Computer-Aided Design and Measurement Microwave Workstation for Undergraduate Instruction

微波工程广泛依赖于计算机辅助设计。一个最先进的微波工作站包括一个网络分析仪和一个计算机工作站，用于微波电路的设计、模拟和测试。我们计划将现有的微波电路模拟器Touchstone和布局工具MICAD与一个带有网络分析仪的工作站结合起来，完成我们的微波工作站。建成的微波工作站将用于三个本科实验室：在微波实验室中，设备将使学生能够测试设计的微波电路。网络分析仪将用于教授微波概念，并演示其作为设计工具的用途。该网络分析仪将用于微电子实验室。微电子专业的学生将学习对他们制造的双极和场效应晶体管进行射频测量。频率和时域测量将在电磁学实验室演示。将开发一份手册，演示在现代CAD环境中使用带有Touchstone和MICAD的网络分析仪来设计、布局和测试微波电路和设备。

Microwave engineering is extensively relying on computer-aided design. A state-of-the-art microwave workstation involves a network analyzer and a computer workstation for the design, simulation and testing of microwave circuits. It is planned to combine the current microwave circuit simulator Touchstone and layout tools MICAD and a workstation with a network analyzer to complete our microwave workstation. The completed microwave workstation will be used in three undergraduate laboratories: In the Microwave Laboratory, the equipment will enable the students to test the microwave circuits the designed. The network analyzer will be used both to teach concepts in microwave and to demonstrate its use as a design tool. The network analyzer will be used in the Microelectronics Laboratory. Microelectronics students will learn to perform RF measurements on the bipolar and field-effect transistors they fabricated in addition to other measurements. Frequency and time-domain measurements will be demonstrated in the Electromagnetism Laboratory. A manual will be developed demonstrating the use of the network analyzer with Touchstone and MICAD for the design, layout and testing of microwave circuits and devices in a modern CAD environment.