shaped THz Antenna for High-Speed Short-Range Wireless Communication Applications

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In this paper, a compact micro-sized rhombus-shaped wideband THz antenna is proposed. The radiating patch has been modified by incorporating a rhombus-shaped gold metal-based element within the inscribed square-shaped slot on the surface of the patch. The proposed monopole antenna is designed on a 45-μm-thick polyimide substrate material having a dielectric constant of 4.3. The suggested compact antenna (300 \(\times\) 300 µm2) offers high radiation efficiency and wide impedance bandwidth. The designed wideband antenna shows 46.41% impedance bandwidth ranging from 0.445 to 0.714 THz. The simulation results in terms of reflection coefficient, voltage standing wave ratio, gain, directivity, radiation efficiency, radiation pattern, and surface current distribution are analyzed. The designed antenna offers \(-\) 10 dB impedance bandwidth of 269 GHz (0.445–0.714 THz), the peak radiation efficiency of 97.3%, peak gain of 5.7 dB, maximum directivity of 6 dB, and good impedance matching characteristics offering minimal VSWR of 1.1 and S11 parameter of \(-\) 26.4 dB within the operating band. The suggested THz antenna would be an exemplary choice for future high-speed short-range indoor wireless communication, video rate imaging system, sensing, homeland defense system, biomedical imaging, security scanning, detection of explosive, and material characterization in the THz regime.

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  1. Research Scholar, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, MP, India

    Ch Murali Krishna

  2. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, IMPS College of Engineering & Technology, Malda, West Bengal, India

    Sudipta Das

  3. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal, India

    Anveshkumar Nella

  4. Applied Mathematics and Information Systems Laboratory, EST of Nador, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco

    Soufian Lakrit

  5. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, AP, India

    Boddapati Taraka Phani Madhav

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All the authors contributed to the study, conception, design, and simulations. Data collection, analysis, and simulation were performed by Ch Murali Krishna, Sudipta Das, and Anvesh Kumar Nella. Additional input to analysis and simulation was given by Soufian Lakrit and Boddapati Taraka Phani Madhav. All the authors contributed to complete the writing and presentation of the whole manuscript.

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Krishna, C.M., Das, S., Nella, A. et al. A Micro-Sized Rhombus-Shaped THz Antenna for High-Speed Short-Range Wireless Communication Applications. Plasmonics 16, 2167–2177 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01472-z

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