Endwave Announces New ALC Log Amplifiers(TM)
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SAN JOSE, CA-May 18, 2007-Endwave Corporation (NASDAQ: ENWV), a provider of high-frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, has announced the release a new product line of ALC Log Amplifiers(TM). ALC Microwave, a leading provider of logarithmic amplifiers to many US and international defense prime contractors, was acquired by Endwave on April 19, 2007. Building upon a heritage in these specialty amplifier subsystems dating back to 1999, Endwave is proud to offer ALC Log Amplifiers(TM) for use in early warning radar receiver, threat detection equipment, electronic countermeasures and missile guidance systems. In addition, Endwave plans to expand the product line further into the millimeter-wave range by leveraging their world-class leadership in high-frequency technology, packaging and high-volume manufacturing capability.
A logarithmic amplifier (or "log amplifier", for short) is a specialty amplifier subsystem that is primarily used as an amplitude detector of input signal strength on the front-end of pulsed radar and other wideband electronic warfare systems. As a log amplifier provides an output voltage proportional to the logarithm of its input voltage (which is mathematically equivalent to the input power in dBm), the amplitude information is converted to more usable format than other linear detection schemes. In pulse radars, log amplifiers allow the system to process signals with narrow pulse widths and large amplitude variations by effectively compressing a large input dynamic range into smaller, more manageable blocks.
There are four types of ALC Log Amplifiers(TM): the basic Log Amplifier (LA); the Detector Log Video Amplifier (DLVA), the Successive Detector Log Video Amplifier (SDLVA or SDLA) and the Extended Range Detector Log Video Amplifier (ERDLVA).
Please contact an applications engineering specialist at Endwave for more details.
About Endwave
Endwave Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets RF modules that enable the transmission, reception and processing of high-frequency signals in wireless telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems. Endwave Defense Systems, an operating division of Endwave, specializes in the unique requirements of defense, homeland security, and other government end-use applications. The company's RF modules consist of microwave components and subsystems, including integrated transceivers, JCA Amplifiers, frequency multipliers, up and down converters, oscillators, synthesizers, microwave switch arrays, and other custom multi-function assemblies (MFAs). Endwave has 42 issued patents covering its core technologies including semiconductor and proprietary circuit designs. Corporate headquarters are located in San Jose, CA, with other operations in Diamond Springs, CA; El Dorado Hills, CA; Andover, MA; and Chiang Mai, Thailand.
www.endwave.com
Company Contact:
Russ Alm
Director Technical Marketing
russ.alm@endwave.com
Endwave - ALC Microwave
5160 Robert J. Mathews Parkway
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Ph: 916-941-9477 x202
