At the Utah RF IC lab, we design and simulate our circuits using the industry standard Cadence suite of IC design tools.  Our integrated circuits are then fabricated externally on multi-project wafers through MOSIS, and are returned to us ready for test and measurement.  We have a full complement of on-site test equipment that we use to characterize our circuits.  A summary of the available resources is shown below:

Computing:

• 4 Linux workstations running the Cadence suite of IC design tools for design, simulation, and layout

Test and Measurement:

• RF Probe Station for on-die measurements (pictured below)

• RF Signal Generators

• High speed Oscilloscope

• High speed Spectrum Analyzer

• Noise Figure Analyzer

• Network Analyzer