August 3, 2011 – BUSINESS WIRE — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) established the Davis Millimeter Wave Research Center to develop advanced mm wave and THz systems for radar, sensors, imaging systems, communications and integrated passive devices (IPDs) found in electromagnetic metamaterials and antennae.

DMRC students and faculty will research devices, integrated circuits (ICs), packaging, metamaterials and defected ground integrated passives, imaging systems, THz vacuum electronics, THz micro-machined devices, nonlinear modeling, nanomaterials and wireless implantable devices. Agilent and UC Davis expect results that benefit medical imaging systems, security scanners, gigabit wireless communications devices and sensors, as well as defense usages such as radar and active denial systems.

The Davis Millimeter Wave Research Center is an industry-university cooperative research program with national and international aims.

Agilent is helping establish a core test facility with measurement capabilities that include Agilent nonlinear vector network and spectrum analysis test equipment up to 325 GHz. These facilities will support gigabit wireless communications at 60 and 80GHz, as well as the imaging, radar and active denial systems to 325GHz.

UC Davis has more than 32,000 students, more than 2,500 faculty and more than 21,000 staff, an annual research budget that exceeds $678 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) provides measurement tools for chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.

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