Wednesday, October 17, 2018
New Ultra-Wideband Microwave Amplifier Available!
We've developed a new Ultra-Wideband Microwave Amplifier, the RCT0050, covering the frequency band of 0.5 to 18 GHz. This amplifier is built using surface mount technology, resulting in a lower production cost than traditional MIC amplifiers, with faster delivery times. Typical amplifier characteristics are:
This is a great overall amplifier for low noise, high dynamic range, wideband EW applications, or narrowband applications. An initial datasheet showing typical data is available from this link. Let us know if you are interested in this product! |
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Edited on: Monday, October 22, 2018 4:24 PM
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Friday, May 25, 2018
30 New Equalizers on our Equalizer WWW page!
If you haven't visited our Equalizer WWW page in a while, you'll notice we have about 30 new equalizer designs, covering different slopes and frequency bands. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Edited on: Friday, May 25, 2018 3:05 PM
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
We've built our 1000th Microwave Tuner!
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We are excited to anounce that our 1000th Microwave Tuner is in
burn-in and getting ready to be shipped! What a great accomplishment
for our amazing team!
We've shown our customers that we can deliver a quality product at production rates, and meet their delivery schedules. I'd like to personally thank them for giving us the opportunity to meet their expectations. Thank You! Bob Wood |
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 6:56 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Saturday, November 11, 2017
R. A. Wood receives order for QTY 9 8X8 Microwave Switch Matrices/Up Converters!
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We just received an order for 9 RCT0043 Switch Matrix/Up Converters,
to be used in Navy Vessels. These products allow 8 RF/microwave
inputs to be routed to any of 8 RF/microwave output ports, The
switch matrix is non-blocking.
The design includes:
The entire assembly is housed in a 2U rack mount assembly, saving
precious rack space. The full frequency coverage is 0.5 to 18 GHz.
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Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 6:54 PM
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Thursday, October 05, 2017
R. A. Wood Associates has a new distributor for sales to Japan, Australia, and France
We are pleased to announce that Impulse Technologies has been selected as our exclusive distributor for products purchased from Australia, France, and Japan. Please contact them directly for pricing and delivery information from the countries of Australia, France, and Japan: Sales@impulse-tech.com, www.impulse-tech.com. We are looking forward to working with Impulse Technologies. They have great service and are very responsive to customers!
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Solar Arrays Up and Running
The new Solar Array is up and running, creating electricity to support our use. The Solar Array was installed to help us transition to using solar energy for all our electricity needs. This reduces our operating expenses and lowers our ecological footprint. On a good day we can create ~450 kWhours of electricity. It goes onto the power grid to credit our account if we produce more than we use. Pretty exciting! |
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
The New Building Extension is Complete
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The new building extension is complete and we are making good use of the additional space. We increased our capacity by ~8800 sq ft. |
We received an order for 167 Microwave Tuners!
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More exciting news that shows our continued comittment to our customers and the critical program these tuners are being used on. |
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:35 PM
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Inside View of New Building Extension
The new building is ready to move into. The floor is ESD coated to prevent static buildup. LED lighting is installed throughout. Radiant heat was installed in the concrete floor. Very comfortable! |
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
R. A. Wood Associates Receives an Order for 212 Microwave Tuners!
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After a difficult negotiation to make significant cost reductions, we received an order for 212 microwave tuners. We will be delivering these at an increased rate of 24 per month. The 2 slot VME wide band microwave tuner is shown here being tested in our portable microwave test station. |
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:29 PM
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
New Building Extension coming along very quickly!
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We are doubling our manufacturing and engineering capacity with a new building addition. It is going up very fast, and will be ready soon to serve our wonderful current customers and future customers. |
Friday, August 19, 2016
24 more Microwave Tuners ready to ship!
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:20 PM
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New Equalizer designs now available!
We keep working on new designs for our customers, and improving on our earlier designs. We now have over 231 equalizer designs available, more than any other manufacturer. Various slopes over frequency ranges from DC to 28 GHz are available. You can go to our Equalizer WWW page to see what we have. Actual plots are shown for each design. If you don't see what you need, let us know, and we'll see if we can help you out. |
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Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:20 PM
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
New Capability to provide tight tolerance surface mount capacitors
Hi Everybody
We've recently developed the capability to automatically measure
surface mount capacitors and bin them into very tight tolerance
windows. We can work with 0603, 0402, and 0201 size capacitors. We
can provide down to 2-2.5% tolerance capacitors for values down to
0.1 pF. These parts are typically only available in very wide
tolerances (up to 50%).
This capability is very useful for filter designs, and other
microwave circuit designs.
These tight tolerance capacitors can reduce or eliminate tuning
typically needed to meet performance requirements.
We are going to start providing these parts to customers on a
trial basis. If you are interested, please contact us to see how
we can help you out!
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Edited on: Monday, February 29, 2016 3:27 PM
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Monday, February 08, 2016
New Surface Mount Rework System enhances our RF production capability
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We've recently added a new Surface Mount Rework System to enhance our capability to safely and accurately replace surface mount components including RF amplifiers, mixers, FPGA's and other ball grid array parts. Another high technology tool to allow us to provide high quality, low cost production microwave assemblies using surface mount assembly processes. |
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:33 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners
Monday, December 21, 2015
Happy Holidays from R. A. Wood Associates
We can't let the year go by without wishing our customers,
vendors, and fellow workers a wonderful Holiday and an optimistic
look forward into the New Year.
Thank you everybody, and we look forward to working with each of
you next year!
From all of us at R. A. Wood Associates
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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
8X8 Switch Matrix / Up Converter Delivered
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We delivered a new design to one of our customers: An 8X8 Microwave
Switch Matrix /Up Converter. The unit allows 8 RF/microwave inputs
to be routed to any of 8 RF/microwave output ports. The design
includes:
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Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:30 PM
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Friday, September 18, 2015
We've moved to a new location!
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We've moved to a new and better location. Our new address is:
R. A. Wood Associates, LLC 164 Industrial Park Drive Frankfort, NY 13340 We are very excited about this move to larger space, more efficient manufacturing work flow, and easier access for our customers and employees. |
Monday, August 24, 2015
R. A. Wood Associates receives a new production order for 168 wideband Microwave Tuners
We've received another production order for wideband Microwave Tuners. We will be delivering these at a rate of 17/month.
Edited on: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:46 AM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
R. A. Wood Associates receives contract to build 8X8 microwave switch matrices
We received an order to design and build QTY 3 8X8 microwave switch matrices. The unit allows 8 RF/microwave inputs to be routed to any of 8 RF/microwave output ports. In another viewpoint, each of 8 RF/microwave output ports can select any of 8 RF/microwave input ports for down stream processing. The design includes:
- custom designed 8-way power dividers (covering a 4:1 bandwidth),
- a low band Up Converter,
- an AC/DC power supply,
- LVDS interface,
- RF amplifiers on inputs and outputs,
- custom design equalizers for slope correction,
- FPGA board for control and status (Built in Test) monitoring
The entire assembly is housed in a 2U rack mount assembly, saving precious rack space. The full frequency coverage is 0.5 to 18 GHz. The first unit will be delivered in September 2015.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Great News! 2nd Party Survey for ISO 9001:2008 and ESD Certification Approved!
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Great News again! R. A. Wood Associates has received approval by Lockheed Martin for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (2nd Party survey), and Electrostatic Discharge Control (ESD). This "no exceptions" survey endorses our quality process and procedures. Thanks to everyone involved who helped to make this become a reality! Bob Wood |
Monday, December 22, 2014
Happy Holidays from all of us at R. A. Wood Associates!
We wish all our customers and vendors a wonderful and healthy Holiday Season. Thank you to our vendors for delivering high quality products to us on time, and thank you to our customers for letting us provide great products and services to you. We look forward to a great New Year with each of you!
Edited on: Monday, December 22, 2014 11:47 PM
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Saturday, November 01, 2014
R. A. Wood Associates receives production order for 144 wideband Microwave Tuners
Another endorsement of our quality, great design, and determination to maintain low cost for our customer.
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Thursday, September 11, 2014
New Capabilities and Accomplishments Brochure
We've created a new "Capabilities and Accomplishments" brochure. This brochure highlights our more recent accomplishments, and shows the current focus areas of our business. You can download the new Capabilities and Accomplishments pdf file. We hope this gives you a better idea of what we can possibly do to help your company succeed.
Edited on: Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:24 PM
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Friday, June 27, 2014
More Microwave Tuners rolling off the Production Line!
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Another 13 of our state of the art high dynamic range Microwave
Tuners (with integrated synthesizers) are getting ready to be
shipped (on time) to one of our customers. The shipment includes our
100th production Tuner, a very exciting milestone!
For more information, download the RCT0017 product sheet |
Edited on: Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:04 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
RPL0045 Low Band Modules: More orders in process!
LB Modules, Serial No's 32-43, built using our Extreme BW RF Amplifier designs, are on order and being built for our customer. These modules are being deployed in a subsystem on board U.S. Navy submarines. |
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Edited on: Friday, July 25, 2014 3:19 PM
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Some Feedback from One of our Equalizer Customers:
"Our experience with R. A. Wood Associates was beyond our
expectations. The willingness to deliver a product in such a short
time period was very refreshing. The product worked exactly as
described and met our needs. We will very likely buy again."
We are always pleased to hear good feedback about our products and services! |
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Production Orders for High Dynamic Range Wideband Tuner/Quad Converters
We are currently under contract to build 109 high dynamic range
Wideband Tuners/Quad Converters over the next year. These devices
feature:
This is the improved RCT0017B Wideband Tuner/Quad Converter, which is the result of 18 months of development improvements from our original RCT0017 model. |
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Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:30 PM
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Automated RF/Microwave Test Station
A 2nd general purpose automated RF/Microwave Test Station was
designed and built by R. A. Wood Associates. The purpose was to
provide automated test and device characterization to:
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Edited on: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:49 PM
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Monday, May 06, 2013
New Bench Top RF Switch Digital I/O Test Interface Box
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The RF Switch/DIO Box is a custom designed LRU that provides:
We have built 5 of these for our own automated test stations. The
design is universal and can be used for multiple test applications.
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Edited on: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:20 PM
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
RPL0103 Low Freq Wide Band RF SubAssembly Designed and 17 Delivered
RPL0103 Low Frequency Wide Band RF SubAssembly features:
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Edited on: Friday, July 25, 2014 3:21 PM
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
R. A. Wood Associates is approved for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (2nd Party) and ESD Control!
Great News! R. A. Wood Associates has received approval by Lockheed Martin for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (2nd Party survey), and Electrostatic Discharge Control (ESD). This puts us in a better position to deliver the highest quality products to our customers. Thanks to everyone involved who helped to make this become a reality! Bob Wood
Edited on: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:21 PM
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Monday, June 04, 2012
Available Now! SimpleCycle Crystal Oscillators
We have officially released a new line of SimpleCycle crystal oscillators. These are temperature compenstated crystal osciillators in a very small package with +5 Volt DC in, and an SMA output connector. The key features include:
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We will be working to supply these with very quick turnarounds. For more information see our SimpleCycle Oscillator page, or contact us.
Edited on: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:22 PM
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Friday, March 30, 2012
New Quad/WB Up Converter and WB/Quad Down Converter Designs Developed and Delivered
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Our Wideband Down Converter and Up Converter pair offer:
Down Converter Features:
Up Converter Features:
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Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Monday, January 30, 2012
High Dynamic Range Microwave Tuner Designed and in Production
We haven't posted in a while. It's because we've been crazy busy. Our newest product, the RCT0017 WB Tuner and Quad Converter, has been under development over the past 2 years, and is now available. We've designed this from the ground up to meet state of the art high input compression point, low phase noise, fast tuning speed, wide dynamic range, and wide instantaneous bandwidth requirements. A quick overview of the specifications:
A brief data sheet can be downloaded from this link |
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Edited on: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:04 AM
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