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70-110 GHz On-wafer Probe Station S-parameters Measurements of Planar Multenna

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This paper presents S11 measurements of a flat, slotted, sub-mm sized antenna, integrated with a Schottky diode; the overall structure being termed a ‘multenna’ in description of its action to radiate a signal beam field that is a higher order harmonic of the signal beam field it receives. The multenna is constituted of two square slots; one tuned to receive at the frequency of 100 GHz and the other to radiate at 300 GHz. The S11 readings are acquired using a cascade probe station driven by a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). The investigated frequency domain of this study is 70–110 GHz (WR-10 waveguide band). Simulation results agree in key features with measurements over the band, thereby verifying the measurement procedure and validating the use of a lumped-element approach to represent the diode impedance.

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The authors gratefully acknowledged the support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, under grant number EP/K038125/1.

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The initial version of this paper in Russian is published in the journal “Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Radioelektronika,” ISSN 2307-6011 (Online), ISSN 0021-3470 (Print) on the link http://radio.kpi.ua/article/view/S0021347021060029 with DOI: https://doi.org/10.20535/S0021347021060029

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Radioelektronika, No. 6, pp. 341-349, May, 2021 https://doi.org/10.20535/S0021347021060029 .

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Sushko, O., Munoz Torrico, M., Donnan, R.S. et al. 70-110 GHz On-wafer Probe Station S-parameters Measurements of Planar Multenna. Radioelectron.Commun.Syst. 64, 293–299 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0735272721060029

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