DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES

Product Obsolescence and Build-to-Print Capabilities

Services Provided:

Troubleshoot and Repair RF and Microwave Assemblies
Upgrade and Manufacture Designs of Obsolete Military Systems
Reverse Engineer Products of Other Manufacturers
In-house Thin Film Fabrication
Wirebonding
Fluxless Soldering
Epoxy “Glob Top” Dispensing
Hermetic Sealing

Resources:

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Expertise Encompassing Products Such As:

Design and Development Process

Logistics

Microwave Logistics

Spectrum Microwave’s careful adherence to ISO Controlled standard processes guarantees that from conception to design development and into production and final inspection that a Spectrum Microwave team member is providing the proper oversight and monitoring at each stage in the process.

Teamwork is center stage with the Spectrum Microwave philosophy of conducting business. Every territory around the globe teams up an outside regional manager to an inside sales associate. Together, their job is to service the customer with milestone charts, rev changes, order status and any special requests that don't fall into normal categories.

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Engineering

Microwave Engineering

At the core of our business is designing solutions for our microwave customers.

With several engineers in multiple disciplines from RF engineering to process engineering, the microwave industry turns to Spectrum Microwave, not only for production expertise, but also for design improvement suggestions yielding improved performance or lower costs.

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Simulation & Design

Simulation & Design

Spectrum Microwave's engineers can often simulate the outcome of the proposed design, optimizing certain characteristics while reducing lead time and production costs.

State of the art tools such as Agilent ADS, Agilent Genesys, Cadence Allegro, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Sonnet Professional EM Simulator guide decision making processes.

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Prototyping

Microwave Prototyping

Prototyping and first article inspections are of paramount importance in qualifying a contract manufacturing partner.

Multiple design centers, staffed with teams of engineers specializing in focused areas of expertise, routinely prototype internal designs for integrated microwave assemblies as well as qualifying first article contract manufactured designs.

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Quality Assurance

Microwave Quality Assurance

MIL-PRF-38534 product screening and qualification capability.

Device screening and groups A, B, C, and D qualification (when required by order)
Environmental testing per MIL-STD-883 test methods
J-STD-001 Class 3 and IPC-A-610, for eutectic attach and general soldering processes
IPC-7711 and IPC-7721, for rework and authorized repair operations
ISO 9001:2000 Certified

Design Technology

The experienced microwave engineering teams at Spectrum Microwave understand how everything comes together within a system and where integration challenges exist. We design our product for specific MIL applications and will work with your engineers to find the best method to address a wide range of microwave bandpass and frequency control requirements.

Our engineers prefer to design using proven circuits and approaches, but they also explore the use of more exotic methods. Spectrum Microwave conducts internal research and development programs that attempt to exploit new technologies. Some examples include:

MEMS RF switches
High Speed
Schottky Level Limiting
Silicon PIN Level Limiting
GaAs PIN Diode Switching
High-Speed Direct Frequency Synthesizers

We also have demonstrated stopband performance to 40 GHz and ripple reduction in Switched Filter Banks through control of impedance transitions between switches and filters.

Expert Engineers

Spectrum Microwave offers an extensive design library including the combined efforts of our engineers from:

Amplifonix
Q-Bit
Magnum Microwave
Radian Technologies
FSY Microwave
Salisbury Engineering

This talented staff of engineering professionals comes from a diverse set of design backgrounds including Amplifier, Filter, Mixer, Oscillator, Systems, Receiver and Synthesizer experience.