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Experimental
Facilities and Capabilities
We
have a probe station that enables us to carry out on-chip measurements
up to 50 GHz using an Agilent 8510C vector network analyzer and related
equipment. For testing
of
hybrid microwave circuits, we have an Anritsu test fixture with 3.5 mm
connectors. Fabrication and assembly of microstrip printed circuit
boards are carried out in-house.
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Close-up
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In
conjunction
with the Very High Speed Circuits Group and the Very
High Speed Silicon Circuits Group we have available the test
equipment and CAD tools listed below.
- Agilent
8510C 45 MHz to 50 GHz
Network Analyzer
- Rhode
& Schwartz FS300
Spectrum Analyzer
- Anritsu
Power Meter with 28 GHz
power sensor
- Anritsu
20 GHz Universal Test
Fixture
- HP
Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer
- Probe
station (Wentworth)
- 40
GHz CPW (GSG and GSGSG) Cascade
Microtech Probes
- Tektronix
function generators
- Tektronix
oscilloscopes
- LPKF
Milling Machine for microwave
PCB fabrication (at the ILC, Queen's University)
- Fisher
Scientific Isotemp oven for
circuit testing and conductive epoxy curing
- 6
SUN (Blade 1500) and Pentium
Desktop computers
- Computer
Aided Design (CAD) Tools:
- Cadence
- Agilent
Advanced Design System
(ADS) including transient, harmonic balance, and envelope simulation
options
- Momentum
electromagnetic
simulator
- EM3DS
8.0 electromagnetic
simulator
- ASITIC
- CoventorWare
- MEMS
Pro
- ANSYS
Multiphysics
- PSpice
- Matlab
We are also users of the
experimental facilities at the Advanced
Photonics Systems Laboratory
located at Queen's University and which is part of CMC Microsystem's National
Microelectronics and Photonics Testing Collaboratory
network.
Training materials for RFIC test and measurement
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