Proper application of RF circuit design techniques and careful consideration of antenna systems are both critical to achieving target product specification and EMC/regulatory compliance in products incorporating wireless technologies. This is the case irrespective of whether the product in question uses standards-based technologies such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth®, or some bespoke or proprietary radio.

RF systems engineering is a specialist area that demands a skillset extending well beyond that required for basic analogue and mixed-signal hardware design. Combine this with the potential for interaction between radio and the high-speed digital logic that is integral to modern communications systems, and the RF systems engineer must possess an incredibly broad understanding across layers and technologies.

Our laboratory is furnished with the equipment and tools necessary to develop, validate, and troubleshoot modern wireless systems, including those necessary for antenna design, modelling, and impedance matching, transceiver characterisation and calibration, and general RF system analysis and fault-finding.