Monolithic Integrated Terahertz Transceiver using Resonant Tunneling Diodes

• Project/Area Number: 16K14246
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI SAFUMI 東京工業大学, 工学院, 准教授 (40550471)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: テラヘルツ / 増幅器 / 電子デバイス / 無線通信

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We proposed and designed a monolithic integrated terahertz (THz) transceiver using resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), and investigated fundamental operation principle. We simulated the amplifier gain using electromagnetic simulation of the circuit and measured THz characteristics with THz vector network analyzer. From the simulation, we obtained an amplifier gain of ~2 dB at around 1 THz range using RTDs with 0.4 square micron mesa. We fabricated the 300 GHz device for preliminary experiments. However, the amplification was not obtained because of parasitic oscillation with biasing circuit. THz amplification can be obtained by suppress the parasitic oscillation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Phase Locking and Frequency Tuning of Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Terahertz Oscillators (2018)
  • Author(s): OGINO Kota、SUZUKI Safumi、ASADA Masahiro
  • Journal Title: IEICE Transactions on Electronics Volume: E101.C Issue: 3 Pages: 183-185
  • DOI: 10.1587/transele.E101.C.183
  • NAID: 130006414065
  • ISSN: 0916-8524, 1745-1353
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Frequency-tunable resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillators applied to absorbance measurement (2017)
  • Author(s): Kitagawa Seiichirou、Mizuno Maya、Saito Shingo、Ogino Kota、Suzuki Safumi、Asada Masahiro
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 56 Issue: 5 Pages: 058002-058002
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.56.058002
  • NAID: 210000147744
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Terahertz Wireless Data Transmission With Frequency and Polarization Division Multiplexing Using Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Oscillators (2017)
  • Author(s): Oshima Naoto、Hashimoto Kazuhide、Suzuki Safumi、Asada Masahiro
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology Volume: 7 Issue: 5 Pages: 593-598
  • DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2017.2720470
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Terahertz-wave differential detection based on simultaneous dual-wavelength up-conversion (2017)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, K. Nawata, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: AIP Advances Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Pages: 035020-035020
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4979405
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Spectral Narrowing of a Varactor-Integrated Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Terahertz Oscillator by Phase-Locked Loop (2017)
  • Author(s): Ogino Kota、Suzuki Safumi、Asada Masahiro
  • Journal Title: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Volume: 38 Issue: 12 Pages: 1477-1486
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10762-017-0439-1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nonlinear optical detection of terahertz-wave radiation from resonant tunneling diodes (2017)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, K. Nawata, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: OPTICS EXPRESS Volume: vol. 25 Issue: 5 Pages: 5389-5395
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.005389
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Low-Profile Terahertz Radar Based on Broadband Leaky-Wave Beam Steering (2017)
  • Author(s): K. Murano, I. Watanabe, A. Kasamatsu, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, W. Withayachumnankul, T. Tanaka, and Y. Monnai
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans. THz Science and Technology Volume: vol. 7 Pages: 60-69
  • DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2016.2624514
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Wide frequency tuning in resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator using forward-biased varactor diode (2017)
  • Author(s): S. Kitagawa, K. Ogino, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume: vol. 56 Issue: 4 Pages: 040301-040301
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.56.040301
  • NAID: 210000147503
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Wireless data transmission of 34 Gbit/s at a 500-GHz range using resonant-tunnelling diode terahertz oscillator (2016)
  • Author(s): N. Oshima, K. Hashimoto, S. Suzuki and M. Asada
  • Journal Title: Electronics Letters Volume: vol. 52 Issue: 22 Pages: 1897-1898
  • DOI: 10.1049/el.2016.3120
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Room-Temperature Oscillation of Resonant Tunneling Diodes close to 2 THz and Their Functions for Various Applications (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Asada and S. Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Journal of Infrared Millimeter and THz Waves Volume: vol. 37 Issue: 12 Pages: 1185-1198
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10762-016-0321-6
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] High Current Sensitivity and Wide Modulation Bandwidth Terahertz Detector Using High Electron Mobility Transistor for Wireless Communication (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Suzuki, T. Nukariya, Y. Ueda, T. Otsuka, and M. Asada
  • Journal Title: J. Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Volume: 73 Issue: 7 Pages: 658-667
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10762-016-0260-2
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードによるテラヘルツ発振器 (2018)
  • Author(s): 浅田雅洋，鈴木左文
  • Organizer: レーザー学会シンポジウム
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 電子デバイスを用いたテラヘルツ応用 (2018)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文，浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電気学会電子デバイス研究会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器を用いた振幅変調連続波方式測距システム (2018)
  • Author(s): 胡 霽雨, 若杉良貴, 鈴木左文, 浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 第65回春期応用物理学会学術講演会
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイードテラヘルツ発振器の位相同期 (2017)
  • Author(s): 荻野康太、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 第64回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜、神奈川
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-15
• [Presentation] 広帯域ボウタイアンテナ集積共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器 (2017)
  • Author(s): 川村成龍、佐々木峻、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 第64回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜、神奈川
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-15
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードから発生したTHz波の非線形波長変換検出 (2017)
  • Author(s): 瀧田佑馬、縄田耕二、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋、南出泰亜
  • Organizer: 第64回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜、神奈川
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-14
• [Presentation] Terahertz oscillators and receivers using electron devices for applications (2017)
  • Author(s): Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Organic and Inorganic Electronic Materials and Related Nanotechnologies
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Resonant-tunneling-diode THz oscillators and application to wireless communications (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki
  • Organizer: Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental & Applied Problems of THz Devices & Technologies
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] THz oscillators using resonant tunnelling diodes and their functions for various applications (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Asada, Safumi Suzuki
  • Organizer: Workshop in European Microwave Week
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Tuning and phase locking of resonant-tunneling-diode THz oscillators (2017)
  • Author(s): Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: The 4th International Symposium on Microwave/Terahertz Science and Applications & 8th International Symposium on Terahertz Nanoscience
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Resonant-tunneling-diode oscillators for terahertz communications (2017)
  • Author(s): Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: Shenzhen International Conferences on Advanced Science and Technology
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Phase locking of resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator using bias-dependent oscillation frequency (2017)
  • Author(s): Kota Ogino, Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: The 24th Congress of the International Commission for Optics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 1.98 THz resonant-tunneling-diode oscillator with reduced conduction loss by thick antenna electrode (2017)
  • Author(s): Ryunosuke Izumi, Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Phase locking of resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillators (2017)
  • Author(s): Kota Ogino, Safumi Suzuki, Masahiro Asada
  • Organizer: International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ラジアルラインスロットアンテナ集積共鳴トンネルダイオード テラヘルツ発振器による円偏波通信 (2017)
  • Author(s): 堀川 大輔，大島 直人，鈴木 左文，浅田 雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会ソサイエティ大会
• [Presentation] 円偏波放射が可能なラジアルラインスロットアンテナ集積共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器 (2017)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文，堀川大輔，陳 雲超，小池拓哉，浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会電子デバイス研究会
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオード発振器を用いた周波数偏波多重テラヘルツ無線通信 (2016)
  • Author(s): 大島直到、橋本和秀、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会エレクトロニクスソサエティ電子デバイス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大、仙台
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-20
• [Presentation] Resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillators and applications (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Asada and S. Suzuki
  • Organizer: IEEE Int. Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器を用いた周波数多重通信 (2016)
  • Author(s): 大島直到、橋本和秀、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: テラヘルツ科学の最先端III
  • Place of Presentation: 三国観光ホテル、福井
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-24
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオード発振器を用いたテラヘルツ無線通信の最近の進展 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会エレクトロニクスソサエティマイクロ波・ミリ波フォトニクス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 機械振興会館、東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-14
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Terahertz Resonant Tunneling Diodes and Applications (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Asada and S. Suzuki
  • Organizer: Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental & Applied Problems of Terahertz Devices & Technologies
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-01
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Frequency Stabilization of Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Terahertz Oscillator Using Phase Locked Loop Circuit (2016)
  • Author(s): K. Ogino, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Organizer: Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental & Applied Problems of Terahertz Devices & Technologies
  • Place of Presentation: Sendai, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Terahertz oscillators and detectors using InP-based RTDs and HEMTs (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Suzuki and M. Asada
  • Organizer: European Microwave Conference
  • Place of Presentation: London, UK
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Resonant-tunneling-diode THz oscillators and applications: structures for high frequency, high output power, and high functionality (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Suzuki and M. Asada
  • Organizer: European Microwave Conference
  • Place of Presentation: London, UK
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-07
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Demonstration of short-range terahertz radar using high-gain leaky-wave antenna (2016)
  • Author(s): K. Murano, I. Watanabe, A. Kasamatsu, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, W. Withayachumnankul, T. Tanaka, and Y. Monnai
  • Organizer: Int. Conf. Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Den.
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator integrated with radial line slot antenna for circularly polarized wave radiation (2016)
  • Author(s): D. Horikawa, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Organizer: Int. Conf. Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Den.
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Proposal and fabrication of dipole array antenna structure in resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator array (2016)
  • Author(s): K. Kasagi, S. Fukuma, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Organizer: Int. Conf. Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Den.
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Terahertz Detector Using High Electron Mobility Transistor with Reduced Series Resistance for High Responsivity (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Shibuya, Y. Isobe, and S. Suzuki
  • Organizer: Int. Conf. Solid State Devices Materials (SSDM)
  • Place of Presentation: Tsukuba, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Room-Temperature Resonant-Tunneling-Diode Terahertz Oscillators (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Asada and S. Suzuki
  • Organizer: Int. Conf. Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz)
  • Place of Presentation: Copenhagen, Den.
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 円偏波放射が可能なラジアルラインスロットアンテナ集積共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器 (2016)
  • Author(s): 堀川大輔、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信ソサイエティ大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北大、北海道
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-21
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオード発振器を用いた500GHz帯偏波多重通信 (2016)
  • Author(s): 大島直到、橋本和秀、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信ソサイエティ大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北大、北海道
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-21
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器とその応用 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信ソサイエティ大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北大、北海道
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-20
• [Presentation] ダイポールアレイアンテナを集積した共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器の提案と作製およびそのアレイ動作 (2016)
  • Author(s): 笠木浩平、福間慎太郎、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 朱鷺メッセ、新潟
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-16
• [Presentation] 位相同期回路による共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器の周波数安定化 (2016)
  • Author(s): 荻野康太、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 朱鷺メッセ、新潟
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-14
• [Presentation] 高電子移動度トランジスタによるTHz検出器における雑音特性の観測 (2016)
  • Author(s): 渋谷哲、磯部結希、鈴木左文
  • Organizer: 第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 朱鷺メッセ、新潟
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-14
• [Presentation] 漏れ波アンテナを用いた近距離テラヘルツレーダーの概念実証 (2016)
  • Author(s): 村野公祐、渡邊一世、笠松章史、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋、Withawat Withayachumnankul、田中敏幸、門内靖明
  • Organizer: 第 33 回センシングフォーラム―新たな地平を切り開くセンシング―
  • Place of Presentation: 近畿大学、和歌山
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-01
• [Presentation] 円偏波放射が可能なラジアルラインスロットアンテナ集積共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器 (2016)
  • Author(s): 堀川大輔、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会エレクトロニクスソサエティ電子デバイス研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大、東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-24
• [Presentation] 電子デバイスを用いたテラヘルツ発振器と受信器による無線通信 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: テラヘルツ応用システム研究会「テラヘルツ帯における応用を見据えた技術開拓、他テラヘルツ一般」
  • Place of Presentation: 情報通信研究機構、東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-15
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 位相同期回路を用いた共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器の周波数安定化 (2016)
  • Author(s): 荻野康太、鈴木左文、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: テラヘルツ応用システム研究会「テラヘルツ帯における応用を見据えた技術開拓、他テラヘルツ一般」
  • Place of Presentation: 情報通信研究機構、東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-15
• [Presentation] Frequency increase in resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator by reduction in conduction loss with thick antenna electrode (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Maekawa, H. Kanaya, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Organizer: Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW)
  • Place of Presentation: Toyama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 共鳴トンネルダイオードテラヘルツ発振器における戻り光の影響 (2016)
  • Author(s): 鈴木左文、Withawat Withayachumnankul、浅田雅洋
  • Organizer: 応用物理学会テラヘルツ電磁波技術研究会 第１回研究討論会「テラヘルツデバイス技術の最前線」
  • Place of Presentation: 東大、東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-16
• [Presentation] Wireless data transmission of 30 Gbps at a 500-GHz range using resonant-tunneling-diode terahertz oscillator (2016)
  • Author(s): N. Oshima, D. Horikawa, K. Hashimoto, S. Suzuki, and M. Asada
  • Organizer: IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symposium (IMS)
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Terahertz oscillators using resonant tunneling diodes and their functions for various applications (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Asada and S. Suzuki
  • Organizer: Proc. SPIE 9856, Terahertz Physics, Devices, and Systems X: Advanced Applications in Industry and Defense
  • Place of Presentation: Baltimore, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-10
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited