Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG)
RF Lab Specifics
Vector Network Analyzer (Agilent E8631A)
- Measures 10 MHz to 67 GHz
Air Suspended Workstation (Kinetic Systems 1200 series workstation)
- 1” thick critically damped steel with automatic leveling and height control
- Air suspension damps out vibrations with efficiencies approaching 99%
Probe Tips (Cascade Microtech Infinity Probe)
- GSG and GSGSG probes reduce fringing effects
- Coaxial to co-planar waveguide probe tips
Two Signal Generators (Agilent E8257D)
- Provides signals 250 kHz – 67 GHz
- Can be used for LO substitution, low jitter clock replacement
- Can also be used for testing mixers, running intermodulation product tests
Spectrum Analyzer (Agilent E4407B ESA-E Standard Analyzer)
- Measurements 9 kHz -26.5 GHz (up to 67 GHz with down converter)
Down Converter (Agilent N8975A)
- RF input (50-63.5 GHz) ; RF output (18-4.5 GHz)
External Computer
- Running WinCal 2006 (VNA controller and measurement software)
- Provides color microscope video output
This work was sponsored by the Army Research Office, Project W911NF-05-2-0044, and by the Advanced Microelectronics Research Center of The University of Texas at Austin.
