Description
Amitec’s next generation of Antenna Communication Training & Measurement Lab is based on the latest generation of radio architecture. The complete setup consists of a USB powered calibrated software-controlled RF Signal Generator and a calibrated software-controlled RF Signal Receiver, software-controlled Stepper Motor based rotating and mounting fixture, Linux based Data Visualisation and Management Software and a workstation Laptop pre-configured with all the hardware drivers, softwares, study material, experiment manuals and video tutorials.
Features
- Only system complying to IEEE Standard 149-1979
- USB powered calibrated Vector Signal Generator and Vector Signal Analyzer
- Antenna Gain Measurement
- EIRP and Total Radiated Power Measurement
- Vector Signal Generator in CW,AM, FM, FSK, BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK, QAM, GMSK and various other modes including custom waveforms
- Test with LTE, Wi-Fi and other advanced waveforms
- Built-in Spectrum Analyzer with waterfall, Oscilloscope and Constellation Display
- Rugged and durable design in Small Form Factor for bench top experimentation
- Laptop workstation included as part of lab with all the hardware drivers, softwares, study material, manuals, videos and remote support software pre-installed for hassle-free operation
- More than 30 different Antennas included
Area and Scope of Learning
- Establishing a complete RF link with point-to-point connectivity
- RF Link budgeting and calculations
- Antenna Radiation Pattern measurement with plotting software
- Measurement of Antenna gain parameter and other characteristics
- Experimentation with more than 30 different types of antennas
- Experiments covering practical impairments such as Doppler shift
- Simultaneous visualisation in time and frequency domain of received signal for practical approach
- Custom waveform transmission with 25 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth for advanced experimentation and research such as LTE
- Completely configurable frequency range from 30 MHz to 4 GHz can be used for RF path loss and other practical measurements
- VSWR and Return Loss measurement of antennas with broadband directional coupler
- Vertical, Horizontal and Circularly polarized antennas
- Polarisation discrimination of Linear and Circular antennas
- Resonant and non-resonant antenna, Reciprocity of antenna
- Current distribution of an antennas and comparative study of antennas
- EM simulation results of all the antennas included for practical verification
- Practical Verification of antennas working in Quad-band GSM, 20 bands of 3G, 40 bands of LTE, GPS, GNSS, WiFi, CDMA and applications such as IoT
Configuration
The complete Lab includes:
- USB powered calibrated 12GHz RF Signal Generator and 4 GHz RF Signal Analyser
- Software controlled stepper motor rotator and fixture
- Laptop Workstation with pre-installed hardware drivers, softwares, study material, manuals, videos and remote support software
- 30 different antennas with VNA test reports, simulation and practical results
- Comprehensive documentation including:
- Pre-Lab study material
- Experiment manual including more than 25 experiments
- Video Lectures for pre-lab and experimentation
Antennas
| Microstrip Yagi | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -15 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip Balun |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Patch Transformer Fed | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -20 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Trapezoidal Ultra Wide-band | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 2.45 to 8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip Balun |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Gain | 1 dBi |
| Wideband Bowtie Dipole | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 0.4 to 4.4 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Balun |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Glass Epoxy |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Selective Gold |
| Microstrip Dual Rectangular Patch | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -15 dB |
| Gain | 5 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | FR4 |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Series Fed Rectangular Patch | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Gain | 4 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | FR4 |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Coplanar Waveguide Bowtie Slot | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Gain | 2 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Patch Inset Fed | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -20 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Loop Antenna | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Gain | 2 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Leaky wave | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Patch Array 2*2 | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 2.45 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -15 dB |
| Gain | 8 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | FR4 |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Endfire Dipole Array | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Beamwidth | E plane: 60 degree H plane: 120 degree |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Broadside Dipole Array | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Beamwidth | E plane: 60 degree H plane: 120 degree |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Slot Antenna | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -15 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Beamwidth | E plane: 60 degree H plane: 180 degree |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Folded Dipole Antenna |
|
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Beamwidth | E plane: 70 degree H plane: 180 degree |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Dipole | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -15 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip Balun |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Cross Pol Discrimination | 20 dB |
| Microstrip Right Circularly Polarised Patch | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | RHCP |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Leaky wave | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 +/- 0.01 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Circular Patch | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -12 dB |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Feed | Microstrip |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Broadband Spiral Antenna | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 2 to 3 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Circular |
| Gain | 2 dBi |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstrip Broadband Spiral Slot | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 2 to 3 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Polarisation | Circular |
| Gain | 2 dBi |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Microstoria Vivaldi Ultra Wide-band | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 3 to 10 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | < -6 dB |
| Gain | Varies over range, typical 3 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Broadband Directional Coupler | |
|---|---|
| Insertion S21 | 1.5 +/- 0.3 dB |
| Coupling S31 | 20 +/- 2 dB |
| Isolation S41 | 20 +/- 2 dB |
| Directivity | 15 +/- 3 dB |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
| Usage | Antenna forward and reverse power, VSWR Measurement |
| Reference Log Periodic Dipole Array | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1 to 6 GHz |
| Return Loss/S11 | -10 dB |
| Gain | 4 dBi |
| Polarisation | Linear |
| Beamwidth E plane | 60 degree |
| Beamwidth H plane | 180 degree |
| Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Connector | SMA |
| Substrate | Ceramic |
| Masking | Selective |
| Plating | Gold |
Technical Specifications
| ATS 04 Transceiver | |
|---|---|
| Transmitter Frequency Range | 0.3 to 3.8 GHz |
| Receiver Frequency Range | 0.3 to 3.8 GHz |
| Mode | Full Duplex |
| Power | USB powered |
| Bandwidth | 100 kHz to 28 MHz |
| Frequency Resolution | < 3Hz |
| Maximum Output Power | 0 dBm |
| Level Accuracy | < 2dB |
| Receiver Sensitivity | -120 dBm |
| Tx/Rx Impedance | 50 Ohms |
| Computer Workstation | |
|---|---|
| Mobile Workstation | Notebook Computer |
| Display | 15.6 inch LED/LCD TFT |
| Processor | Latest generation core i5 quad core |
| OS | Linux Ubuntu |
| Ports | USB 3.0, HDMI, Ethernet, VGA, Audio In/Out |
| Onboard Graphics | Intel HD Graphics |
| Harddisk | 500 GB |
| Antenna 3D Positioner | |
|---|---|
| Azimuth Start Angle | -360 to 360 degree |
| Azimuth Stop Angle | -360 to 360 degree |
| Azimuth Minimum Step Size | 1 degree |
| Elevation Start Angle | -360 to 360 degree |
| Elevation Stop Angle | -360 to 360 degree |
| Elevation Minimum Step Size | 1 degree |
| Power | 12 V Adapter |
| Control | Software via USB |
| No of cycles of rotation | any |
| Return to Home | Yes |
| Loading Capacity | 1 Kg |
| Data Visualisation Software | |
|---|---|
| Plot | Polar and Cartesian |
| Scale | Log and Linear |
| Scale display | Absolute and Relative |
| Other Plots | Vi, Vr and Return Loss |
| Multiple Pattern Overlay | Yes |
| Other Features | Rotate, Zoom, Colour and Location editing |
| Save and Read Data | To and from file |
Optional Accessories
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