Keysight Technologies, one of the pioneering companies in the world having a strong expertise in wireless communication technologies had collaborated with ECE department to establish the Centre of Excellence. This is intended to benefit students who dream to pursue their research in the field of advanced wireless communication and RF system design. This would serve as a platform for students and aspirants to pursue their interest in the field of RF design.

Objectives of this Centre of Excellence are

To offer excellent training and education for students in Advanced Communication and RF System Design

To provide technology transfer and consultant services for industry and government

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES

Keysight Technologies, or Keysight, is a US company that manufactures test and measurement equipment and software. Keysight’s products include hardware and software for benchtop, modular, and field instruments. Instruments include oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, atomic force microscopes (AFM), automated optical inspection, automated X-ray inspection (5DX), in-circuit testers, power supplies and handheld tools.

In addition, it produces electronic design automation (EDA) softwares (EEsof division). It mainly serves the telecommunications, aerospace/defense, industrial, computer, and semiconductor industries

EQUIPMENTS

6 sets of Keysight Multi Purpose Lab Station

4+16 Channel Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (7014B)

30 MHz Arbitrary waveform generator (33521A)

Triple output DC Power Supply (E36314)

6 ½ Digit True RMS Digital Multimeter (34401A)

GPIP- USB Interface Adaptor

Electronic Instrumentation Training Kit

Keysight N9923A 4GHz Field Fox Handheld RF Vector network analyzer

Software :

Advanced Design System (ADS) – 5 licenses
VEE Pro – 6 licenses
Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA) – 15 licenses

Features :

A hands-on Experience in ADS helps students and faculty members to design RF/Microwave Systems

Test and verify RF circuits using Vector network analyzer.

Measure voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, frequency, and temperature using a single system

View, capture, edit, and generate custom signals including modulated signals.

Configure, customize and automate measurements using Visual Engineering Environment (VEE) pro software.

Vector Signal Analysis software enables demodulation and measurement of complex modern day communication signals

Type of Program	Name of the Program	Number of Participants			Total No. of Participants Enrolled	Date(s)
		Academics		Industry
		Int	Ext	Industry
National Workshop	Radio Frequency circuit design using ADS EDA Tools	–	27	–	27	14.10.17
National Workshop	CMOS RF Receiver Front End Design using CADENCE and ADS EDA Tools	8	10	–	18	26.09.17 27.09.17
Value Added Course	Design and Testing of Radio Frequency circuits using ADS EDA Tool	15	–	–	15	17.08.17 18.08.17
National Workshop	RF circuit design using ADS	14	9	–	23	10.03.17
National Workshop	RF circuit design using ADS	22	14	–	36	24.02.17 25.02.17
National Workshop	RF circuit design using ADS	–	27	–	27	30.09.16
Student Training	Complex Signal Analysis using “VSA	55			55	19.08.16, 26.08.16
Student Quality Improvement Program	Fundamentals of ADS and VEE pro	10	–	–	10	June 2016- Nov 2016 (every Monday to Wednesday)
One Credit Course	RF circuit design using ADS	23	–	–	23	June 2016- Nov 2016
National Workshop	Antenna Design using ADS	18	74	–	92	12.03.16
Faculty Training	Efficient Utilization of measuring instruments and Agilent scope	10	–	–	10	19.09.15
One Credit Course	RF circuit design using ADS	23	–	–	23	Dec 2015- Apr 2016
Internal Workshop	Agilent “VEE pro” Automation software Training	50	–	–	50	12.09.15
One Credit Course	RF circuit design using ADS	40	–	–	40	Dec 2014- Apr 2015
National Workshop	RF Design and Wireless Technologies	19	22	1	42	22.08.14 to 23.08.14
Seminar	EMC – Education, Industrial and Research Perspectives	17	10	1	28	08.11.14
Faculty Training	FDP on Agilent ADS	18	1	–	19	03.08.12

Value Added Course (VAC)

S.No	Name of the course	Duration in hours	Fees (Rs)	Target group	Name of the trainer/staff
1	Design and Testing of Radio Frequency circuits using ADS EDA Tool	30	500	Engineering (UG)/Engineering (PG)/ industry employees	K. Dhinesh
2	Patch Antenna Design using ADS	30	500		T. Sathiyapriya
3	RF Circuit Design using ADS	30	500		D.Reka
4	Electronic Circuit design ADS EDA Tool	30	500		K. Dhinesh