SAN JOSE, CA JUNE 6, 2024 — MilliBox the leader in compact benchtop mmWave anechoic chambers and antenna positioners announces several demonstrations displayed during the 2024 edition of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Washington DC from June 18 to June 20, 2024. Four demonstrations are shown at MilliBox booth 705 and three others will be shown by partners.

Booth 705: MilliBox

MilliBox unveils its new Compact Antenna Test Range system MBX32CTR. It
consists of an MBX32 chamber and a GIM04-300E positioner, and with the addition of a parabolic reflector and probe, it eliminates the far field distance constraints. This demonstration was brought together through cooperation with Eravant who developed the reflector and the probe as well as the frequency extenders for this system. The live demonstration shows a full 3D radiation pattern from 110GHz to 170GHz being captured and displayed in real-time.

MilliBox also demonstrates its innovative approach to mmWave radar sensor testing
with the combination of MBX32R chamber, GIM04-300X 3-axis antenna positioner and LIN04 linear actuated radar target controller. This brings news possibilities in radar characterization and tuning in mmWave and sub-THz domain.

MilliBox showcases MBX03 chamber with GIM05-340, a Spherical Roll 3-axis
positioner, capable of native 3D radiation pattern with very wide unobstructed view angle.

MilliBox shows the benefit of using the StabilityPlus line of RF cable assemblies from
Maury Microwave for routing mmWave signals to a device under test mounted on MilliBox GIM04-230X 3-axis antenna positioner. Effectively routing RF signals in such a multi-axis positioner can be a challenge, but Maury’s flexible coax are amplitude and phase stable which make them ideal for such applications. This demonstrates the wide range of GIM04 motions and the suitability of Maury Microwave cables for 3D OTA measurements.

Booth 1939: Eravant

Eravant shows its integration of MilliBox GIM04-300E for its new Open Bed Compact Range with 150mm of quiet zone. The use of a 3D positioner for this application allows for OTA measurement of a high precision 3D radiation pattern. Because GIM04-300E can mount sub-THz frequency extenders, this solution is suitable for measurements from 24GHz to 170GHz.

Booth 1111: Copper Mountain Technologies

Copper Mountain Technologies shows its new OTA-2H completely integrated OTA test system developed in cooperation with Eravant and MilliBox. MilliBox contributes a full chamber MBX32 and a positioner GIM04-300E, Eravant contributes the frequency extenders from the STO series up to 220GHz, and Copper Mountain Technologies supplies the USB VNA Cobalt 4209. This constitutes the most accessible full OTA system package on the market.

IEEE Student Design Competition 5

One of several student competitions organized by IEEE society this year asks students to compete for the best 3D-printed mmWave Dual Band Antenna Design. MilliBox provides the portable anechoic 6ft chamber MBX03 and the GIM05-340 3D Spherical Roll 3-axis positioner, for the gain measurement of the contender’s designs, the key metric in this competition.

“We launched MilliBox at IMS in Philadelphia six years ago and since then, the demand for our products has risen continuously. We are pleased to see that this market ubiquity is reflected in this year’s iteration of the IMS exhibition. As MilliBox is becoming a staple feature in many mmWave labs around the world, more partners and customers are happy to show their enthusiasm for our product portfolio,” declared Dr Chinh H Doan founder and CEO of Milliwave Silicon Solutions Inc, the company behind MilliBox Product Line.

About MilliBox
MilliBox is a product line of mmWave and THz antenna testing systems based in San Jose, California, launched by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018. With over 300 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in affordable and modular benchtop over-the-air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA. OTA your way!

For more information [email protected]

Boston, MA November 15, 2022 — Anokiwave, Inc., an innovative company providing highly integrated silicon ICs for millimeter-wave (mmW) ICs, and MilliBox, a mmW test setup manufacturer, today announced a collaboration to facilitate development of a unique and efficient Over the Air (OTA) test capability for mmW phased array antennas that provides an accurate high-volume test capability.

Millimeter-wave active antennas are an integral part of the emerging mmW 5G and SATCOM communications systems. To commercialize mmW Active Antennas, two major challenges must be solved – first, build good high performing phased array antennas that are highly efficient, low DC power, small sized, and cost effective for mass scale manufacturing and deployment. The second is how to test these antennas to validate good performance before they can be deployed. For years, Anokiwave has been solving the first problem for the market, with its extensive portfolio of industry leading mmW silicon ICs, active antennas, and algorithms. And now MilliBox, with its new test solution, is solving the second major challenge – successfully testing active antennas in lab and manufacturing environments. When it comes to validation of mmW phased array antennas, an efficient, reliable OTA testing solution is required. MilliBox offers a wide range of modular, flexible, and affordable benchtop mmW test OTA systems that are enabling Anokiwave and its customers to reach market readiness by offering a solution for complex mmW antenna OTA test.

“Designing mmW array active antennas is complex and testing them with accuracy in high volume is critical. We recognized the MilliBox solution as the industry leader in this area,” states Peter Moosbrugger, Anokiwave VP of Advanced Antenna Technology. “After meeting at IMS2022 in Denver and seeing the MBX33 setup with GIM05, we purchased the demo unit from the floor. Soon after we installed the system in our test lab we became quite impressed by its unique performance-price position. We are now recommending MilliBox to our customers so they may quickly achieve a robust volume test capability for arrays.”

“Anokiwave has been at the forefront of mmW IC development for years,” said Chinh H Doan, the CEO of MilliBox, “It is a very natural cooperation since we are a both looking at widening the adoption and productization of millimeter-wave technology across many markets.”

About Anokiwave:
Anokiwave is a cutting-edge provider of highly integrated IC solutions that enable emerging mmW markets and Active Antenna based solutions. Founded in 1999, Anokiwave has continued to push the limits of silicon technology to offer industry leading ICs, system architectures and semiconductor technologies to solve the toughest engineering problems.

For the last decade Anokiwave has played a defining role in enabling the mmW 5G, SATCOM, and Radar markets, specifically in mmW active antennas. Anokiwave is based in Boston, MA and operates design centers in Austin, TX, Boston, MA, and San Diego, CA with sales offices in Taipei, Taiwan, Boston, MA, and San Diego, CA.

Additional information can be found at www.anokiwave.com.

About MilliBox:
MilliBox with its product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems was created by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California. With over 250 systems installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in modular, flexible, and affordable benchtop over-the-air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA.

For more information [email protected]

DENVER CO JUNE 21, 2022 — Copper Mountain Technologies (CMT) the pioneer in metrology-grade USB VNAs, is demonstrating the full capabilities of its award-winning USB VNA S5243 2-Port 44 GHz analyzer using the 4ft compact mmWave anechoic chamber MBX02 with its popular GIM04-230x 3-axis mmWave antenna 3D positioner from MilliBox.

This real-life demonstration shows how the product line from CMT and MilliBox combine seamlessly in a compact, modular, and affordable mmWave antenna test setup. The VNA is controlled from a PC where the MilliBox controller resides, giving a one screen view of all aspects of this Over-The-Air measurement setup.

Rebecca Wilson, Marketing Communications Manager of Copper Mountain Technologies stated: “The complementary capabilities and synergy in market position between CMT and MilliBox becomes very evident with this demonstration for the great benefit of our common customer base. When we talk Modularity, Affordability, and Flexibilty with the MilliBox team we understand each other, and those qualities also resonate strongly with our users worldwide.”

See this demonstration at IMS2022 exhibition, Booth 10036 in Denver, CO.

About Copper Mountain Technologies
Copper Mountain Technologies develops innovative RF test and measurement solutions for engineers all over the world. It is based in Indianapolis with sales offices in Singapore, London, and Miami. The company pioneered metrology-grade USB VNAs in 2011 and continues to push for innovation and change in the industry, offering a broad range of USB vector network analyzers, calibration kits, and accessories for 50 Ohm and 75 Ohm impedance from 9 kHz to 110 GHz. CMT VNAs are compatible with third-party frequency extenders up to 330 GHz.

The VNAs use software for Windows® or Linux® operating system on an external computer, PC, or tablet. CMT VNAs are used by engineers in defense, automotive, materials measurement, medical, broadcasting, telecommunications, and many other industries. All CMT VNAs include application and automation support, and years of our engineering expertise at your disposal. For more information visit www.coppermountaintech.com.

About MilliBox
MilliBox with its product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems was created by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California. With over 200 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in modular, flexible and affordable benchtop over-the-air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA.

For more information [email protected]

DENVER CO JUNE 21, 2022 — MilliBox demonstrates the capabilities of its brand new GIM05 mmWave and THz spherical roll and polarization controller positioner in its MBX02 benchtop 4ft anechoic chamber using Anritsu’s ShockLine™ ME7868A distributed modular 2-port Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). This one-of-a-kind distributed VNA is advantageous when the two ports to be measured are distant, which is the case when doing over-the-air (OTA) antenna measurements in a chamber like MilliBox’s MBX02.

Jeanmarc Laurent, creator of MilliBox, stated, ”The distributed ShockLine ME7868A VNA is very practical for over-the-air measurements done in MilliBox setups because they are modular in size to accommodate far field distance up to 3m and traditional built 2-port VNAs are difficult to wire at those distances. RF coax of this length and at those frequencies are a big challenge, but thanks to this distributed configuration the problem is eliminated.”

Navneet Kataria, Product Marketing Manager for Anritsu benchtop VNA product line, stated, “The revolutionary ME7868A has two single-port VNAs that are connected by Anritsu patented PhaseLync™ technology that allows the two ports to make vector corrected S-parameter measurements over distances greater than100 meters.”

This distributed configuration is controlled from a remote PC, which also hosts the MilliBox Positioner controller. The result is that all the controls for this measurement are at user’s fingertip under one screen.

See this demonstration at IMS2022 exhibition, Booth 7101 in Denver, CO.

About Anritsu
Anritsu is a provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. Anritsu engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for emerging and legacy wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets.

To learn more visit www.anritsu.com and follow Anritsu on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

About MilliBox
MilliBox with its product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems was created by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California. With over 200 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in modular, flexible and affordable benchtop over-the-air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA.

For more information [email protected]

DENVER CO JUNE 21, 2022 — MilliBox the leader in benchtop mmWave anechoic chambers and antenna positioner announces that it has five separate live demonstration on the show floor of IMS2022 in Denver CO from June 21 to June 23, 2022. Two demonstrations will be held at MilliBox booth 7101 and three others will be shown by partners and customers.

Booth 5020 NI show its integration of MilliBox controller in its mmWave OTA tool suite
Booth 10036 Copper Mountain Technologies shows MilliBox integration of its USB VNAs control.
Booth 7078 pSemi shows its use of MilliBox to demonstrate its beamformer design.
Booth 7101 MilliBox shows for the first time MBX33 its large capacity chamber to the public.

Separately, MilliBox unveils its new GIM05 Spherical Roll antenna positioner in a MBX02
chamber. “We launched MilliBox at IMS in Philadelphia in 2018 and since then the demand for our product has raised exponentially so we are pleased to see that this market presence is reflected in this year’s iteration of IMS exhibition. As MilliBox is becoming a staple feature in many mmWave labs around the world, more partners and customers are happy to show their support publicly.” Declared Dr Chinh H Doan founder and CEO of Milliwave Silicon Solutions Inc, the Company behind MilliBox Product Line.

About MilliBox
MilliBox is a product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems based in San Jose, California, launched by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018. With over 200 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in benchtop Over-The-Air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are all carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA.

For more information [email protected]

DENVER CO JUNE 21, 2022 — pSemi, a Murata Company and leader in mmWave ICs and systems, demonstrates its new Antenna-integrated Module (AiM0 using a custom-modified MilliBox MBX02 with MilliBox GIM03 positioner.

The pSemi 5G mmWave AiM demo at IMS2022 will highlight:
• Live beamforming, beam steering, and 3D radiation-pattern measurement
• RF patchantenna alignment demonstration
• EVM performance with regard to EIRP
• Accurate calibration of the chamber air gap for EIRP measurements

David Watling, Field Applications Engineer at pSemi/Murata, states: “I have been using the MilliBox chamber and gimbal for two years. This is a very cost-effective solution, and the results have impressed all my customers and colleagues. I have used it to demonstrate both beam patterns and to resolve debugging issues. I have sometimes needed to plot all 16 patch antennas separately, which requires many hours of reliable operation, so when I was tasked with demonstrating our 5G mmWave Antenna-Integrated Module at IMS022, I knew I needed to take my MilliBox with me.”

“We are happy to see that David brought his MilliBox to the IMS2022 show floor It is an MBX02 that David customized himself, so it stands vertically in order to make it fit in his lab space. He also heavily modified its software to meet his testing requirements,” says MilliBox creator Jeanmarc Laurent adding, “This really demonstrates everything we wanted MilliBox to be: a solid modular foundation that users can use as-is or can tailor to their specific needs for years of successful testing.”

MilliBox use case live demonstrations can be seen throughout the IMS2022 Exhibition in Copper Mountain Technologies Booth 10036, NI booth 5020 and pSemi Booth 7078.

To see MilliBox’s latest products and meet with the MilliBox team, visit Booth 7101.

About pSemi
pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission: to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance RF, analog and mixed-signal solutions. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices round the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better. To view pSemi’s semiconductor advancements or to join the pSemi team, visit www.psemi.com.

About MilliBox
MilliBox is a product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems based in San Jose, California, launched by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018. With over 200 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in benchtop Over-The-Air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are all carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA.

For more information [email protected]

DENVER CO JUNE 21, 2022 — MilliBox showcases MBX33 with GIM04-300x at its booth 7101 for the first time at IMS2022. MBX33 is a 2 meter far field mmWave anechoic chamber with large cavity designed to test larger Devices Under Test (DUT) with the convenience and affordability of benchtop setups. GIM04-300x is a member of the modular mmWave and THz phased array antenna positioner GIM04 featuring 3 axis of position control, Azimuth, Elevation and Polarization and a DUT width capacity of 300mm.

The DUT used for this live demonstration is the 22-27 GHz 8 x 8 active phased array from Extreme Waves Inc., G-2602-8×8. With its innovative and proprietary dual-polarization dual-beam antenna design, the full DUT beamforming capabilities are controlled directly from a remote PC application, including phase and gain control for the 64 dual-polarization silicon beamformer channels and the dual up/down-converters with wide IF bandwidth.

The measurement instrument used in this demonstration is the USB VNA from Copper Mountain Technologies (CMT), Cobalt C4209 with 2 CobaltFx FET1854 frequency extender modules with capabilities between 18 GHz and 54 GHz. The VNA is controlled from a PC where the MilliBox controller resides, giving a one screen view of all aspects of this Over-The-Air measurement setup. “This demonstration is incredibly powerful at showing what a modular, affordable benchtop mmWave antenna test setup should look like in anyone’s lab” says Jeanmarc Laurent the creator of MilliBox. “Having the DUT control, the VNA control and the positioner control all under one screen shows a unprecedented level of integration and is the most elaborate real-life demonstration we have ever done, thank to the contribution of our partners at Extreme Waves and CMT”.

The demonstration consists of steering the DUT beam in any possible direction then displaying the captured 3D beam pattern in real time over the entire VNA trace in a single position sweep.

About Extreme Waves Inc.
Extreme Waves Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in San Diego, California. Extreme Waves develops high-performance phased-arrays and transceivers for SATCOM, 5G, and point-to-point communication links at 8-110 GHz. The company portfolio also includes low and medium power X, Ku and Ka-band radars (pulsed and FMCW) with multiple phase centers. SiGe and CMOS chip design services and chip design reviews are also available for partners. Its customer list includes medium and large commercial and defense companies in the US, and several federal laboratories. For more information visit www.extreme-waves.com

About Copper Mountain Technologies
Copper Mountain Technologies develops innovative RF test and measurement solutions for engineers all over the world. It is based in Indianapolis with sales offices in Singapore, London, and Miami. The company pioneered metrology-grade USB VNAs in 2011 and continues to push for innovation and change in the industry, offering a broad range of USB vector network analyzers, calibration kits, and accessories for 50 Ohm and 75 Ohm impedance from 9 kHz to 110 GHz. CMT VNAs are compatible with third-party frequency extenders up to 330 GHz. The VNAs use software for Windows® or Linux® operating system on an external computer, PC, or tablet. CMT VNAs are used by engineers in defense, automotive, materials measurement, medical, broadcasting, telecommunications, and many other industries. All CMT VNAs include application and automation support, and years of our engineering expertise at your disposal. For more information visit www.coppermountaintech.com.

About MilliBox
MilliBox with its product line of mmWave and THz phased array antenna testing systems was created by mmWave IC pioneers Chinh Doan and Jeanmarc Laurent in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California. With over 200 setups installed worldwide, MilliBox established itself as the leader in modular, flexible and affordable benchtop over-the-air mmWave antenna test solutions. MilliBox products are carefully designed and responsibly manufactured in the USA. For more information contact [email protected]