UK testing facilities
Cardiff University Centre for High Frequency Engineering / Microwave Characterisation Laboratory
Cardiff University
Queen’s Buildings, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, Wales, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- RF, antennas and communications
- Optical and photonics
Services
Microwave characterisation of passive and active microwave components and devices; active harmonic load-pull and waveform engineering; high-frequency characterisation of materials and systems; on-wafer device measurements; named 130 GHz small-signal electro-optical characterisation capability in the co-located Microwave Characterisation Laboratory.
Equipment
The named facility page states operation up to 67 GHz and 120 W; current Cardiff research-unit material describes four harmonic load-pull systems, a 110 GHz source/load-pull capability and a 130 GHz small-signal electro-optical characterisation capability. Other analyser and signal-generator ranges are published on the facility page.
Standards
No facility accreditation or test-standard schedule stated on the cited Cardiff pages.
Contact
Email: leesj2@cardiff.ac.uk; Phone: +44 2920874318; Named contact: Jonathan Lees (Facility contact; role not published)
Approximate location
CF24 3AA · Postcode area location