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 9001:2008 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. 
