RF and Microwave Components and MultiFunction Modules
 Catalog Based
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 >750 Catalog Components
 1000s of Custom Derivations
 Primarily an EAR99 Product Line
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Markets
 Military (~ 55% of Sales)
 Space (~35% of Sales)
 Industrial (~10% of Sales)
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Design Focus is Reliability / Performance
 Chip & Wire Hybrid
 All Hermetic
 Performance Options Designed-in
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Standard and Custom designs from RF through Qband
 Space Qualified design library spanning simple
components to complex assemblies
 Fully integrated design, manufacturing, and test
team with over 25 years experience
 Build-to-print and Space level die up screening
services
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Fully Space Qualified per MIL-PRF38534, Class K
We support all major packaging technologies including bare
chip attachment and packaging, SMT, thin and thick film,
ceramic and organic substrate materials
We serve domestic and international commercial,
government and classified space programs
Integrated
RF/Microwave
Assemblies
RF/Microwave
Components
Value Add Service
Core Capabilities
Hybrid
Assembly
RF/Microwave
Component
Design
RF/Microwave
Test to 40 GHz
Environmental
Screening
Integrated
Assembly
Design
Surface Mount
Assemblies
Core Technologies
RF Feedback Amplifiers
Microwave Amplifiers
Voltage Controlled Amplifiers
Voltage Controlled Attenuators
Detectors, Analog Threshold
Frequency Doublers
IQ Networks
Limiters and Limiting Amps
Mixers
Voltage Controlled Oscillators
Power Dividers
Switches
Integrated Assemblies
Worst Case Circuit Design Analysis
Thermal/Derating Analysis
Temperature Cycling
Constant Acceleration
Burn-in
PIND
Substrate Reflow(Braze)
Eutectic Die Attach
Plasma Cleaning
Auto/Manual Bonding
Seam Sealing
Package Labeling
Automated Testing
Manuel Soldering
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Thin-Film Hybrid MIC, PCB (soft board, FR-4),
RF/Analog & some Digital
 Alumina or BeO Substrates Brazed
 Eutectic or Epoxy-Attached Components
 All Gold Wedge or Ball Bonds
 Hermetic Packages
 Sealed in Dry nitrogen
 Seam or Laser Welded
 Full Space/Military Temperature Testing
 DC to 40 GHz
 Automated Testing
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Mountain View, USA - Class 10,000 Clean Rooms
 Space Components / Integrations
 ISAs
 Performance or ITAR Military Components / Integrations
 Prototypes and Low Volume
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KW Microwave
 Poway, CA (San Diego)
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Quality Certifications
 MIL-PRF-38534, Classes H & K
 ISO 9001 & AS9100
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Over 100 successful Programs, including:
 MILSTAR
 GPS
 MUOS
 INMARSAT
 SKYSAT
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All Major Space Customers, including:
 Boeing Satellite
 Lockheed Martin
 Orbital Science
 RUAG
 Thales
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Over 25 Years of Experience
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RF Amplifiers
Microwave
Amplifiers
Voltage Controlled
Amps
Voltage Controlled
Attenuators
Analog/Threshold
Detectors
VCO’s
Frequency Mixers
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Microwave Mixers
Detectors
Frequency Doublers
Power Dividers
Switches
IQ Networks
Narrowband
IQ Modulators
IQ Demodulators
Limiting Amps
Limiters
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330 Catalog Amplifiers (100 KHz to 8 GHz)
Feedback Designs
 Bipolar, GaAs, PHEMT and GaN Devices
Gain and VSWR Tunable
<1.0dB Noise Figure
.25 to 2+ Watt Output Power
Packages
 Header (TO8)
 Surface Mount (SMTO8)
 CougarPak (Connectorized)
 C- Housings (Connectorized)
 60 Catalog Amplifiers (6 GHz to 18 GHz)
 Balanced Amp Designs
 GaAs, and PHEMT Devices
 Packages
 CougarPak (Connectorized)
 MMIC’s Mounted in Surface Mount Package
 2 to 20 GHz
 2 Watt MMICs
 29 Catalog Detectors - Analog & Threshold
 Frequency Range 10 Mhz to 20 GHz
 Tunnel Diode designs for temp stability
 Schottky designs for speed
 Packages
 Header (TO8)
 Surface Mount (SMTO8)
 Surface Mount 0.25”
 CougarPak (Connectorized)
 10 Catalog RF Mixers
 1 MHz to 10 GHz
 Double and Triple Balanced
 TO-8 & Surface Mount Packages
 20 Catalog Microwave Mixers
 2 to 24 GHz
 5 LO Drive options for Dbl Balanced
 4 LO Drive options for Triple Balanced
 CougarPak Mixer Packages and Drop-in
Carriers
 Bipolar Hyberabrupt Silicon Varactor
 Low Noise
 Fast Tuning
 Linear Tuning (Low Mod Sense Ratio)
 TO-8 VCOs – 30 Catalog Models
 85 MHz to 4500 MHz
 SMTO-8 VCOs – 14 Catalog Models
 85 MHz to 8900 MHz
 CougarPak VCOs – 10 Catalog Models
 500 MHz to 18 GHz
 Amps, Voltage Reg., Filters
 Integrated Space Products
 6-Channel Down converter
 Ku-Band 20 Watt Solid State Power Amplifier
 Low Noise Multi-Band VCOs
 Switched Limiting Amps
 Gain Control Amplifiers
 Applications
 Customized functions to meet challenging
Satellite Payloads requiring reduced size,
weight, and cost
Die Services
 Up Screening / LAT
 DC to Microwave Test
 Packaging
 Tape and Reel
 Solder Tinning
 Marking
 Hermetic Sealing
 Lead Trimming and Forming
 Screening through Class K
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Filter Products and Filter-Dominated Assemblies
 Discrete RF & Microwave Filters
 Lumped element
 Combline
 Inter-digital
 High Power Filters
New Design Low Profile Airborne Switched Filters
 High Speed Surface Mount Switches
 Flex Circuit Wiring
 Thin Film Filters
 Designed for Produce-ability
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Space Filters
 Established Programs with Filters and
Multiplexers
 AEHF/EPS – 16 types (Flight 4 supplier award
2011 – first)
 NPOESS
 MUOS
 GMI Program