WEST COVINA, Calif., June 7, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Wavestream Corporation (www.wavestreamcorp.com) today announced that it has been awarded one of the "Top Products Of 2003" from Microwaves & RF. Wavestream's innovative Grid Amplifier was selected as one of 2003's top products for its high power, high efficiency and compact size. Wavestream has achieved more than 17 watts of saturated output power at 31 GHz from a single chip, which has never been done before.
"Wavestream Corporation is pleased to be recognized as a leader in innovative product development by such a reputable industry publication," said Chris Branscum, Chairman and CEO of Wavestream. "Our plan is to continue to develop top-tier products for today's commercial and military markets."
Wavestream has created a solid-state high-power, Ka-band grid amplifier that is efficient, compact and cost effective to manufacture. Wavestream's amplifiers address applications in commercial and military communications, radar and imaging.
The Grid Amplifier's advantages over existing solid-state amplifiers include higher total output power, smaller form factor, enhanced power efficiency and lower cost. Vacuum tube amplifiers provide high power output with reasonable power efficiencies, but are larger and typically higher cost with more complex support equipment. The Grid Amplifier is smaller, lighter, and available at much more attractive price points then tube amplifiers.
According to Microwaves & RF, 2003 marked the arrival of many innovative products in hardware, software, and test equipment. Selected by the editors of Microwaves & RF for their technical innovation and practical benefits to designers, the Top Products of 2003 represent the many efforts of gifted design engineers, test engineers, technicians, and manufacturing professionals during a year when few companies took a single product sale for granted.
About Wavestream Corporation
Wavestream Corporation designs and manufactures high-power solid-state millimeter-wave amplifiers for military and commercial broadband communications, radar and imaging applications. Wavestream solves today's power-combining issues through its patented Grid Amplifier products, which spatially combine the outputs of a large number of transistors on a single chip, enabling transistor arrays to radiate output power into a free space beam with very low loss combining. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.wavestreamcorp.com.