Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multichannel photoconductive terahertz receiving antenna, re-ceiver, terahertz system and terahertz method
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Application No.: US17593654Application Date: 2020-01-20
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Publication No.: US12034207B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Simon Nellen , Björn Globisch
- Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Current Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: EP 165658 2019.03.27
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/051315 2020.01.20
- International Announcement: WO2020/192979A 2020.10.01
- Date entered country: 2021-09-22
- Main IPC: H01Q9/00
- IPC: H01Q9/00 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q9/28 ; H01Q15/00 ; G01J11/00

Abstract:
Receiving antenna (1) for terahertz radiation (30), comprising an antenna conductor (2) and a first photoconductor (3) connected to the antenna conductor (2) and activatable by light (9), the first photoconductor (3) allowing, in an activated state, an antenna current (28) flowing through the antenna conductor (2) and the first photoconductor (3), characterized in that the receiving antenna (1) comprises at least one second photoconductor (4) connected to the antenna conductor (2) and activatable by light (9), the second photoconductor connected in parallel with the first photoconductor (3) and, in an activated state, allowing an antenna current (28) flowing through the antenna conductor (2) and the second photoconductor (4), wherein at least one respective high-pass filter (8) is connected between each of the photoconductors (3, 4) and the antenna conductor (2). The invention further relates to a receiver for terahertz radiation (30), a terahertz system, and a method for generating and detecting terahertz radiation (30) using such a terahertz system.
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