Multi-Use Single Coax (MUSiC)

Project MUSiC Engineering, 2018-19

Liaison(s): (not listed)
Advisor(s): Matthew Spencer
Students(s): Geneva Ecola (TL-F), Michael Fernandez, Nico Naar (F), Rachel Perley (TL-S), Chris Strong, Samantha Ting (S)

The Project MUSiC Clinic team designed a system to reduce the number of cables in a radio frequency (RF) testing setup. Reduction from five cables to a single coaxial cable plus two printed circuit boards per test stand will save the company $600,000 in hardware for implementation of 2,000 test stands. Transmitting the signals over a single cable, requires first combining RF, digital and power signals on one side of the transmission line, and then separating them back apart with sufficient isolation and no information loss on the other side.