Microwave Marketing

Farran 100GHz and beyond

 

Highlights of millimetric product advancements for european sourcing.

Farran Technology, based in Co. Cork, Ireland; has been providing quality and cost effective mm-wave product solutions for nearly 30 years. Farran engineering core competence has enabled us to maintain a leading edge in the design and manufacture of components and subsystems, at operating frequencies from 18 GHz to 3 THz. 

Farran’s strength is to adapt and change to emerging markets with products seen in many diverse applications, both military and commercial. As well as servicing an extensive range of millimeter-wave (mmWave) components, the maturation of the imaging market, for homeland security, has led to volume requirements for mmWave and sub-mmWave components. Farran has risen to this challenge by developing its production processes to enable manufacture of reliable, cost-effective, products of consistent quality. Further applications include environmental pollution control and research on radiometer designs for use in remote coastal sensors. The need for ever increasing bandwidth for transmission of HD video, broadband, and telephony has opened opportunities for MVDS infrastructure components. Farran is currently involved with projects, in the 42 GHz range which require mmWave end user and base station equipment, using their core skills to develop MMIC based solutions.

 

Although Farran is addressing volume markets, we have not forgotten the research and development of innovative mmWave and sub-mmWave components, which have kept us at the leading edge for decades. This is very much our core activity. The engineering team has its sights set on the emerging 150-300GHz sensor and imaging market. Current research programs include the development of innovative Schottky MMIC devices, which will be the building blocks for highly integrated frequency conversion and detection systems. Other areas of research are waveguide structures, including use of polymers, to be used for future sub-mmWave component manufacture.

 

Latest amplifier development success stories include a  94GHz amplifier providing medium o/p power units of +21dBm PSat,allowing a true European source for millimetric sensing applications.

 

 

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