Instituto de Telecomunicações
Instituto de Telecomunicações

Overview

Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) is a private, non-profit, association of six Portuguese universities, one polytechnic, one public telecom operator and one telecom equipment manufacturer, established in 1992 with a mission to create and share scientific knowledge in telecommunications at world level and to host and tutor graduate and post-graduate students. IT earned the statute of Associated Laboratory in 2001.

IT is organized around three main sites: Aveiro, Coimbra and Lisbon with delegations in Covilhã, Leiria, Lisbon and Porto. IT hosts more than 300 (PhD holding) researchers, 7 of which are Fellows of IEEE, and 3 Fellows of the IET, 200 PhD Students and 200 MSc students.

IT expertise spans all areas of telecommunications and supporting sciences including wireless and optical communications, networks and multimedia.

IT is managed by a Board of Directors, and by Site Management Boards. 

IT scientific activities are overseen by the Scientific Board, including all IT researchers holding a Ph… You can find a description in the site http://www.it.pt/ ->  IT Scientific areas -> laboratories ...

Examples not exhaustive:

Radio LABs equipment

 A Vector Network Analyser 20GHz, Rhode & Schwarz ZVB20.
• Near-Field scanner based on a Fanuc industrial Robot Fanuc LR Mate 200iC / L5.
• 4 Channel-4 GHz Digital Phospor Oscilloscope Tektronix DPO70404.
• Signal Generator [9kHz to 3.2GHz] Rhode & Schwarz SMC100A SMC-B103.
• Spray Etching Machine MEGA-UK Rota-Spray Plus. 

The Lab includes two anechoic chambers (8.5m×4.5m×3.6m) and (4m×2.5m×2m) for microwave and mm-wave antenna measurements, respectively.

Main equipments are 4 vector network analysers (one of them up to 110 GHz),

2 scalar network analysers (up to 40 GHz),

2 spectrum analysers (up to 26 GHz),

1 noise figure measurement system, a probe-station for on-wafer microwave and mm-wave measurements.

Network analyzers (3GHz, 67 GHz and 70GHz),

Spectrum analyzers (26.5 GHz, 40GHz),

CW Signal generators (up to 40GHz),

…. research, Development and tests capabilities in the Wireless Communications area

Antenna Modeling and Design  

Design, fabrication and test of antennas for a wide range of bands and applications including the Internet of Things (IoT), namely for identification and localization using RFID and UWB. Antennas for Ka-band satellite-on-the-move wireless broadband access services. Antennas for body-area networks and biomedical applications, including wearable antennas, implantable antennas and antennas for medical imaging. Dielectric lens antennas for mullti-gigabit networks at 60 GHz and 120 GHz. Antenna integration in mobile terminals.

Wireless Circuits and Devices 

Design, modelling and characterization of circuits and devices for microwave and millimetre wave applications.

On-wafer capabilities for modelling high power devices, including GaAs HEMT, GaN HEMT, Si LDMOS, etc.

Design of MMIC based on several foundry technologies.

Power Amplifier design and evaluation.

Transmission and…. Yes. service.