Horn Antenna Misalignments at 100, 300, 400, and 500 GHz in Close Proximity Communications

Sheikh, Fawad; Zantah, Yamen; Al-Hasan, Muath; Mabrouk, Ismail; Zarifeh, Nidal; Kaiser, Thomas

Abstract

This paper experimentally assesses the performance of terahertz (THz) wireless links in line-of-sight (LoS) propagation due to misalignments at 100, 300, 400, and 500 GHz carrier frequencies employing off-the-shelf horn antennas. The identical horn antennas both at transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) ends that send as well as receive single-mode beams covering the lower end of THz gap in three waveguide bands (i.e., WR-10, WR-3.4 and WR-2.2) at far-field positions are considered for performance evaluation in terms of path loss results. These results manifest that at 0.5 m distance, the vertical misalignment of 4 cm can deteriorate 5.75, 5.05, 0.70 and 0.75 dB at the utmost for 100, 300, 400 and 500 GHz frequencies, respectively.

Citation

Sheikh, F., Zantah, Y., Al-Hasan, M., Mabrouk, I., Zarifeh, N., & Kaiser, T. (2021, December). Horn Antenna Misalignments at 100, 300, 400, and 500 GHz in Close Proximity Communications. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), Singapore, Singapore

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI)
• Start Date: Dec 4, 2021
• End Date: Dec 10, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Feb 16, 2022
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: May 26, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 449-450
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/aps/ursi47566.2021.9704736
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1133813