Research
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 Isolated Oscilloscope, <=200MHz |
| 1 Tektronix TDS2024B Isolated Oscilloscope |
| 2 Rohde&Schwarz 3004 Oscilloscope |
| 2 Rohde&Schwarz RTH1004 Isolated Oscilloscope |
| 1 Rohde&Schwarz RTE 1104 Oscilloscope |
| 1 Kenwood CS4125 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz |
| 1 Kenwood CS5400 Oscilloscope, <=200MHz |
| 2 Tektronix TCP0150, current probes up to 150A |
| 4 Tektronix TCP202A current probes up to 15A |
| 4 Isolated voltage probes Testec |
| 2 Current Probes Rogowski Keysight N7042A |
| 1 Current Probe Rogowski Iwatsu BF237140370 |
| 2 Rohde&Schwarz RT-ZC15B Current Probe 30A |
| 3 Rohde&Schwarz RT-ZC20B Current Probe 30A |
| 1 Rohde&Schwarz RT-ZC31 Current Probe 30A |
Impedance and Spectrum Analyzer:
| Make and model |
|---|
| 1 Tektronix Spectrum Analyzer (1.8 GHz) |
| 1 Impedance Analyzer Omicron Bode 100 |
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 Programmable power supply up to 72V, PWS4305 |
| 1 Sorensen SGI400X38D, 15 kW power supply |
| 1 APS DPS100-150, 15 kW power supply |
| 1 Power supply bidirectional Elektroautomatik 3kW PSB10500-20 |
| 1 Power supply bidirectional Elektroautomatik 3Kw PSB10300-30 |
| 1 Power supply bidirectional Elektroautomatik 5kW PSI 10500-30 |
| 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 |
|---|
| Signal generators |
| 1 Rohde HMF2525 |
| 1 Agilent 33120A |
| 2 Wavetek Meterman FG3C |
| 1 Kenwood FGE 1202 |
| 1 Promax GF-232 |
| 1 Signal Rohde&Schwarz SM 300 |
| Signal analyzer |
| 1 Signal Analyzer EMI Rohde ESCI |
| Digital multimeters |
| 2 Tektronix CDM250 |
| 3 Tektronix DM2510 |
| 4 HC 8902A |
| 1 Agilent 34401A |
| 6 Rohde HMC8012 |
| 1 TTi 1705 |
Dataloggers:
| Make and model |
|---|
| 1x Keysight DAQ970A |
| 1x Keithley 2700 |
Thermal characterization equipment:
| Make and model |
|---|
| NEC TH9100 WR thermal camera |
Equipment for the design and implementation of electronic circuits:
| Make and model |
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| Welding equipment. |
| Air extraction equipment. |
| Welders. |
Licenses:
| 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) |
| 1 Full license Altair electronics suite, which includes 39 programs (structural, thermal, PCB analysis, electronic simulation, etc.) |
In total we have more than 15 oscilloscopes, more than 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 Signal generator Rohde&Schwarz HMF2525 |
| 1 RF Generator up to 3 GHz |
| 1 Rohde&Schwarz function generator. |
| 1 Rohde&Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer and bandwidth 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 SCHLÖDER SESD-30000 |
| 1 Milliohmeter RESISTOMAT 2316 |
| 1 Radiation Meter EMR-300 |
| 1 Rohde&Schwarz Multimeter |
| 1 Protek continuous power supply 0-30V |
| 1 Electrometrics Near Field Probe EM-6992 |