ABSTRACT
The terahertz region of the spectrum offers new outstanding opportunities to enable very high data rate not available at microwave frequencies. The development of new affordable front end with adequate performance to transmit at frequency where the attenuation due to atmosphere and rain is very high is crucial for the wide development of THz wireless links. New network paradigms need to be implemented to fully exploit the potentiality of the high data rate and cope with challenging propagation environments.
This chapter will describe the latest progress in electronics for THz wireless front end, including chipset, transitions, assembly, and antennas. The challenges of implementing THz networks in real environment and possible solutions will be discussed. A detailed description of a novel THz wireless network above 140 GHz will conclude the chapter giving evidence of the impact of the use of THz spectrum in future network architectures.
