Overview
Professors Jackson
and Yngvesson,
and the students associated with LAMMDA carry out research centered on
technology related
to integrated microwave, millimeter wave, and submillimeter wave
(Terahertz) components. LAMMDA activities include fundamental analysis,
modeling and measurement of devices and circuits that have applications
ranging from commercial microwave intergrated systems to radio
astronomy. Specific topics of current interest are;
Monolithic
microwave and millimeterwave IC (MMIC) design, MMIC
packaging, and Terahertz Lab
Financial Aid
Financial support is available for student research in several of
these areas.
Please contact Professor Jackson via email jackson@ecs.umass.edu.
Facilities
Measurement equipment includes: a Cascade probe station and
Agilent network analyzer for 50 GHz measurements, spectrum
analyzers to 50 GHz, and sources and sweepers
extending
to 110 GHz. Fabrication equipment includes a prototype machine shop,
wirebonders, and a T-Tek circuit board milling machine. In addition,
students make use of semiconductor
processing and characterization equipment in theSIPL
laboratory. Terahertz experiments are perfomed in Terahertz Lab
in which two gas lasers, a Fourier
transform spectrometer, several liquid helium dewars, and a
superconducting magnet are available. Several workstations are used for
running design software such as Agilent ADS, Sonnet em, AUTOCAD, and
CADENCE.
Students
also make use of the antenna range in the affiliated laboratory, APLab
.
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