TÜBİTAK UME hosted the opening meeting of the project titled "Improvement of RF and Microwave Metrology Capacity" within the scope of the EU-funded EMPIR (European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research) program RPOT (Research Potantiel Project) call on 14-15 June 2016.

The project, which was coordinated by Dr. Murat CELEP from TÜBİTAK UME and attended by 14 experts from 8 countries including Turkey, draws attention as the 4th EMRP/EMPIR project coordinated by TÜBİTAK UME.

In addition to TÜBİTAK UME, the national metrology institutes of Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Greece and Egypt, as well as the Technical University of Catalonia in Spain will also take part in the project, which is planned to last for three years. In addition, 20 different companies from different countries will also support the project.

With the project, it is planned to provide training, workshops and knowledge transfers between the metrology institutes of developed countries and the countries that want to develop their metrology infrastructure in the field of RF and Microwave in the European Union and candidate countries. Thus, it is thought that the infrastructures within the scope of RF and microwave metrology, which exist in some institutes but are not used in research projects, will be made more suitable for research.

The project aims to conduct joint research on S-parameter measurements, traceability of the meters used in these measurements, characterization of RF low power meters and high power meters, harmonic effects in low power measurements, measurement of reflection coefficients of signal sources, and improvement of electromagnetic compatibility tests.

The outputs of the project, which will be accessible to the developing national metrology institutes and accredited calibration/testing laboratories that are the customers of these institutes, are intended to be guide documents for those working in the field of RF and microwave metrology and for those who are just starting out.

Nowadays, when communication systems and devices have entered our daily lives, the accuracy and precision of RF and microwave metrology-based tests and calibrations of high frequency communication products are of great importance in terms of the quality and reliability of the products produced for us to achieve a more comfortable standard of living.