{"id":5626,"date":"2014-10-28T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.74.50.173\/2014\/10\/darpa-terahertz-chip-for-hig.html"},"modified":"2017-04-07T03:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T03:50:03","slug":"darpa-terahertz-chip-for-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2014\/10\/darpa-terahertz-chip-for-high.html","title":{"rendered":"DARPA terahertz chip for high resolution imaging, advanced radar and sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"
Officials from Guinness World Records today recognized DARPA\u2019s Terahertz Electronics program for creating the fastest solid-state amplifier integrated circuit ever measured.<\/a> The ten-stage common-source amplifier operates at a speed of one terahertz (10^12 Hz), or one trillion cycles per second\u2014150 billion cycles faster than the existing world record of 850 gigahertz set in 2012.<\/p>\n \u201cTerahertz circuits promise to open up new areas of research and unforeseen applications in the sub-millimeter-wave spectrum, in addition to bringing unprecedented performance to circuits operating at more conventional frequencies,\u201d said Dev Palmer, DARPA program manager. \u201cThis breakthrough could lead to revolutionary technologies such as high-resolution security imaging systems, improved collision-avoidance radar, communications networks with many times the capacity of current systems and spectrometers that could detect potentially dangerous chemicals and explosives with much greater sensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n \nDARPA\u2019s Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuit (TMIC) is the first solid-state amplifier demonstrating gain above 1 THz (1012 GHz). This achievement, recognized by Guinness World Records, could open up new areas of research and unforeseen applications in the sub-millimeter-wave spectrum and bring unprecedented performance to circuits operating in more conventional bands.<\/i><\/p>\n