WAMI TEACHING LAB

ENB 236 Wireless and Microwave Instructional (WAMI) Lab - The software and instrumentation in the WAMI Lab comprises a state-of-the-art facility for design, analysis and fabrication of modern wireless circuits and systems. Funding for the development of this laboratory has been received from The National Science Foundation, Hewlett Packard, the University of South Florida and several sponsoring companies (Mini Circuits, Motorola, Honeywell/Xetron, Raytheon, Ansoft, RF Micro Devices, Cushcraft, Piezo Technology, Tektronix, Maury Microwave, Anritsu, Jmicro Technology, GGB Industries, Trak Microwave).

There are 6 student stations and a senior design project area. The inventory is:

Instrumentation:

  1. Hewlett Packard 8714 Vector Network Analyzers (3 GHz) - Qty. 7
  2. Hewlett Packard 8753 Vector Network Analyzer (6 GHz) - Qty. 1
  3. Hewlett Packard 8594E Spectrum Analyzer (2.9 GHz) - Qty. 7
  4. Hewlett Packard 8594E Spectrum Analyzer (6.5 GHz) - Qty. 1
  5. Hewlett Packard 8648C Synthesized Signal Generators (2.9 GHz) - Qty. 2
  6. Tektronix 400 MHz Digital Oscilloscope - Qty. 6
  7. Personal Computers - Qty. 8
  8. LPKF Rapid Prototyping Circuit Milling Machine - Qty. 1
  9. Digital Multimeters - Qty. 6
  10. Jmicro Personal On-Wafer Probe Station - Qty. 2
  11. Hewlett Packard Power Supplies (various models) - Qty. 12
  12. Solder stations - Qty. 4
  13. Assorted wireless components (cables (DC & RF), connectors, adapters, amplifiers, filters, mixers, modulators, demodulators, attenuators,isolators, circulators, couplers, antennas, surface mount components)
    (An assortment of other general equipment---function generators, modulators, power meters, etc.---is also available in the laboratory.)

Software (design and simulation software listed only):

  1. Agilent Technologies Series IV and ADS Circuit Simulator - Qty. 20 licenses
  2. Agilent Technologies MDS (Circuit and System Simulator) - Qty. 1 license
  3. PCAAD Antenna Design/Simulation - Qty. 10 licenses
  4. Ansoft Ensemble Electromagnetic Simulator - Qty. 20 licenses
  5. Eagleware Genesys Software - Qty. 10 licenses