news Craic Multi-tool has 20/20 Vision
NON-DESTRUCTIVE thin film thickness measurement system will analyze many materials on both transparent and opaque substrates and find defects that others can’t.
CRAIC’s new Technologies has added a 20/20 Film microspectrophotometer to its portfolio and is claimed to rapidly measure the thickness of thin films including sub- micron sampling areas.
With the ability to analyze films of many materials on both transparent and opaque substrates, the 20/20 Film enables the user to determine thin film thickness using transmission or reflectance on semiconductor materials.
“Many of our customers want to measure the thickness of thin films of smaller and smaller sampling areas for rapid quality control of their products.
The 20/20 Film microspectrophotometer was built in response to customer requests for a powerful, flexible film thickness tool that can measure sub-micron areas on both transparent and opaque substrates.” Said Paul Martin, President of CRAIC Technologies.
Toshiba GaAs FETS stretch the Ku-Band
“This tool can also do a lot more than just measure thin film thickness. It can also be configured for contamination analysis, concentration and relative intensity mapping and much more,” he added.
The product enables thickness measurements of films and substrates and sampling areas can range from over 100 microns to less than 1 micron. Designed for the production environment, it is claimed to incorporate a number of easily modified processing recipes, the ability to create new film recipes and sophisticated tools for analyzing data as well as options for automation including touchscreen control.
The ability to directly image and analyze films with ultraviolet, visible and NIR microscopy can also be added to this instrument.
Cobham Joins the Military Revolution with NAVAIR
COBHAM has been awarded a contract for US$46 million from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). They will manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group for US Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and E/A-18G electronic warfare aircrafts.
The contract continues funding for a third full rate production lot. The contract’s initial award procures 60 Low Band Transmitters and an associated number of antenna assemblies in a variety of configurations. This award brings the total number of production transmitters ordered to 217 of 292 required transmitters. To date 80 transmitters have been delivered.
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The AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group (LBT-AG), developed by Cobham Sensor Systems, has been in production since 2005. The LBT is designed to protect strike aircraft, ships, and ground troops by disrupting enemy radar and
communications.
It is flown on US Navy EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G aircraft and Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft, and is heavily used in current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“This award continues a long tradition of Cobham support to the Navy’s mission success,” said Andy Humen, VP of Cobham Sensor Systems. “Our support to the Navy
The $46 million fixed price contract was competitively procured. Deliveries will continue immediately beyond the currently contracted Full Rate Production Lot 1 and 2 efforts, and are expected to continue through 2012.
The contract also allows for up to four annual options to procure the balance of LBT-AG systems and associated spares.
THE 18W and 30W products will be used in power amplifiers for microwave radios with the 30W GaAs FET providing 2x higher output power than its predecessor. Toshiba has expanded its Ku-Band gallium arsenide field effect transistor (GaAs FETs) lineup with two higher output power devices rated for 18 and 30 watts (W). The TIM1213-18L and TIM1213-30L operate in the 12.7 to 13.2 GHz range, and are suited for use in microwave radios for microwave links and satellite communications. Other current Toshiba GaAs FETs in this frequency range feature 2W, 4W, 8W, 10W and 15W power output ratings.
“Continuing our long tradition of developing higher power amplifiers as technology advances, Toshiba is expanding our Ku-Band product family with these new devices to enable our customers to design more powerful and linear microwave radios with fewer components,” said Homayoun Ghani, Business Development Manager of ‘Microwave, Logic, and Small Signal Devices’ in TAEC’s Discrete Business Unit. Samples of the TIM1213-18L and TIM1213-30L are available now.
extends beyond Airborne Electronic Warfare. This Low Band Transmitter award complements our other ALQ-99 work, our success on the Next Generation Jammer, the Next Generation Airborne Electronic Attack study, and the fleet’s Integrated Topside (InTop) and Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).”
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