WiDE Laboratory

The mission of the Wireless Devices and Electromagnetics Laboratory (WiDE) is to advance the state of the art of wireless circuits and antennas (up to mm-wave frequencies) while educating the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs in this domain.

In order to improve the performance of wireless devices, lab individuals perform focused research on:

• Material engineering.
• Novel manufacturing techniques.
• Optimized antenna and circuit geometries.
• Other concerns related to the real-world implementation of high-performance wireless devices.

Laboratory researchers have expertise on a wide range of topics in avionics and aerospace communications and sensing, including RADAR, satellite communications, and UAS Sense and Avoid. 

Equipment

• ETS-Lindgren Far-Field Antenna Anechoic Chamber up to 20 GHz (12 feet x 12 feet x 24 feet)
• Keysight 2-Port PNA (67 GHz)
• Keysight 4-port VNA (20 GHz)
• Keysight Signal Analyzer (26.5 GHz)
• onScrypt 3Dn additive manufacturing system
• LPKF ProtoLaser U4 laser circuit board system
• LPKF ProtoMat S103 circuit board plotter
• Alessi probe station
• Keysight FieldFox (9 GHz)
• Femtosecond 10W IR Laser