Modular hardware, managed with LabVIEW software, can be customized for a variety of applications including MEMS and microfluidics testing, video acquisition and processing, particle tracking, pattern matching and general-purpose data acquisition.
The Agilent 8970B makes noise figure measurements in the 0 to 30 dB range. Measured noise can be displayed as noise figure or equivalent input noise temperature. Excess Noise Ratio (ENR) data can be entered in data tables on the noise figure meter. The meter uses this information to correct for ENR vs. frequency variations. The 8970B can be used with Agilent 346 (CMC loans the Agilent 346B Solid State Noise Source separately) or 347 noise sources.
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The 87405A Preamplifier is a multi-purpose instrument for any application that requires low noise and additional gain. The SNR of the final signal in an RF system is greatly impacted by the initial amplification of the signal and its original SNR. By having low noise figure in a preamplifier, the final signal will have a lower noise than without the preamplifier.
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This Keysight RF PXI-express system chassis, is an 18-slot chassis with a high-speed controller (Intel i7 with 16GB RAM) and a variety of RF and FPGA cards. The system includes a Vector Signal Analyzer (6.6GHz), a Vector Signal Generator (6 GHz with a reference frequency generator), DC power supply, digital I/O’s, Kintex-7 FPGA board, and several supporting accessories for a complete benchtop RF test environment.
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The Keysight Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) comes with a wide bandwidth for 5G research and offers full 6-port analysis. It can also be combined with multiple Keysight VNAs for MIMO research and includes an automated electronic calibration kit to simplify and speed the process of getting the correct measurements quickly. Also available from CMC, these VNAs can be used with a Keysight Materials measurement suite software (N5100A) and dielectric probe kit to allow for research in dielectric resonators and interfacing with biological systems. The VNA is housed in an 18-slot M9019A Gen 3 Chassis and uses an M9037A Controller with a swappable SSD drive.
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The ML605 is a high-performance, high-speed FPGA design platform equipped with industry-standard peripherals, connects, and interfaces that offer a rich set of features suitable for a wide range of applications.
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The 28 nm FD-SOI platform from STMicroelectronics delivers a unified process technology enabling mixed-signal, RF, and digital SoC/ASIC integration with best-in-class performance, power, and area (PPA) benefits. By leveraging ultra-thin-body fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (UTBB FD-SOI) device physics, the platform supports very low-voltage operation and significantly reduced leakage in standby mode, while offering a wide operating voltage
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ESP is a signal conditioning platform for converting trapped charges into a voltage signal. Charges are trapped on the surface by a functional material applied by the user, such as graphene, biomolecules, or quantum dots. The platform is useful for the implementation of solid-state high-performance detectors. Note: The expected number of chips to be delivered for
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The OptiSuite toolset includes: OptiSystem – a comprehensive software design suite that enables users to plan, test, and simulate optical links in the transmission layer of modern optical networks. OptiInstrument – addresses the needs for working with instruments. OptiSPICE – is used to analyze integrated circuits, including interactions of optical and electronic components. It allows
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National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment that enables test system development, connection to any instrument, and fully integrated user interfaces, through an intuitive approach to programming. It also includes additional NI software for teaching and research in system design, data acquisition, and prototyping. See more about LabVIEW at https://www.ni.com/en/shop/labview.html. NI Multisim software
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CMC provides access to the following Siemens EDA HEP Software bundles for academic research and teaching: IC Nanometer Design—Custom IC Design, Solido SPICE, Solido Design Environment, S-Edit, L-Edit, Symphony, Calibre Design, verification, and test—Catapult Ultra, Vista, ReqTracer (replaced by Questa VIQ Solution), Innexis Virtual, Mpower Analog and Digital, PowerPro, Questa, Precision Synthesis, Leon ardo Spectrum
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Note After June 2026, Luceda users will no longer have access to licenses through CMC, and should contact Luceda for free academic licenses. Luceda is proud to serve academics in Canada with free licenses of our products. Contact Luceda directly for license access at [email protected] This will also be accompanied by an onboarding session and
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Everybody belong to you Keysight Technologies PathWave software platform is a set of CAD tools for high-frequency system, circuit and modelling applications. The following products are available to subscribers: Advanced Design System (ADS) — Circuit design and simulation software with extensive libraries and design guides; EM Design (EMPro) — Electromagnetic modelling and simulation software for 3D
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The Intel FPGA Development tools include the following software: Quartus Prime (both Standard and Pro. Edition)—provides a complete, multi-platform design environment for Intel FPGA, SoCs, and CPLDs. It includes tools to enable users to perform from design entry and synthesis to optimization, verification, and simulation, including partial reconfiguration for the supported device families such as
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Amira and Avizo are data visualisation, analysis and modeling software programs. These suites allow you to explore and analyze data sets from widely different disciplines, including: Physics, Geology: Electrostatic fields; Magnetic fields; Tensor fields; Core sample study Chemistry, Life Sciences: Molecular surfaces and interfaces, dynamics; Granulometry Material Science: Non-destructive testing; Tomographic imaging and microscopy Mechanical
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The dw-2000™ Physical Layout and Verification Software, from Design Workshop Technologies Inc., enables the physical layout and verification of optical components built using planar waveguide technology and other semiconductor manufacturing techniques, such as microwave designs. dw-2000 has many benefits for photonic layout applications while avoiding the pitfalls associated with the use of a general-purpose drawing tool.
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CoventorMP (MEMS+ and CoventorWare) provides 3D MEMS simulation, analysis, and design automation software for the development of micro- and nano-scale devices and systems. These modules cover the full MEMS design flow for system-level simulation, layout generation, and finite element analysis (FEA) and model generators for IC simulators. The list includes: CoventorWare Designer for MEMS physical design,
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The COMSOL Multiphysics engineering simulation software environment facilitates all steps in the modelling process − defining your geometry, meshing, specifying your physics, solving, and then visualizing your results. COMSOL provides software solutions for multiphysics modelling. Through CMC, you can access the following: Finite element analysis (FEA) and simulation capabilities Modelling capabilities for defining geometry, meshing and physical
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The Cadence University Software program includes: Custom Integrated Circuits/Analog/RF Design products Digital Design and Signoff products Verification platform PCB Design and Analysis products Applied Wave Research (AWR) for MMICs, RF ICs, antennae, radar systems designs and more Multiphysics System Analysis CAD tools for EMC/EMI and thermal integrity studies Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) meshing and solver
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The Agilent 81960A is a tunable C- and L-band compact tunable laser source, capable of fast bi-directional wavelength sweeping from to 1505 to 1630 nm. The laser has a rated output power of +6 to +14 dBm. It is configured with an angled polarization-maintaining fiber interface, and housed in an Agilent 8136B mainframe.
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The Agilent 81130A pulse generator can output pulses, digital patterns and three or four level signals. Load values other than the standard 50 Ω can be entered to display output values corresponding to the input load. Continuous, external triggered, external gain, external width or manual trigger modes. In the “external” modes the output pulse is enabled by an input signal’s transition, level (high or low), or period and width. The external input allows a maximum 15 Vpp signal and works from Vdc to 150 MHz.
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The Agilent 81130A pulse generator can output pulses, digital patterns and three or four level signals. Load values other than the standard 50 Ω can be entered to display output values corresponding to the input load. Continuous, external triggered, external gain, external width or manual trigger modes. In the “external” modes the output pulse is enabled by an input signal’s transition, level (high or low), or period and width. The external input allows a maximum 15 Vpp signal and works from Vdc to 150 MHz.
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The Agilent 8110A pulse generator can output pulses, digital patterns and three or four level signals. Load values other than the standard 50 Ω can be entered to display output values corresponding to the input load. Continuous, external triggered, external gain, external width or manual trigger modes. In the “external” modes the output pulse is enabled by an input signal’s transition, level (high or low), or period and width. The external input allows a maximum 15 Vpp signal and works from Vdc to 150 MHz.
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Altium Designer is an EDA software package used for implementing schematic, PCB design, FPGA and embedded software design as well as providing Mixed-Signal simulation, and analog and digital circuit analysis. All capabilities are provided with a common project view and data model while allowing users to customize the workspace to suit their particular way to
June 3, 2019: Peter Stokes, Director, Canada Foundation for Innovation projects at CMC Microsystems will be the guest speaker at the upcoming June 4th Tech Tuesday event at 6:30 PM, the Marshes Golf Club in Kanata.
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May 31, 2019: Kingston, ON: CMC Microsystems, manager of Canada’s National Design Network for Microelectronics, Photonics and Embedded Computing is convening its annual meeting of international organizations to discuss best practices and enhanced cooperation in microelectronics and nanotechnology innovation as part of the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2019. The meeting will take place takes place Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at DAC in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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By Gordon Harling Dec. 10, 2018 A recent column in The Globe and Mail by Richard Florida and Ian Hathaway (“Solving Canada’s startup dilemma” (Nov. 2) raised some important points about Canada’s tech ecosystem. Of special interest was mention of “the influx of Asian and US companies into Canada”. They do ‘suck up talent’ as
Startup advantage: Let’s not fall prey to the “software trap.” Read More »
June 4, 2018 CMC Microsystems is pleased to be a sponsor of Photonics North 2018. As manager of Canada’s National Design Network® (CNDN) we look forward to continuing to help researchers overcome barriers to technology development by providing the tools, manufacturing capabilities and expertise for photonics innovation. And we congratulate CNDN researchers who to date
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