Project: Metrology for new electrical measurement quantities in high-frequency circuits

A lack of traceable measurements is holding back cutting-edge industrial electronics that operate in the radio frequency, microwave and millimetre-wave areas. This prevents their use in a wide variety of applications such as breast cancer screening, the detection of environmental gases for climate change monitoring and airport security scanners. This project will develop traceable verification techniques to benefit systems including waveguides, coaxial lines, vector network analysers and printed circuit boards. These techniques will help manufacturers justify performance indicators such as product specifications and help test equipment manufacturers develop new instruments to keep up with advances in new electronics. The project will also help improve the energy efficiency of components and systems used in mobile communications such as smartphones and base stations, and support emerging technologies such as carbon-based, organic electronics.

Acronym	SIB62 HFCircuits (Reference Number: SIB62)
Duration	01/07/2013 - 30/06/2016
Project Topic	Metrology
Project Results (after finalisation)	See Website
Website	visit project website
Network	EMRP
Call	EMRP Call 2012 - Industry, SI Broader Scope and Open Excellence

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	NPL Management Limited	Coordinator	United Kingdom
2	Cesky Metrologicky Institut	Partner	Czech Republic
3	Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais	Partner	France
4	Eidgenössisches Institut für Metrologie METAS	Partner	Switzerland
5	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt	Partner	Germany
6	SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB	Partner	Sweden
7	VSL B.V.	Partner	Netherlands
8	Keysight Technologies Belgium BVBA	Observer	Belgium
9	ROHDE & SCHWARZ GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft	Observer	Germany
10	České Vysoké Učení Technické v Praze		Czech Republic
11	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven		Belgium
12	University of Leeds		United Kingdom