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 Microwave and Optical Communications Research Facilities

Microwave/antenna laboratories occupy the 5th floor of Hawken Engineering Building (Bdg 50) and the fifth floor of General Purpose South Building (Bdg 78).

  • Antenna research facilities consist of two (far/near field) antenna testing chambers with HP8510 VNA/HP8530 receiver and a PC controller
  • Microwave Imaging laboratory with a Y-Φ scanner and R&S ZVA 24 4-port Vector Network Analyser
  • Etching facilities
  • Computing facilities comprising a cluster of networked personal computers with microwave and antenna CAD packages including Agilent AGS, Agilent High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS), CST, FEKO and Microsoft Office

 

Circular Array including UWB antenna elements.Near-field chamber including an X-Y positioning system.