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Antenna Measurement Systems

  • Fully-shielded anechoic chamber, usable from 500 MHz to >20 GHz.
  • 0.5 GHz-16 GHz NSI Spherical Scanning System.
  • R&S ATS800B Antenna test system up to 50 GHz.
  • Near field planar near-field scanning system (75 GHz-325 GHz) 
  • Reference antennas and accessories

Microwave, mmWave and THz Device Measurements - Waveguide and On-Wafer

  • 10 MHz-110 GHz on-wafer VNA system (semi-automated probestation) 
  • 140 GHz-220 GHz and 220 GHz-325 GHz on-wafer VNA systems (manual probestation) 
  • 750 GHz-1.1 THz free-space waveguide characterisation
  • VDI Erickson PM5 Power Meter and transition waveguides 
  • Keysight’s N9030B (3Hz-50 GHz and up to 325 with external mixers) 
  • Wiltron signal synthesisers (65 GHz) 
  • Keysight PSG signal generator (20 GHz) 
  • Four-port VNA up to 46.5 GHz. 
  • Several VNAs in the MHz to 20 GHz (2-port and 4-port).

Other Measurement Systems 

  • 750 GHz-1.1 THz material characterisation kit (MCK) 
  • Keysight B1500 Semiconductor device analyser for DC & Pulsed IV/CV measurement (on-wafer) 
  • Keysight B1505 Semiconductor device analyser for DC & Pulsed IV/CV measurement (on-wafer) 
  • Lakeshore temperature-controlled manual probe station (DC-40 GHz GSG probes, 77K-675K, fixed magnetic fields)  

Simulation and Analysis Capabilities

  • Olympus BX-51 and Zeiss Discovery V12 microscopes.
  • 50 GHz spectrum analyser, 8.5 GHz network analyser, 8 GHz bit error-rate tester and 20 GHz analog signal generator.
  • A full range of other tests/measurement instruments including oscilloscopes, logic analysers, source measurement units and signal generators.
  • High-performance computing facilities for design and simulation, including a 384 core Clustervision parallel computer.
  • Design/simulation software including Cadence, Lumerical, Tempest, Agilent ADS and Synopsys

A World-Leading

MHz to THz Facility:

From On-Wafer Devices to Wireless Systems

Interested in accessing our facilities? 

Reach out to the CAE Management Team through eng-cae@glasgow.ac.uk

Microwave to Sub-THz Automated Load Pull 

  • On-wafer, waveguide, and connectorized measurements in the 110 GHz to 1.1 THz spectrum.
  • Vertigo automated load-pull setup
  • Compatible with modulated signals and time-domain analysis

mmWave Noise Characterisation

  • Noise Figure and Noise Parameter measurements up to 50 GHz. 
  • Focus noise receiver.
  • Keysight noise receiver/source measurements.

Time-Domain Measurements and Arbitrary Waveform Generation

  • 4-Channel 50 GHz Oscilloscope: Keysight UXR0504A Infiniium UXR-Series
  • Up to 70 GHz Analog Bandwidth Arbitrary Waveform Generation: Keysight M8199A AWG
  • Frequency extenders for mmWave measurements

Cryogenic Device Characterisation

  • Lakeshore probestation, 77k to 400k control
  • 40 GHz 2-port measurements
  • High-power/voltage IV measurements up to 3 kV
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