Resources and equipment

The Power Electronic Systems Research Group has two fully equipped spaces for research laboratories.
The first of these is an electronics laboratory with more than 20 workstations with electronic and computer equipment. Some of the equipment we have are the following:

Electrical characterization and power supply equipment:

Oscilloscope and Current Probes:

Make and model
1 Tektronix TDS5104 Oscilloscope, 1GHz, 5Gs/s
1 Tektronix MSO4104 Oscilloscope, 1GHz
1 Tektronix TDS420 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS360 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS320 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS220 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS250 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS2024B Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix TDS2024 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix OD402 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix OD4028 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix CS4125 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
1 Tektronix CS5400 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz
2 Tektronix TCP0150, current probes up to 150A
4 Tektronix TCP202A current probes up to 15A
1 Isolated Oscilloscope Rohde RTH1004 (with briefcase)
4 Isolated voltage probes Testec
2 Current Probes Rogowski Keysight N7042A
1 Current Probe Rogowski Iwatsu BF237140370

Impedance and Spectrum Analyzer:

Make and model
1 HP 4194A Impedance / Gain-Phase Analyzer, 100 MHz
1 VENABLE frequency response Analyzer
1 Tektronix Spectrum Analyzer (1.8 GHz)

Power Analyzer:

Make and model
1 Single Phase Precision Power Analyzer ZES ZIMMER LMG95
1 Yokogawa WT3000 Precision Power Analyzer

Power supplies and electronic loads:

Make and model
10 Power Supplies with dual 30V/5V output
1 Power supply HP6010A, HP6012B, HP6015A
1 Magna Power TS Series 4 10kW power supply
1 Programmable power supply up to 72V, PWS4305
1 Elgar SW5250A, 5250VA programmable AC power supply
1 Sorensen SGI400X38D, 15 kW power supply
1 APS DPS100-150, 15 kW power supply
1 HP 6050A programmable electronic load up to 1.8kW
1 CHROMA 63206A-600-420 Programmable electronic load up to 6kW (600V-420A)
1 Power Supply Regatron 18kW – REG-G5.RSS.18.1000.54
2 Power Supplies Delta 15kW 500 V - SM 500-CP-90
2 Power Supplies Delta 15kW 1500 V - SM1500-CP-30

Signal generator and multimeters:

Make and model
6 Signal generators
14 Digital multimeters

Thermal characterization equipment:

Make and model
NEC TH9100 WR thermal camera

Equipment for the design and implementation of electronic circuits:

Make and model
1 Soldering machine for the production of PCBs
1 Surface mounting table

Licenses:

1 Printed circuit board fabrication software license (ORCAD)

1 Power electronic circuit design and analysis software license (PSIM)

1 Software license for the design and analysis of power converter control (SmartCtrl)

1 Software license for magnetic element design and analysis (ANSOFT)

In total we have more than 15 oscilloscopes, 20 power supplies and other equipment such as static charge cabinets, spectrum analyzers, a thermographic camera, etc.

CEM Laboratory

The second space is a laboratory that contains a semi-anechoic chamber and is used to carry out tests related to Electromagnetic Compatibility. The camera, together with the equipment, allows various radiated and conducted emission and susceptibility tests to be carried out up to 18 MHz.

EMC equipment:

Make and model
1 Semi-anechoic chamber of 3 meters for measuring radiated EMI
1 Rohde&Schwartz Spectrum Analyzer and bandwidth up to 3 GHz
1 RF generator up to 3 GHz
1 LISN artificial line adapter
Several measurement antennas
Specific SW for measurement automation R&S EMC32
1 FieldFox Microwave Analyzer N9917A 18 GHz (including N9917A-112 QuickCal, N9917A-210 Vector network analyzer transmission/ reflection, N9917A-211 Vector network analyzer full 2-port Sparameters, N9917A-233 Spectrum analyzer, N9917A-235 Pre-amplifier Purchase Agreement)
1 ESD Generator SCHLODER SESD-30000
1 Milliohmeter RESISTOMAT 2316
1 Radiation Meter EMR-300