Web Update
Ultra-precision Substrates
This Web site provides technical specifications for a broad range of substrate materials produced with exact repeatability consistency. The company’s new generation of Micro-Fine substrates, featuring unsurpassed uniformity, is described. The site also details available precision lapping, polishing, laser machining, diamond sawing and edge grinding capabilities.
Accumet Engineering Corp.,
518 Main St.,
Hudson, MA 01749
www.accumet.com
RF and Microwave Products
This Web site’s design allows information on standard and custom microwave and RF components and multifunction/integrated assemblies to be navigated easily. Mechanical and electrical selection guides are provided that serve as a quick reference and allow the user to compare products according to specification requirements. New product offerings and career opportunities also are featured.
Sage Laboratories Inc.,
11 Huron Dr.,
Natick, MA 01760
www.sagelabs.com
Advanced Communication Products
This Web site details technical consulting and advanced communication products for use in satellite and wireless communications. Also described are the company’s capabilities in several technologies, including phased-array antennas, propagation analysis, software design, very small aperture terminals, network protocols, spacecraft batteries, in-orbit test, video compression and modulation techniques.
Comsat Laboratories,
22300 Comsat Dr.,
Clarksburg, MD 20871
www.comsat.com/corp/lab
Electronic Components
This Web site details a wide range of electronic components for use by original equipment manufacturers, including crystals and oscillators, DIP switches, assemblies, encoders and multichip modules. The site also provides trade show listings and employment opportunities.
CTS Corp.,
905 West Blvd.
North, Elkhart, IN 46514
www.ctscorp.com
Ceramic Solutions
This Web site describes the company’s ceramic thick-film and Green Tape™ materials for high performance military and aerospace applications. Green Tape, Fodel," photodefinable thick-film and QG150 high density conductors are detailed and their features are listed, including good high frequency performance, high thermal conductivity, compatibility with bare chip assembly processes and patterning capability for high circuit density.
DuPont Microcircuit Materials,
Barley Mill Plaza, PO Box 80010,
P10-1280, Wilmington, DE 19880-0010
www.dupont.com/mcm
Thin-film Solutions
This Web site features a wide variety of metallized substrates suitable for microwave hybrid and microwave IC applications, including amplifiers, oscillators, VCOs, limiters, couplers, filters and attenuators, with frequency response into the millimeter-wavelength range. Additional products outlined include chip resistors and packaged and unpackaged resistor networks.
Electro-Films Inc.,
111 Gilbane St.,
Warwick, RI 02886
www.electro-films.com
Passive Power Solutions
This Web site features technical information on a complete line of high power microwave resistive terminations, attenuators, and RF and microwave high performance coaxial cable assemblies designed for use in commercial, military and space-qualified applications. The site also includes application notes as well as continuous updates of new product data sheets developed to meet state-of-the-art market demands.
Florida RF Labs Inc.,
PO Box 899,
Stuart, FL 34995
www.rflabs.com
MMIC Products
This new Web site describes the company’s standard MMIC product line, which consists of more than 70 GaAs MMIC die and packaged die products for use in a wide range of wireless and wired communications applications including voice, data, broadband/video, sensor, military and space.
Hittite Microwave Corp.,
21 Cabot Rd.,
Woburn, MA 01801
www.hittite.com
News and New Products
This Web site details the latest news and new product developments at the company, including corporate information (sales, quality and contact information), and a new and standard products section that features scroll-through tables with links to PDF data sheets that can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0.
Inmet Corp.,
300 Dino Dr.,
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
www.inmetcorp.com
Microwave Products
This Web site provides information on a full line of microwave products, including mixers, VCOs and stabilized frequency sources for commercial telecommunications, military and space applications. Mechanical outline drawings can be downloaded, and submittal forms for requesting further information or applications support are available. The site also provides a company background, new product descriptions and employment opportunities.
Magnum Microwave Corp., a subsidiary of REMEC Inc.,
1990 Concourse Dr.,
San Jose, CA 95131
www.magnummicrowave.com
1 MHz - 50 GHz Filters
This Web site features a wide range of filters from 1 MHz to 50 GHz, including bandpass, bandstop, tunable, high power and miniature versions (for 20 MHz to 1 GHz). Also featured are multiplexers and microwave absorbers as well as waveguide, stripline/microstrip, transmission line and lumped constant designs.
Microwave Filter Co. Inc.,
6743 Kinne St.,
East Syracuse, NY 13057
www.microwavefilter.com
Specialty Antennas
This Web site details the company’s capabilities in creating specialty antennas as well as modifying existing designs. More than 2000 designs are available, including reflector, horn, omni, helix, log periodic, array and auto tracking antennas.
Microwave Specialty Corp.,
520 E. Carmel St.,
San Marcos, CA 92069
www.microwavespecialty.com
Miniature Components
This Web site presents technical specifications on a wide range of miniature, passive components, including precision thick- and thin-film chip resistors, capacitors, metal/glass side wall packages, custom thick-film hybrid circuits and multichip modules, for a variety of wireless applications.
Mini-Systems Inc.,
20 David Rd., PO Box 69,
North Attleboro, MA 02761-0069
www.Mini-SystemsInc.com
Continuous Bonding Technology
This Web site describes how continuous bonding technology can improve the productivity of wire bonders. Several products are described (including indexless bonders and fully automated turnkey interconnect systems) as well as the company’s capabilities in the design, manufacture and support of component placement cells and automated bonding equipment.
Palomar Technologies,
2230 Oak Ridge Way,
Vista, CA 92083-8341
www.PalomarTechnologies.com
Wireless Products
This Web site features the company’s complete Online Designer’s Handbook, which includes comprehensive product information, detailed performance specifications and application notes, packaging types, sales and ordering information, and a list of sales representatives by territory. The company’s press releases, new product information, stock information and current employment opportunities are also easily accessible.
RF Micro Devices Inc.,
7625 Thorndike Rd.,
Greensboro, NC 27409-9421
www.rfmd.com
EMI/RFI Components
This Web site describes the company’s broad line of electromagnetic interference (EMI)/RF interference (RFI) components, including lowpass filters, filtered arrays, filtered connectors, power products and ceramic capacitors. Also featured are electromagnetic compatibility testing services as well as microwave bandpass filters, dielectric resonators and a new line of ceramic capacitors.
Spectrum Control Inc.,
6000 West Ridge Rd.,
Erie, PA 16506
www.spectrumcontrol.com
Coaxial Connectors and Cable Assemblies
This unique Web site allows engineers to design coaxial connectors and cable assemblies to their exact specifications. The site also details the company’s proven design techniques that meet strict requirements for power, intermodulation and environmental abuse, and features catalogs on a variety of standard RF coaxial connector designs and many hard-to-find models.
Tru-Connector Corp.,
245 Lynnfield St.,
Peabody, MA 01960
www.tru-con.com
Wireless Communications
The company’s RF Globalnet Web site provides timely information for radio and microwave engineers who are involved in wireless communications. On-line education and training as well as literature and product information are available. The site emphasizes military and aerospace components and offers access to discussion forums.
VerticalNet Inc.
www.rfglobalnet.com