In order to be able to invest in new production facilities and equipment, the university will receive over 6.5 million euros from state and EU funds. This will create a Terahertz Integration Centre (THz-IZ) that is unique in Germany.
The microelectronics research laboratory for high-frequency beam shaping - ForLab SmartBeam - is being established at the University of Duisburg-Essen, funded by the BMBF.
Hetero-integrated InP-based THz antenna arrays chip have been fabricated and successfully employed for THz image scanner and mobile THz communications . The video shows beyond 5G wireless transmission with data rates in excess of 20 Gbit/s at 300 GHz carrier frequency and with steering angles of about 45°.