Electromagnetics Laboratory
The Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology includes an Electromagnetics Laboratory equipped for all high-frequency measurement needs.
Location: Bessemer Building, B521
Facility Contacts:
- Dr Olive Murphy ( o.murphy@imperial.ac.uk )
- Ayodele Sanni ( a.sanni08@imperial.ac.uk )
Overview
The facility includes a huge (4m x 3m x 2m) anechoic shielded chamber, calibrated for uninterrupted use between 10MHz and 110GHz, a 67GHz Agilent PNA with Cascade manual probe station and E-CAL automatic calibration for discrete SMA socketed use, an 8GHz Agilent oscilloscope and a Picosecond pulse generator, as well as a host of other miscellaneous instruments.
Characterisation Services currently include:
- Onwafer probable devices to 67GHz
- SMA terminated prototypes (active or passive) to 26GHz
- Biophantom liquids and semi-solids from 200MHz to 26GHz
Equipment
- Anechoic shielded chamber (attenuation from 10MHz to 110GHz) fitted by EMV Ltd.
- Cascade Microtech Summit 9101: 6" RF/Microwave Analytical Probe Station [Brochure]
- Agilent E8361A: 10MHz to 67GHz, Performance Network Analyser (PNA) [Brochure|Datasheet|Installation & Quickstart|User Manual (11.0MB)]
- Agilent DSO80804A Ultra-high performance Infiniium oscilloscope (4-channel, 8Ghz, 40GSa/S)
- Agilent 54750A: Dual Channel Digitising RF Oscilloscope [User Manual]
- Agilent 54752A: DC to 50GHz Module for Agilent 54750A [User Manual]
- Rohde & Schwarz SML03: 9kHz to 3.3GHz Signal Generator
- Rohde & Schwarz ZVL Portable Vector Network Analyzer: 9 kHz to 3 GHz
- Picosecond Pulse Labs 10050A: 100ps-10ns Pulse Generator [Datasheet ]
Accessories
- Agilent 85130F: 2.4mm to 3.5mm Adapter Kit [Operation and Service Manual ]
- Agilent 85070E: Dielectric Probe Kit [Installation Manual|Application Note|Datasheet ]
- Agilent N4691B: Electronic Calibration Module [Reference Guide|Datasheet ]
