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OUR FACILITIES

MODELING & SIMULATION

Simulation Computers

  • Dell Precision 5820 X-Series (21)

    • CPU: Intel i9-10920x 3.50GHz

    • 12 cores - 24 logical processors

    • Ram: 256 GB

    • GPU: Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000​

  • Dell Precision 5820 (07)

    • CPU: Intel Xeon(R) W-2265 3.50GHz

    • 12 cores - 24 logical processors

    • Ram: 128 GB

    • GPU: Nvidia RTX A4000

  • Dell Precision 7920 (18)

    • CPU: Intel Xeon(R) Gold 6244 3.60GHz

    • 16 cores - 32 logical processors

    • Ram: 768 GB

    • GPU: Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000

Wireless Communication Lab / NextG Testbed

A start-of-the-art microwave measurements facility for measurements between 700 MHz and 300 GHz. The Testbed features three chambers for low noise microwave measurements of antennas, filters, and wireless security experiments, along with equipment for characterizing magnetic and dielectric materials, and includes a TEM cell
for EMC and EMI testing.

RADIO FREQUENCY & COMMUNICATION

Anechoic Chambers

  • Large Chamber: ETS-Lindgren AMS-8501

    • Frequency range: 0.75-10GHz

    • 2D Polar Plots

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  • Small Chamber: ETS-Lindgren AMS-5701

    • Frequency Range: 10-50GHz

    • 3D Polar plots

Amplifiers

  • OPHIR RF Amplifier 5205 0.5-3.0GHz 50 Watts

  • RF Lambda Amplifier RFLUPA01M30M 1.5-30MHz 

  • RF Lambda Amplifier RFLUPA0052G100A 20-520MHz

  • 3 AETECHRON 7224 DC Enabled AC Amplifier

Antennas

  • ETS-Lindgren 3115

    • 0.75-18GHz​​

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  • PowerLog 40400

    • 14-40GHz​​

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  • WR-42 18-26.5GHz​

  • DRH67 6-67GHz​​

  • WR-28 26.5-40GHz

Network Analyzers

  • Agilent PNA Network Analyzer E8356A (300kHz – 3GHz)

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  • Keysight 4 port PNA Network Analyzer N5227B (10MHz-67GHz)

    • Frequency with Virginia Diodes frequency extenders: 10MHz-330GHz​​​​​​​​

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  • 2 Keysight Field Fox Network Analyzer

    • N9918A 26.5GHz

    • N9952A 50GHz​

Signal Generator

  • Keysight PSG Analog Signal Generator E8257D (250kHz-67GHz)

LPKF ProtoLaser

  • LPKF ProtoLaser H4 PCB Prototyping Laser and Drill CNC

  • LPKF ProtoLaser ST PCB Prototyping Laser CNC

Oscilloscope

  • Keysight Digital Storage Oscilloscope DSOS254A 20G Sa/s

Magnetic Field Probe

  • Lake Shore Cryotronics F71 Teslameter

OpenCyberCity Testbed

A 1:12 scale model, OCC is a smart city testbed where students can learn about several aspects of modern smart cities. The testbed consists of data collection and processing units, database management, distributed performance management algorithms, and real-time data visualization

AI & EDGE TECHNOLOGIES

Features

  • ​​4 reconfigurable building types: residential, office, hospital, and automated manufacturing facilities

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  • Optical tracking system for real-time video feedback of multi-object autonomous systems

  

  • Real-time dashboard display of sensor data, battery health, autonomous device status

  

  • Elevated platform could support future subterranean infrastructure

Equipment

  •  WLKATA AI Vision set

 

  • ViconVero motion tracking cameras with IR lights

 

  • 3-inch quadcopters capable of autonomous navigation and way-point based flight

 

  • 12-inch autonomous cars outfitted with cameras for autonomous navigation

C. Kenneth and Dianne Harris Wright Virginia Microelectronics Center 

8,000-square-foot Class-1000 cleanroom for the fabrication and development of state-of-the-art materials and a wide array of micro- and nano-fabricated electronic and photonic devices

ELECTRO-OPTIC & INFRARED

Growth & Characterization

  • MBE (III-Vs, III-Ns, BeMgZnO)

  • MOCVD (III-Ns)

  • PE-ALD, VEECO FIJI (800ºC); Th-ALD, Cambridge

  • PE-CVD, SAMCO (Si, Si3N4 and SiO2)

  • SEM with EDS, JEOL

  • Hall-Effect, LakeShore (10-300 K, 0.7 T)

  • PC-based parameter analyzer, Keithley4200

  • Probe stations, KarlSuss

  • 50 GHz & 20 GHz VNAs, Agilent

  • Noise analyzer, Agilent E 5505A (26 GHz)

Micro-/nano-fabrication

  • EBL, RAITH Voyager (5nm res., 50 keV)

  • Maskless photo-lith., Heidelberg µMLA (600nm res.)

  • Mask maker, Heidelberg µPG 101 (600nm res.)

  • Mask-aligner, Karl Suss (500nm res., 300nm UV)

  • Estrelas Cryogenic DRIE, Oxford

  • ICP etcher, SAMCO (Cl and F)

  • Thermal and e-beam evaporator, AJA.

  • DC and RF magnetron sputtering, AJA

  • RTA (1200ºC), Allwin21.

Optics Laboratories

Steady-state and Time-resolved Optical Spectroscopy or Materials and Photonics/Optoelectronics Devices

Sources

  • Sol2A Class ABA Solar Sim. (450 W), Newport

  • Fotric 462 BlckBodt, Black Body, Fotric

  • fs/ps Ti:Sapphire ((700-1000 nm)) with 2nd/3rd harm. & pulse picking (2 Hz - 80 MHz), Spectra

  • fs Ti:Sapphire amplifier (Solstice) + OPAs (TOPAS), (200 nm - 11 µm), Spectra Physics

  • HeCd/325nm, InGaN/405nm, DPSS/532nm, N/337nm, Ex/193nm); lamps (Xe, D, QTH)

Spectroscopy

  • Single-sweep Streak camera, ~20 ps, Hamamatsu

  • LN2-CCD/InGaAs arrays (UV-Vis-IR) Princeton Instr

  • FTIR spectrometer, Thermo Fisher

  • Various Grating Spectrometers (UV-Vis-IR)

  • FPA Imaging Test Station (7700), Pulse Instr.

  • Gobi-640-17µm GigE/CL/CXP cam. (LWIR), Exosens

  • Bobcat-640-GigE&CL camera (SWIR), Exosens

  • Closed-cycle He optical cryostats (10-350  K)

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