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 offeredat 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-3000A 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, experiments in the measurement of P1dB, noise figure and OIP3 of an amplifier, phase noise of an oscillator, Double Balance Mixer RF-IF and LO-IF Isolation, Up/Down conversion. Power and Frequency sweep analysis insertion loss, isolation and OIP3 of a RF switch, and noise figure, spurious response of a mixer: can be performed.
