Thursday, October 31, 2024
R. A. Wood Associates Top Level Catalog
R. A. Wood Associates has developed many RF/microwave components to support our higher level assemblies. These have been designed, built, tested and integrated into our delivered products. Since most of our products support EW missions, the parts are inherently wideband, and can be used in wideband or narrowband applications. We've created a Top Level Catalog of these components that can be downloaded.
The components include:
- RF/Microwave Equalizers
- RCT0050 Wideband Amplifier
- RCT0067 Digital Attenuator
- RCT0061 Wideband Amp/Digital Attenuator
- RCT0075 HDR (High Dynamic Range) Gain Block
- RCT0070 Mixer/LO Amp
- RCT0080 EW CFM (Configurable Filter Module)
- Wideband Power Dividers, 8 Way and 12 Way
- SP2T Wideband Switches
- Extreme BW RF Amplifiers
Let us know if you would like more information about any of these products!
Edited on: Monday, November 11, 2024 10:43 AM
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Friday, September 08, 2023
6U VPX Microwave Module with State of the Art Residual Phase Noise Designed and Tested
We've recently designed, built, and tested a 6U VPX microwave module for a high performance radar system with state of the art residual phase noise performance. The module was tested with our Holzworth Phase Noise Analyzer. Residual phase noise of <-155 dBc/Hz at 1 KHz offset and <-162 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset were acheived. Spurious levels were <-130 dBc. Internal detectors provided input and output detected power levels for Built-in-Test reporting. This module was tested using our in-house vibration, temperature, and shock qualification equipment. |
Edited on: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 10:27 PM
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
9X8 Switch Matrix / Up Converter SN40 Delivered!
We've delivered our 40th 9X8 Switch Matrix / Up Converter. We designed and started producing these in 2018, and have made on-time deliveries on each one since then. Congrats to the team on getting these products completed on time! |
Edited on: Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:26 PM
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Monday, August 07, 2023
14 X 12 Switch Matrix / Up Converter SN22 Delivered!
We just delivered SN022 of RCT0064. This unit allows 14 microwave inputs to be switched to any of 12 Microwave outputs. This was an extremely challenging design, with custom-designed 12-Way power dividers, our own RCT0050 WB Amplifiers, custom designed SP2T Switches, 3 internal switch matrix "cubes" (2X12, 6X12, and 6X12) with blind mate interconnections, and custom designed WB Digital Attenuator/Amplifiers, all in a 3U height rack mount package. |
Friday, June 16, 2023
New Design and Product Delivered: FSSDU
We've just designed and delivered a new product: First Stage Signal Distribution Unit (FSSDU). This 3U unit provides many functions, including:
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Edited on: Friday, August 25, 2023 2:46 PM
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
New Product Designed and Delivered: BIT / DVA Assembly
We've recently designed and delivered a new 1U Height BIT
(Built-in-Test) / DVA (Digital Variable Attenuators) Assembly.
This unit provides:
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Edited on: Thursday, August 17, 2023 8:06 PM
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Friday, April 28, 2023
8X8 Backfit Switch Matrix / Up Converter SN 33 to be delivered
We've delivered Serial Number 25 of our 8X8 Switch Matrix / Up Converters, and are working on new orders of SN's 26-33. This is a 3U direct form, fit, and function replacement for a 6U LRU, giving the customer a modern upgrade and space savings at the same time. All deliveries have been on schedule! |
Edited on: Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:28 PM
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Monday, October 31, 2022
The Millennium Edition HPOI Tuner Y2K Compliant!
Our 2000th HPOI Microwave Tuner was delivered!
In honor of the Y2K scare that was supposed to cause major world chaos on 12:00 AM, Jan 1, 2000, we have named this Tuner the "Millennium Edition", and have certified that it is Y2K complaint! |
Edited on: Friday, August 18, 2023 2:51 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current
Thursday, October 01, 2020
14 X 12 Microwave Switch Matrix / Up Converter Delivered
We just delivered our 1st 14 X 12 Microwave Switch Matrix / Up Converter (RCT0060). This unit allows 14 microwave inputs to be switched to any of 12 Microwave outputs. This was an extremely challenging design, with custom designed 12-Way power dividers, our own RCT0050 WB Amplifiers, custom designed SP2T Switches, and custom designed WB Digital Attenuator/Amplifiers. The whole unit is made to fit in a 3U rack mount location. Congrats to our great mechanical and electrical design, and integration and test team for developing this successful design! |
Edited on: Monday, August 21, 2023 2:44 PM
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Microwave Tuner Serial # 1500 in process!
Hi Everyone!
We are marking the 1500th Microwave Tuner in production, showing
Serial Number 1500 here. Congrats to our great team for working
hard to get us to this amazing milestone!
We are still going strong manufacturing and shipping these now and
for the forseeable future.
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Edited on: Sunday, October 23, 2022 10:43 PM
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
RF Receiver Simulator RCT0053
We designed and built an RF Receiver Sumiulator RCT0053, designed to simulate the front end characteristics of an EW system, from the antennas to the downstream rack equipment. We used our customer designed RCT0050 WB amplifiers in many of the 6 microwave channels. |
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Sunday, September 01, 2019
More Microwave Switch Matrices / Up Converters!
R. A. Wood Associates has received more orders for non-blocking microwave switch matrices for Naval applications. We have orders and are executing on QTY 21 9X8 Switch Matrices/Up Converters and QTY 20 8X8 Switch Matrices/Up Converters. Each of these matrices uses our own wideband power divider designs (8/9 each). The 9X8 design uses our own surface mount switches and ultra wideband (0.5 to 18 GHz) surface mount amplifier designs. Both of these products are packed into a 2U rack mount chassis design. |
Edited on: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:16 PM
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Friday, March 15, 2019
268 Microwave Tuners ordered for FY19!
R. A. Wood Associates received an order for 268 Microwave Tuners for FY19. This will bring our total orders to over 1500 Microwave Tuners, resulting in over 3000 digital/signal conditioning boards, and over 12,000 packaged microwave assemblies being assembled and tested at our facility, all with on-time delivery and keeping costs under control.
Edited on: Monday, October 28, 2019 7:40 PM
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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. More information is available from this link. Let us know if you are interested in this product! |
Edited on: Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:53 AM
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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!
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
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Saturday, November 11, 2017
R. A. Wood receives order for QTY 9 8X8 Microwave Switch Matrices/Up Converters!
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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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
We received an order for 167 Microwave Tuners!
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, December 14, 2016
R. A. Wood Associates Receives an Order for 212 Microwave Tuners!
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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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. |
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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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
8X8 Switch Matrix / Up Converter Delivered
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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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
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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.
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
Friday, June 27, 2014
More Microwave Tuners rolling off the Production Line!
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
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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. |
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. |
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
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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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
Our Wideband Down Converter and Up Converter pair offer:
Down Converter Features:
Up Converter Features:
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
New Quad Converter Designed and Delivered
We designed and built for production a 4 channel Quad Converter.
Our Quad Converter design features:
This is a very complex design with very high density surface mount
assemblies. Surface mount assemblies are built using pick and
place machines at a contract manufacturer. Automated RF test rack,
fixtures and software has been designed at R. A. Wood Associates.
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Edited on: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:04 AM
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