Hardware and Software facilities

Anechoic Chamber

The anechoic chamber, size of 4.5 x 3 x 3 (height) m, is coated with absorbing panels whose material and shape are adequate to reach the minimum frequency of 2 GHz. It is also equipped with systems for alignment, pointing, shifting, and measuring of the antenna patterns.

VNA

The millimeter VNA to measure the scattering parameters of microwave components is composed of a base module plus an additional module to cover the frequency range between 10 MHz and 120 GHz. Such a system enables accurate characterization of the front-end passive and active microwave components (LNA included). The VNA can be connected to a cryostat to measure devices at cryogenic temperatures. Such a cryostat has a cubic size of 50 cm, and it is equipped with vacuum pumps, cryo-generator, pressure, and temperature sensors.

Ansys - HFSS

Ansys HFSS is a 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation software for designing and simulating high-frequency electronic products such as antennas, antenna arrays, RF or microwave components, high-speed interconnects, filters, connectors, IC packages and printed circuit boards. Engineers worldwide use Ansys HFSS to design high-frequency, high-speed electronics found in communications systems, radar systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), satellites, internet-of-things (IoT) products and other high-speed RF and digital devices.

Cameo - SysML

Cameo Systems Modeler is a modeling tool for Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) via SysML. Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is designed to unify the diverse modeling languages currently used by system engineers, the same way Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used in the software industry to unify the modeling languages used by software engineers.

Cameo Systems Modeler supports the specifications, analysis, designs, verifications, and validations of a broad range of complex systems. In addition to supporting all SysML diagrams (Block Definition, Internal Block, Package, Parametric, Requirements, Activity, and Use Case diagrams), Cameo Systems Modeler also supports additional specifications, analysis, designs, and validations on a broader range of systems and system integrations.

Cameo SysML has been adopted for describing part of the SKA project, particularly the SKA-LFAA element.

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