Centre for High Frequency Engineering

The facility is used for microwave characterisation of both passive and active microwave components and devices, operation at frequencies up to 67 GHz and power levels up to 120W.

Capabilities include active harmonic load-pull and waveform engineering.

Equipment

Name	Make/Model	Details
Digital Oscilloscope	Agilent DSO9254A	2.5 GHz 20GSa/s.
Digital Sampling Oscilloscope mainframe + Sampling Heads	Tektronix DSA 8200	4 true differential channels.
DSO Digital Storage Oscilloscope	Agilent DSO-X 92004A	20 GHz, 80 GSa/s.
DSO oscilloscope	Tektronix 11801A	50 GHz sampling scope, 8 bit resolution, 5120 points.
ENA series Network Analyser	Agilent E5071B	300 kHz to 8.5 GHz, 125 dB dynamic range.
ESG-D series signal generator	Agilent E4433B	250 kHz to 4 GHz, 14 bit IQ resolution .
EXA Signal Analyzer	Agilent N9010A	10Hz - 26.5 GHz
EXG Vector Signal Generator	Agilent N5172B	9 kHz - 6 GHz.
Microwave Power Amplifier	Gigatronics GT-1000A	2 - 20 GHz, 41.5 dBm output power, 2.5 dB gain flatness.
Microwave System Power Amplifier	HP83020A	2-26.5 GHz, 27 dBm.
Microwave Transition Analyser	HP70820A / HP70004A	DC to 40 GHz MTA.
NI PXIe-1062Q	National Instruments	PXIe-8370 MXI-Express x4, PXI-5122 (14 bit 100MS/s Digitizer), PXI2-5450 (400MS/s I/Q Signal Generator), PXI-5422 (16 bit 200MS/s arbitrary waveform generator), PXI-5652 (RF Signal Generator).
On-wafer measurement system	Cascade	DC or RF characterisation probe station, semi automatic.
PNA-L Network Analyser	Agilent N5232A	300 kHz - 20 GHz.
PNA-X Network Analyser	Agilent N5242A	10MHz - 26.5 GHz, 4 port analyser with two built in sources, 130 dB dynamic range.
PSG Vector Signal Generator	Agilent E8267D	250 KHz to 160 MHz, _23 dBm.
PSG Vector Signal Generator	Agilent E8267D	Freq range: 250 KHz to 44 GHz, +23dBm power outut, 160MHz modulation bandwidth.
RF Synthesiser / Continuous signal source	Holtzworth HS6002A	6 GHz, low phase noise, 4 channel coherent frequency source.
Signal Generator – synthesised sweeper	Agilent E83640A	10 MHz to 40 GHz sweeper.
Spectrum Analyser / tracking generator	Agilent N1996A-506	10 KHz to 6 GHz
Time domain measurement system	VTD SAS Swap - x402	20 GHz bandwidth, 4 channel, 60 dB dynamic range, pulsed measurement system.
Vector Network Analyser	R&S ZVA67	10MHz to 67 GHz, high output power (+15dBm), 140 dB dynamic range, 4 port with 4 separate, coherent sources.