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Radio Frequency and Millimeter Wave Facility
The Radio Frequency and Millimeter-wave (RF/mm-wave) Facility includes electronics fabrication and measurement units.
- The electronics fabrication unit offers a complete in-house PCB prototyping (multilayer rigid and flex) through high-end laser and mechanical equipment. Furthermore, the fabrication unit provides a complete component placement and rework cycle including high-end fully- and semi-automatic rework stations enabling desoldering, soldering, and residual solder removal of SMDs and BGAs as small as 01005.
- The measurement unit offers an anechoic test chamber capable of measuring electromagnetic radiation, high-end spherical nearfield measurement system, planar nearfield scanner (all in frequencies ranging from 1-110 GHz), and high-end PNAs and other required equipment for a fully in-house measurement cycle.
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Facility Details
Electronic Fabrication Equipment
- 3D printer: Raise3D Pro2 Plus
- Laser prototyping machine: ProtoLaser U4
- Mechanical prototyping machine: ProtoMat S104
- Plating machine: Contac S4
- Pick and place machine: Finetech Core Plus
- Reflow oven: ProtoFlow S N2
- Multilayer press: Multipress S
- Soldering machine: Weller WXD2
Measurement Equipment
- Microwave Network Analyzer: N5247B PNA-X
- Arbitrary waveform generator: M8195A
- Real-Time Oscilloscope: MXR and UXR Series
- Anechoic chamber
- Different sources
- Robotic system
Rates are charged by the hour.
| CUNY Rate | Academic Rate | Start-up Company Rate | Industrial Company Rate | |
| Anechoic chamber | $75 | $100 | $500 | $500 |
| Weller WXD2 | $31 | $50 | $31 | $31 |
| ProtoLaser U4 | $102 | $120 | $400 | $400 |
| ProtoMat S104 | $102 | $120 | $230 | $230 |
| MultiPress S | $77 | $108 | $170 | $170 |
| Contac S4 | $77 | $104 | $160 | $160 |
| FineTech Core+ | $77 | $110 | $157 | $157 |
| Raise3D Pro2 Plus | $5 | $6 | $15 | $15 |
| PNA | $20 | $176.40 | $176.40 | $176.40 |
| Waveform generator | $20 | $43.65 | $43.65 | $43.65 |
| Infiniium oscilloscope | $20 | $43.65 | $43.65 | $43.65 |
| ProtoFlow S N2 | $10 | $59.51 | $93.43 | $93.43 |
| Robotic system | $20 | $29 | $45 | $45 |
| Director’s time | $70 | $70 | $70 | $70 |
For more information, please contact:
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Arno Thielens
- Research Associate Professor, Photonics Initiative
- Director, Radio Frequency and Millimeter Wave Facility