Contract for the Supply and Installation of a Millimetre-Wave Measurement Facility to the University of Birmingham

This project is funded by UK Research and Innovation's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the University of Birmingham (UoB).

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the design, supply and installation of equipment leading to the establishment of a versatile and fully automated electromagnetic (EM) characterisation facility for RF to millimetre wave (mm-wave) frequency measurements in an EM quiet and reflection-free environment. The equipment to be supplied includes, but is not limited to, precision mechanical scanning stages, control electronics, standard gain antennas, near-field probes, RF cabling, rotary joints and control and measurement software.

The equipment should have the capability to operate with the University's existing RF equipment, including a 50 GHz vector network analyser (VNA) and millimetre-wave frequency extender heads. All the equipment is to be housed in an existing radio frequency shielded and EM absorber lined anechoic chamber located on the third floor of the School of Engineering building at the UoB.

The measurement facility realised will be designed with versatility at its heart, capable of performing a wide range of measurement types. Specifically, it should be capable of performing three types of measurements from 1 GHz to 330 GHz:

1. Far-field (FF) measurement of antenna radiation patterns

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2. Spherical near-field (SNF) measurements of antennas and metamaterials
3. Bistatic electromagnetic scattering measurements

All the equipment (software and hardware) should include warranties and support for a minimum of five years.

This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or;

• European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or;
• Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research

Councils.