Featured Company - September 2003
This month's featured company is US Microwaves, of Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A. Please tell the US Microwaves folks you saw them featured on the RF Cafe web site!
US Microwave is a supplier of a broad range of standard thin film and semiconductor products for very high microwave frequencies, including:

  • MIC Technology for custom microwave thin film circuits

  • High Q and High Self-Resonance Microwave Spiral Chip Inductors

  • Microwave MOS, Binary and MNOS, MIS & MIM Capacitors

  • Microwave High Q Single-Layer Dielectric Chip Capacitors

  • Microwave High Q Single-Layer Quartz Chip Capacitors to 100 GHz

  • Quartz Microwave Thin-Film Chip resistors to >40 GHz, Single and Multi-Tap

  • RF & Microwave Thin Film AlN & BeO Power Resistors

  • Known Good Die (KGD) IC Bare Die for Analog and Microwave Hybrid Thin Film Circuits

For more information, contact
US Microwaves (a division of Semiconix Corporation)
2964-2966 Scott Blvd
Santa Clara, CA   95054
408-986-8026
Additional information can be found at www.usmicrowaves.com

Text and images copied from US Microwaves copyrighted material.

 Please click here to visit U.S. MicrowavesUS Microwaves capabilities encompass circuit / layout design, process design/simulations, mask manufacturing, substrate laser machining, sputtering depositions, patterning, electroplating, etching, PECVD dielectric depositions, vacuum and controlled atmosphere annealing, dicing, E-test, visual inspections, die attach, wire bonding, waffle packing, custom housings, etc.

The wafer fabrication plant is located in Santa Clara, California. All critical wafer fabrication steps are conducted in a class 10 environment to ensure highest yields and reliability of our products.

US Microwaves starts production cycles for microwave thin film circuits with sophisticated layout design tools and experienced design engineers that convert customers requirements in data that is fed to the mask shop operation. In the mask shop, 10x and 4x steppers are used for generating high quality chrome masks.

Typical turn around for the masks is 24 hours from receipt of customer data. Ceramic substrates are coated via sputter deposition and further processed through photolithography, electroplating, plasma etching, annealing, dicing, e-testing, visual inspection, waffle packaging.