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Manufacturing excellence

Manufacturing excellence

Manufacturing excellence

Product catalog summary
Overview
Filtronic specializes in the design and manufacture of bespoke microwave and mmWave components for communication applications. With over 40 years of experience, they offer high-performance RF technologies and bespoke microwave design services up to 175GHz.

Core Competencies
  • RF systems engineering
  • MMIC and filter specialization
  • Electronic and PCB layout design
  • Mechanical design
  • Process engineering
  • Software and firmware expertise

Product Range
Filtronic's products include transmit and receive modules, power amplifiers, transceivers, MCPs, SIPs, and filters, operating from DC to over 114GHz. These are crucial for telecommunications, aerospace, defense, critical communications, and space applications.

Manufacturing Excellence
Filtronic offers precision microelectronics manufacturing with automated assembly processes in the UK and USA. They provide hybrid manufacturing services for both volume and high-mix products, adding value through cost-effective solutions and flexible order fulfillment options.

Electronics Assembly and Testing
  • Environmental stress testing with advanced temperature and humidity chambers
  • RF analysis and PIM testing for telecom devices
  • Network and discrete signal analysis up to 114GHz
  • Noise figure analysis up to 90GHz

Microelectronic Assembly
Facilities include automated production lines for MMIC die attach, wire bonding, and hermetic sealing, adhering to Military/IPC standards. Technologies include epoxy dispense, die and component attach, and wire bonding.

Quality Assurance
In-house testing ensures rigorous quality control, including electrical testing up to 114GHz, environmental screening, and module calibration.

Supply Chain and Process Control
Filtronic's web-based system provides real-time access to material traceability and inventory management. Their global supply chain and strong supplier partnerships help reduce BoM costs.

Value Addition
Filtronic helps clients reduce costs, improve processes, and accelerate time to market. They offer dual sourcing and collaborate with clients to optimize designs.

Facilities
  • UK: 13,000 ft² with ISO 8 clean rooms and ESD safe areas
  • USA: 16,000 ft² with temperature-controlled areas and ESD safe zones
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Catalog excerpts

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Manufacturing excellence Cost effective, high quality hybrid assembly and manufacturing services.

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Experts in design, manufacture and testing of high-performance RF components and sub-systems. Filtronic designs and manufactures products that transmit, receive and condition radio waves, particularly at microwave and mmWave frequencies. Helping our clients get to market quicker Mission-critical communication networks depend on our systems and components. Our technologies are integral to a range of challenging applications including telecommunications infrastructure, aerospace and defence, critical communications and space. We have over forty years’ track record of delivering high performance...

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Precision microelectronics manufacturing We manufacture the most intricate components with extreme precision, using our highly automated microelectronic assembly process. Our manufacturing teams thrive on challenging projects where the solutions we produce push the boundaries of RF electronics and materials. Producing precision components to client specifications in our 24-hour production facilities, we offer hybrid manufacturing services in both the UK and USA. Providing cost effective manufacture for both volume and high mix products. The services and capabilties that Filtronic provide add...

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Microelectronic assembly Our facilities include highly automated production assembly lines, these enable MMIC die attach, wire and ribbon bonding, together with skilled manual assembly and hermetic sealing; all to Military/IPC standards. All processes are supported by our in-house leading manufacturing engineers and process engineering teams. Fully automated epoxy dispense Wire bonding Deep access epoxy dispense capability Fully automated ball bonding, wedge bonding and ribbon bonding Deep access multi-level capability Die and component attach technology Eutectic Silver sinter Air cavity packaging...

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Adding value to your supply chain Enabling clients to take advantage of our industryleading manufacturing processes and test facilities. We help our clients to remove cost from their operations, reducing their labour costs, improving their processes by removing waste. We also reduce time to market, giving our clients the flexibility to ramp up and down rapidly, improving quality all without any additional overheads or purchasing capital equipment. World leading process control for full traceability Our robust web-based manufacturing and process control system ensures realtime organisationwide...

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We help our clients get to market quicker – increasing their sales revenues and market share. Our capabilities and technologies reduce the overall cost of data communication, lowering the cost per Gbps. Taking unique challenges & providing a customised solution, we lower development & NRE costs, minimising the cost of quality for our client. Dual sourcing Clients around the world trust Filtronic with the prototyping and manufacture of their own product designs, due to its firstclass reputation for product quality and reliability. We are equally comfortable manufacturing to a customer’s design,...

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A snapshot of our service offering: Service Offering Design Assembly and test capability < 6 GHz 6 GHz ~ 30 GHz 30 GHz ~ 100 GHz Application testing PIM Environmental Physical Electrical QC / MRP Platform Integrated telecom system build-up (Rack/stack) ISO 9000 (2015) Repair Services < 6 GHz 6 GHz ~ 30 GHz 30 GHz ~ 100 GHz Sedgefield, County Durham, UK 5,000 ft2 under temperature control 3,000 ft2 of ESD safe work area for sensitive designs 5,000 ft2 of ESD safe work area for sensitive designs Manufacturing excellence

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Business Address NETPark Plexus, Thomas Wright Way, Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom, TS21 3FD T: +44 (0) 1740 625 163 E: [email protected]

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.