The increasing use of microwave technology, in applications ranging from satellite and terrestrial communications to high-speed computing and data transmission, has resulted in a short-fall of appropriately trained engineers and technicians.
Over the three quarters of the century, microwave circuits from bulky waveguide and coaxial components has shifted to planar structures (microstrip, stripline and more) which are low cost, and easily integrated with active circuit devices, such as diodes and transistors, to form microwave integrated circuits. The swing towards micro-strip technology must be reflected in the courses offered at engineering education institutes.
MS-3000A Enhanced Microstrip trainer comprises of Noise Source, Double Balanced Mixer, T/R switch and PIN Diode Modulator, Frequency Synthesized PLL based Microwave source, Digital Step Attenuator and set of low noise, driver and power amplifiers.
The ancillary equipment required to use this trainer is our MS-3000 microstrip trainer and spectrum analyzer (up to 4GHz). MS-3000 covers the measurement of microwave power, frequency, standing wave ratio, and impedance, as well as characterization of basic microwave components such as couplers, resonators, Wilkinson power divider, circulator, and filters. With this advanced trainer MS-3000A, experiments in the measurement of P1dB, noise figure and OIP3 of an amplifier, phase noise of an oscillator, insertion loss, isolation and OIP3 of a RF switch, and noise figure, insertion loss and spurious response of a mixer: can be performed. The trainer provides a very low cost solution for advanced level training in the field of microwave engineering. The manual is also well written, covering all the aspects of the experiment like theory, procedure and source of errors in the measurements.
- Latest Microwave Technology
- Gold Plated RF laminate with PTH
- Conveniently packed for inventory control
- RF system design
- Spectrum Analyzer
- Computer Interface Unit
- High IP3 Amplifier
- Medium Power Amplifier
- Low Noise Amplifier
- Double Balance Mixer
- Fix Frequency Source 2500 MHz
- Synthesized Frequency Source 2000-4000 MHz.
- T/R Switch
- PIN Diode modulator
- Digital Step Attenuator
- Noise Source
- Circulator
- SAW Filter
- RF Band Pass Filter
- Wilkinson Power Divider
- Measurement of Noise Figure of an amplifier by using Y-Factor method
- Study of Saturation and 1dB Compression Point P1dB of an amplifier
- Introduction of 3 port Circulator and measurement of its parameters
- Measurement of 3rd order intercepts point OIP3 of an Amplifier by two-tone analysis
- Study of PIN Diode Switch
- PIN diode modulator investigations
- Phase shifter applications.
- To design transmit / receive switch using PIN diode.
- Introduction of Synthesized Frequency Source
- Measurement and Characterization of the phase noise of a synthesized oscillator
- Study of double balanced mixer as up-converter and down-converter
- Study of Microwave Receiver
