Novel Thermal Management of Power Electronic Devices: High Power High Frequency Planar Gunn Diodes

Lead Research Organisation: University of Glasgow
Department Name: Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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Publications

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Maricar, M. I. (2015) Design,characterization and fabrication of an In0.53Ga0.47As planar Gunn diode operating at millimeter waves in Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology

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Khalid A (2012) Simple e-beam air-bridge technology for mm-wave applications in Microelectronic Engineering

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Maricar M (2015) Improving the quality factor of the coplanar waveguide resonator in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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Maricar M (2014) Design and characterization of a novel diamond resonator in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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Khalid A (2013) A 218-GHz second-harmonic multiquantum well GaAs-based planar Gunn diodes in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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Papageorgiou, V. (2013) One-step air bridge fabrication technique using 3D e-beam lithography in MNE2013: 39th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering

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Glover J (2015) Micro-coolers fabricated as a component in an integrated circuit in Semiconductor Science and Technology

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Maricar M (2015) Experimentally estimated dead space for GaAs and InP based planar Gunn diodes in Semiconductor Science and Technology

 
Description Efficient and high power terahertz sources based on a III-V technology were successfully demonstrated. New measurement techniques were developed and characterised.
Exploitation Route Tera hertz technology is being developed for a wide range of sensing and imaging applications.
Sectors Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Electronics,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology

 
Description The work led to a collaboration with NPL on THz VNAs. Discussions about future collaboration are underway.
Sector Electronics
Impact Types Economic