Main activities:
Microwave measurements on circuits and components
Special tests under cryogenic cooling and laser exposure
Model extraction of advanced transistors
CAD and HMIC prototype realization of passive planar
devices, integrated circuits and systems
Main application fields:
Advanced telecommunications
Avionics
Aerospace
Radioastronomy
Biomedics
Weather monitoring
On wafer HEMT device under test during laser light
exposure (650 nm wavelength)
Micro radar for target detection
and speed measurement
Microwave cane for blind or visually impaired people
Criogenic measurements
At ELEMIC lab we can test microwave circuits and components down to 30 K
such as needed for specific applications in aerospace and radioastronomy.
Main instrumentation:
Vector Network Analyzer 8753E Agilent Technologies (30 KHz – 6 GHz)
Vector Network Analyzer E8364A Agilent Technologies (45 MHz – 50 GHz)
Spectrum Analyzer N9020A Agilent Technologies (20 Hz – 26.5 GHz)
Noise Figure Analyzer NP8975A Agilent Technologies (10 MHz-26.5 GHz)
On wafer station Cascade Microtech M150 with coplanar GSG probes
Protomat S103 Plotter high precision mechanical plotter
N5173B EXG X-Series Analog Signal Generator CW-AM-FM (9 kHz - 32 GHz )
Automated Coaxial Tuner MT983BUO1 Maury Microwaves (2 - 26 GHz) with ATS software suite
Istituto di Radioastronomia IRA INAF – Noto, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Leonardo Finmeccanica S.p.A – Palermo, Italy Department of Engineering- University of Ferrara, Italy Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems - Varszaw, Poland Infineon Technologies AG – Monaco, Germany ST Microelectronics – Catania, Italy Faculty of Electronic Engineering - University of Nîs, Serbia Wireless and Microwave Lab – University of South Florida, USA Div. ESAT-TELEMIC - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Leuven, Belgium Department of Microelectronics and Nanosciences, Microwave Electronics Lab -Chalmers, Sweden Triquint Semiconductor – Dallas, USA MEC Microwave Electronics for Communications S.r.l. - Bologna, Italy Cambridge Graphene Centre - University of Cambridge, UK U.S.A. National Research Laboratory - Washington, USA
Active Collaborations with
Research Centers and
Industries
website: http://elemic.org/
Main activities:
Experimental training for students of Microwave
Electronics 1, Wireless Technologies, Laboratory of Wireless
Technologies classes
Thesis development in the microwave electronics field
Equipment for short courses and seminaries (up to 15
attendees) – Wireless and Ethernet internet access
Main instrumentation:
•EMC Analyzer/Spectrum Analyzer 8594EM Agilent Tecnologies (9 K Hz – 2.9 GHz)
•Line Impedance Stabilization Network 2x16 A Rolf Heine HF (9 KHz - 30 MHz)
•N.2 Sharebot Pro 3D Printer DIY Technology
•Atten F2007-C Frequency Counter (0 - 2.7 GHz)
•N.2 SDR-KITS VNWA Vector Network Analyzer (1 KHz-1.3 GHz)
•N.4 Power Supply U8002A Agilent Technologies (0-30 V, 5 A)
•N.3 Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator SDG1050 Siglent (0 - 50 MHz)
•N.2 Digital Oscilloscope SDS1102CML Siglent (100 MHZ- 1Gs/sec)
•N.2 Dual display Multimeter U3401A Agilent Technologies (4½ digit)
•N.2 Dual display Multimeter U3402A Agilent Technologies (5½ digit)
•N.2 LAB-1 Welding station with power supply and digital multimeter
•Spectrum Analyzer AT5010B Atten (150 KHz- 1 GHz)
•Sweep Generator HP8350A with RF plug-in 83522A (0.1-2.4 GHz)
