Teledyne
Scientific Company’s millimeter wave
electronics focus on a new and
promising architecture called Millimeter Wave Beam Circuits
(MBC). The MBC approach borrows heavily from previously advanced
quasi-optics concepts, which
recognized and exploited the inherent advantages of free-space
power combining as compared to traditional, planar power combining
methods.
Intrinsically
three-dimensional, the MBC approach relies on tunable, TEM
waveguide structures enabled by engineered
two and three
dimensionsional metal-dielectric structures called photonic
bandgap materials. A wide variety of high power, high performance
millimeter
wave applications of MBC are currently being studied at Teledyne
Scientific Company.
These include:
- Low
cost, high performance Ka-band electronically scanned antenna
array
- Extremely
compact and efficient solid-state W-band source capable of
achieving multi-watt output
- Intelligent
RF power amplifier, achieves >10W power and
self-tunes from 25 to 45 GHz
The
work in this area is enhanced through Teledyne
Scientific Company's expertise in developing
advanced MMIC (monolithic microwave
integrated
circuit) devices.
In-house capabilities include pseudomorphic high electron
mobility transistor (PHEMT) processing. Our GaAs PHEMT
MMIC process,
which is ISO 9001 certified, makes use of electron beam
lithography-defined gates with widths as small as 0.1µm.
Teledyne Scientific Company can reliably produce
high performance circuits that operate up to W-band (to
110 GHz)
for low noise (LNA) and power (PA) circuits.
For more information contact us at:
electronics@teledyne-si.com |
