Value Added Services

Question 1

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Teledyne RF and Microwave is a full-service MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883 certified environmental test laboratory.
Screening is available to MIL-PRF-19500, MIL-PRF-38534, and MIL-PRF-38535 Groups A, B, C, D, and E.
Individual environmental tests or complete qualification and screening programs can be conducted to standard military or customer proprietary specifications.

Question 2

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Product types routinely screened include amplifiers, die (transistors, diodes, and MMIC element evaluation), packaged transistors and MMICs, diodes (axial and beam-lead), frequency dividers, mixers, and custom packaged devices.
Additional product test capabilities cover voltage controlled attenuators, detectors, power dividers, filters, and VCOs.
Build-to-print assembly services are available for both passive and active components.

Question 3

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Lot Acceptance Testing is performed on die or packaged devices including transistors, diodes, and MMICs per MIL-PRF-38534 Class H and K flows.
Class H LAT includes element electrical and visual, internal visual, final electrical, and wire bond evaluation.
Class K LAT adds temperature cycling, constant acceleration, interim electrical, burn-in, post burn-in electrical, steady state life, final electrical, wire bond evaluation, and SEM examination.

Question 4

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Full RF testing covers 100 kHz to 40 GHz for small signal gain, P-1dB, Psat, VSWR, reverse isolation, noise figure, IP3, harmonic, and phase noise measurements.
RF power testing covers CW to 200 Watts with single, multiple, or burst pulse formats and example test parameters including Pout, power gain, and PAE.
Over-temperature RF testing is available at ambient through full military or space temperature extremes with customer-specified data formats.

Question 5

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Chip and wire assembly services range from simple single die through complex hybrids, with hermetic sealing available for all assembly levels.
Assemblies can be submitted to any combination of customer-specified RF and DC testing and environmental screening following assembly.
Build-to-print assembly is available for passive and active components per customer design packages.

Question 6

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Die services include storing wafers in dry nitrogen desiccators, 100% visual inspection at commercial and military levels, sorting, and packaging in waffle or gel packs for automated pick-and-place or manual transfer.
Visual inspection is performed to MIL-PRF-19500, MIL-STD-750, MIL-STD-883, MIL-PRF-38534, and MIL-PRF-38535 standards.
ESD testing is performed per ESDA, JEDEC, and MIL-STD-883 Method 3015 using Human Body Model and Machine Model.

Question 7

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Key programs supported include Patriot missile defense, Euro Fighter, GPS, classified space programs, medical, and industrial applications.
Key customers include Raytheon, EADS, BAE, General Dynamics, Space Systems Loral, L3-Narda West, Lockheed, and Avnet.
Teledyne RF and Microwave's quality management system is certified by DSCC to MIL-STD-38534, Class H and K, with TRB Option, as well as ISO 9001 and AS9100.

Question 8

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Yes. Custom screening procedures for specific customer requirements are available beyond the standard MIL-STD-883 Table I and Table II flows.
Program management organization capability includes individual environmental tests or full qualification programs to standard military or customer proprietary specifications.
Engineers and program managers are available to work with customer design teams on qualification program planning and execution.

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