Tapping into the 300 GHz band with innovative CMOS transmitter

[Cursitor Doom]

Tapping into the 300 GHz band with an innovative CMOS transmitter
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240220144432.htm
February 20, 2024
Tokyo Institute of Technology
New phased-array transmitter design overcomes common problems of CMOS technology in the 300 GHz band.
Thanks to its remarkable area efficiency, low power consumption, and high data rate, the proposed transmitter could pave the way to many technological applications in the 300 GHz band, including body and cell monitoring, radar, 6G wireless communications, and terahertz sensors.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2024/068396

Are they not already using such frequencies in combo with VNAs to test
for explosive substances at airports? Like if someone tries to board
an aircraft with a bottle of 'something' in their hand luggage which
could represent a security threat, but they need to determine if it is
within seconds rather than hours?

[Bill Sloman]

Post by Cursitor Doom

Tapping into the 300 GHz band with an innovative CMOS transmitter
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240220144432.htm
February 20, 2024
Tokyo Institute of Technology
New phased-array transmitter design overcomes common problems of CMOS technology in the 300 GHz band.
Thanks to its remarkable area efficiency, low power consumption, and high data rate, the proposed transmitter could pave the way to many technological applications in the 300 GHz band, including body and cell monitoring, radar, 6G wireless communications, and terahertz sensors.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2024/068396

Are they not already using such frequencies in combo with VNAs to test
for explosive substances at airports? Like if someone tries to board
an aircraft with a bottle of 'something' in their hand luggage which
could represent a security threat, but they need to determine if it is
within seconds rather than hours?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_tomography

What's interesting about the report is that they are claiming to have
developed a new source of terahertz radiation, in addition to the ones
we know about and use, some of which are decidedly exotic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation

Josephson junctions in high temperature superconductors strike me as
pretty exotic.

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:50:32 +0000) it happened Cursitor Doom

Post by Cursitor Doom

Tapping into the 300 GHz band with an innovative CMOS transmitter
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240220144432.htm
February 20, 2024
Tokyo Institute of Technology
New phased-array transmitter design overcomes common problems of CMOS technology in the 300 GHz band.
Thanks to its remarkable area efficiency, low power consumption, and high data rate, the proposed transmitter could pave the
way to many technological applications in the 300 GHz band, including body and cell monitoring, radar, 6G wireless communications,
and terahertz sensors.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2024/068396

Are they not already using such frequencies in combo with VNAs to test
for explosive substances at airports? Like if someone tries to board
an aircraft with a bottle of 'something' in their hand luggage which
could represent a security threat, but they need to determine if it is
within seconds rather than hours?

Possible, but smaller is better?