Millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast gets Keysight testers

A new millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast has been equipped by test system supplier Keysight Technologies.

The lab, which can accommodate 60 researchers, students and engineers, is located in the Centre for Wireless Innovation at the University’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT).

Professor Vincent Fusco, Chief Technical Officer of ECIT and leader of microwave research at Queen’s University Belfast, commented:

“This partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and Keysight gives us unprecedented measurement and instrumentation capabilities that will transform our microwave and millimeter-wave laboratories to advance our world leading research in this area.”

Keysight has supplied the equipment for the measurement of millimetre wave components used in radar, wireless communications and imaging systems.

The instruments include the N5247A PNA-X Non-Linear Vector Network Analyser, E8361C PNA Microwave Network Analyser with N5260A mmWave controller and a N9040B UXA Signal Analyser.

Mark Pierpoint, president, Ixia Solutions Group Keysight Technologies, writes:

“Queen’s University Belfast has a world-class reputation for its Global Research Institutes and it is a privilege to support this new millimetre-wave research lab.”