RF Design Magazine

Start-up exploits YIG technology for mil, aerospace apps

Jan 23, 2004 12:00 PM

Santa Rosa, Calif. -- A new microwave component and sub-system company, VIDA Products, Inc., has been formed to concentrate on military and commercial applications for high-Q, broadly tunable filters, oscillators, and frequency synthesizers. The company's products will use YIG technology with new developments recently introduced by VIDA such as extended temperature range performance, insensitivity to vibration, very low drive power requirements, and the use of thin film YIG (TFY) resonators.

Key applications include satellite and terrestrial communication systems and ELINT and ECM equipment where broad tunability, high data rate, and/or operationally secure performance are critical requirements.

In addition to the design and manufacture of products to fill both existing and new sockets, VIDA has established a fast-turnaround team devoted to the repair and upgrading of YIG-based synthesizer products manufactured in the past by other suppliers such as VertiCom, which was formerly located in Santa Rosa, Calif.

VIDA's principal founders are Ron Parrott, Dave Terry, and Hal Tenney, all of whom have microwave industry experience at such companies as Avantek, YIG-TEK, Micro Source, M/A-COM, Teledyne MEC and Western Microwave.

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