Microwave Journal articles from July 2000

Microwave Journal archives from July 2000

CLOCK RECOVERY AT GIGABIT-PER-SECOND DATA RATES.(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2000... Many devices used in high speed optical fiber terminal equipment are microwave electronic circuits. One such device is an electrical clock recovery circuit. Since bit rates of data signals in optical communications exceed 1 Gbps, the clock...

Pentagon Leans Toward Split of JSF Award.(Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.; Joint Strike Fighter)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... According to Bridge News, the Pentagon is seriously considering splitting the award of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), its next-generation fighter aircraft, between the Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. instead of making a single award to...

Rolling Airframe Missile Contract Awarded.(US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract valued at $183 M to Raytheon)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract valued at $183 M to Raytheon Go. for a multiyear procurement of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) and related support equipment. Under the terms of...

Oceanic Communications Data Link Service Initiated.(Federal Aviation Administration)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated the use of the Multi-sector Oceanic Data Link (MS-ODL) which was developed by the Raytheon Co. and provides electronic air/ground communication service between controllers and aircraft...

Smart Weapons and Reconnaissance Pod Certified on F-16.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Two new "smart weapons" and a new reconnaissance pod recently were certified for use on the F-16. The weapons. were developed from lessons learned during the 1991 Gulf War and will significantly enhance the aircraft's combat effectiveness. ...

Report Outlines Impact of New Technologies on Military Training/Simulation.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... A new strategic research report from Frost & Sullivan, "US Military Training and Simulation Markets," details the effects new technologies are having on those markets. The report estimates that the total 1999 revenues from the markets exceeded...

UK Lets Surveillance UAV Study.(BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Racal Defence Electronics and Lockheed Martin UK)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded consortia led by BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Racal Defence Electronics and Lockheed Martin UK Government Systems (LMUKGS) 12-month long study contracts that are designed to define and assess...

European Consolidation Creates World's Third-largest Satellite Manufacturer.(Astrium)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Claiming to be the world's third-largest producer of satellites, Europe's tri-national Astrium NV concern was officially launched on May 17 and brings together the space businesses of Matra Marconi Space (equally owned by the UK'S BAE Systems...

UK Component Supplier Changes Name.(TMD Technologies Ltd. is new name of Thorn Microwave Devices Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... UK contractor Thorn Microwave Devices has announced that as of June 1, it will trade as TMD Technologies Limited. The name change reflects the expiration of a five-year licence to use the name 'Thorn' which was concluded when TMD was the...

Siemens Wins Spanish Router Award.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Spanish telecommunications provider Telef[acute{o}]nica Data Espa[tilde{n}]a has awarded German contractor Siemens AG a contract to supply it with 9000 of the company's SpeedStream 5660 routers. SpeedStream 5660 is described as being...

Philips Launches Contactless Angular Measurement Chip.(Philips Semiconductors)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
July 1, 2000... Netherlands manufacturer Philips Semiconductors has launched what it claims is the world's first silicon integrated sensor system for contactless angular measurement using magneto-resistive (MR) technology. Designed primarily for automotive and...

BT Predicts Bright Future for WAP Technology.(British Telecommunications PLC)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Following 12 months of running test wireless application protocol (WAP) gateways, UK telecommunications provider British Telecom (BT) believes that WAP technology in now stable and offers major opportunities for the fielding of products and...

Mobile Data Users Will Exceed One Billion In 2005.(ARC Group Inc. report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... A new report from the ARC Group, "Content & Applications for the Wireless Internet," predicts that the availability of higher bandwidth 2.5G and 3G wireless solutions will lead mobile users to browse the Web using their handsets and terminals...

Partnership to Deliver High Speed Wireless Access.(TRW Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Wireless Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... TRW Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Wireless Inc. to develop and market high speed, wireless Internet access equipment for consumers and businesses. The partnership includes the licensing of TRW'S SpitFire wireless access...

End of GPS Selective Availability Significantly Increases System's Benefits.(Magellan Communications Inc.; Global Positioning System (GPS))(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... As of May 1, 2000, Selective Availability (SA), a feature intended to deny the full precision of Global Positioning System (GPS) to enemy forces, will no longer degrade GPS signals for general usage. GPS equipment makers have been celebrating...

Two-way Consumer Satellite Internet Access to be Offered This Year.(Hughes Network Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Hughes Network Systems (HNS) will add two-way capabilities to DirecPC(R) its nationwide high speed satellite Internet service, and offer the feature to consumers early in the fourth quarter of this year. The new service with its always-on...

New VSAT Satellite Market Report Released.(COMSYS Information Technology Services report)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... COMSYS has released its latest research update on trends in the market for very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite communications networks. The update covers the 1999 trends in applications, vendor market share and geographic scope of...

SEMX Corp.(Engelhard Corp. assets)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... SEMX Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary Polese Co., San Diego, CA, recently acquired the technology and assets of Engelhard Corp.'s electroless gold plating business in Anaheim, CA. Operations will continue in this facility until July, when the...

American Zettler.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... American Zettler has purchased the Siemens production line for the D2 telecom relay. More than 250 million of these relays have been sold worldwide under the P/N V23042. During the last several years, it has been used more and more in signal...

Powertel Inc.(Eliska Wireless Ventures I Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Powertel Inc. has agreed to purchase a 49.9 percent equity interest in Eliska Wireless Ventures I Inc., an entity in which Eliska Wireless Investors I LP. and Sonera Corp. are also investing. Sonera has agreed to purchase approximately $125 M...

Applied Wave Research Inc.(agreement to acquire ICUCOM Corp.,)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR), El Segundo, CA, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ICUCOM Corp., a privately held EDA firm headquarted in Troy, NY. AWR will also acquire ICUCOM's sofware development engineers and technical support...

Smiths Industries.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Smiths Industries is expanding its interconnect activities with the purchase of Florida RF Labs Inc., a leading US supplier of microwave resistor products and cable assemblies for the telecom and defense industries. The $25.8 M cash transaction...

SoFast.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... SoFast has agreed to purchase Vyyo Inc.'s second generation [DOCSIS+.sup.TM] system for its Great Falls, MT customers. The system will enable SoFast to take advantage of a series of wireless enhancements allowing for robust service in the...

Microcosm Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Microcosm Technologies Inc., Cary, NC, has acquired Coyote Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA. The purchase was made for an undisclosed amount of Microcosm stock. All Coyote employees have been offered and accepted positions with Microcosm.

Vyyo Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... The underwriters of Vyyo Inc.'s recent initial public offering have exercised their option to purchase the entire over allotment of 1,012,500 shares of common stock. The additional shares bring the total offering size to 7,762,500 shares at...

MITEQ Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... MITEQ Inc., Hauppage, NY, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of MCL Inc., Bolingbrook, IL. The alliance of the two companies will facilitate and accelerate new product development, improve...

Comtech PST.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Comtech PST has acquired Hill Engineering Inc., Topsfield, MA. This acquisition complements and augments its established product line of solid state high power RF amplifiers and amplifier subsystems.

CTS Corp.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... CTS Corp.'s CRS Wireless Components Business Group has completed the structuring of the group into four individual strategic business units. The four units that now comprise the CTS Wireless Group are: CTS RF Integrated Modules; CTS RF Crystal...

Volex Group p.l.c.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Volex Group p.l.c. has formed a new operating unit for RF products to be called Volex RF Technologies. The unit will provide the engineering expertise, customer support and excellence in manufacturing processes for RF products on a global bases...

RF Micro Devices Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... RF Micro Devices Inc., Greensboro, NC, announced a major organizational change with the establishment of its Advanced Development Group, a research and development group that will focus on next-generation technology in the areas of RFIC design,...

Intercept Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Intercept Technology Inc. has opened a new office in Scottsdale, AZ. The office will drive the West Coast marketing and support of the company's PCB/Hybrid/MCM software applications.

TEMEX Components.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... TEMEX Components announced the establishment of a subsidiary company in the Philippines. Initially, the workshop will employ about 50 people with the number growing to 150 when new product lines are added.

CST of America Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... CST of America Inc. and SONNET have established a worldwide technical, marketing and sales cooperation. Through this agreement a software bundle containing the very best planar and 3D simulation tools is now being marketed.

QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies and Ericsson Technologies announced an agreement to jointly develop and market the world's first technology solution supporting the Bluetooth standard and the CDMA digital wireless standard.

Karl Suss.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Karl Suss has extended an agreement with International SEMATECH that will continue International SEMATECH's review and evaluation of Suss' Falcon Microlithography Coating Cluster system. While the tool is currently qualified for 0.25 [mu]m CD...

EMCORE.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... EMCORE has entered into agreement with Motorola to supply it with epitaxial tools, wireless electronic materials and technology. The relationship includes supplying Motorola with epitaxial process technology and multiple MOCVD tools, as well as...

Chomerics.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corp., and Cambridge Tool, a division of Leggett and Platt Corp., have formed a strategic alliance to provide electromagnetic interference shielding housings for electronic equipment such as...

Ace Technology.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Ace Technology, Chatsworth, CA, has selected Parker RF Technologies (PRT), Tampa, FL, as an authorized distributor of the company's new PCS Ultra Slim In-building Repeaters and accessories. PRT will be responsible for sales in a 16 state...

Lucent Technologies USA.(signs deal with KMW Korea)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Lucent Technologies USA and KMW Korea have reached a general-purchase agreement under which Lucent has named KMW a worldwide supplier of high technology components for IMT-2000. Lucent Technologies' audit team reviewed KMW and its facilities...

ANADIGICS Inc.(production management information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... ANADIGICS Inc. has begun production volume shipments of two power amplifiers to support Ericsson's award-winning A1228d TDMA mobile phone.

Sioux Valley Wireless.(installs new distribution system)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Broadband wireless Internet access provider Sioux Valley Wireless, Coleman, SD, has installed a second-generation multichannel multipoint distribution system developed by Vyyo Inc. into its network. This installation marks the first commercial...

Motorola Broadband Communications Sector.(production management information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Motorola Broadband Communications Sector has selected ANADIGICs ARA1400EI reverse amplifier for use in its Centro 1000 Communications Gateway product. The CentriQ 1000 links home-based communications systems to an external cable television...

Gabriel Electronics.(new contract information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Gabriel Electronics, Scarborough, ME, was chosen to manufacture and provide microwave antennas for the longest continuous wireless network in the world. This reallocation system project clears the 1.9 GHz band for the new PCS licensees in...

Circuit Assembly.(patent information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Circuit Assembly (CA) received patent number 5,971,793 as the second in a series of patents covering its Ultra ATA connector. The first one covered the internal ground bus bar technology and this one focuses on the company's unique method of...

Comtech PST Corp.(completes re-certification)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Comtech PST Corp. a division of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has successfully completed a re-certification audit of their ISO 9001:1994 Quality System.

Pascall Electronics.
July 1, 2000... Pascall Electronics has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise, the highest honor given to a UK company.

Texas Instruments.(proposed new international standard)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... ISO 15693-2, a communications protocol proposed by Texas Instruments and Philips Semiconductors was unanimously voted an international standard by the International Standards Organization. The protocol defines the way data is exchanged between...

ANADIGICS Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... ANADIGICS Inc., Warren, NJ, reported a record net sales of $43.0 M for the first quarter ended April 2, 2000 compared to $25.0 M for the first quarter last year. Net income was $5.7 M for the quarter (18[cent]/diluted share) compared with a net...

Alpha Industries Inc.(sales reporting information)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Alpha Industries Inc. reported record net sales of $56.9 M for the fourth quarter ended April 2, 2000 compared to $34.3 M for the fourth quarter last year. Operating income for the quarter was $9.7 M ([20[cent]/share) up 74 percent over the...

Murata Electronics North America Inc.(Design Win Registration Products Program)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Murata Electronics North America Inc., Smyma, GA, announced 50 percent growth in its Design Win Registration Products Program. This program, primarily targeted for specific wireless components, helped the company reach record overall sales....

American Technical Ceramics Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... American Technical Ceramics Corp., Huntington Station, NY, announced record sales of $18.424 M for the third quarter ended March 31, 2000 compared to $9.954 M for the same quarter last year. Net income was $3202 M (78[cent]/diluted share),...

Ansoft Corp.
July 1, 2000... Ansoft Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, announced sales of $10.8 M for the fourth quarter ended April 30 up 40 percent for the same quarter last year. Revenue for the full fiscal year was $33.5 M, compared to $24.5 M for the prior fiscal year. Pro forma...

Super Conductor Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Super Conductor Technologies Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, reports sales of $2.281 M for the first quarter, ended April 1, compared to $1.491 M for the same quarter last year. Net loss was $2.9 M (25 cents/share), compared to a net loss of $2.616 M...

PERSONNEL.(hirings and promotions)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... * Stellex Technologies, New York, NY, has announced the hiring of Christopher C. Bernhardt as its president and CEO. Most recently, Bernhardt served as president of Litton Data Systems. * SEMX Corp.'s parent company division SPM appointed...

Superconductor Technologies Inc.(contract with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Superconductor Technologies Inc. has received a new contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop "Totally Agile RF-sensor Systems" (TASS). The initial 18-month contract is for $7.3 M and DARPA has authorized an...

Karl Suss.(tool contract for global chip maker)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Karl Suss has completed a significant multiple tool contract for track and cluster systems from a leading global chip maker headquartered in the US. The new equipment is part of an overall expansion of the customer's European facility. The...

Comsearch.(contract with Nokia Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Nokia of Finland has selected Comsearch's premier microwave path design software tool IQ-Link to assist in the design of the microwave interconnect for Italy's BLU GSM network. The deal is valued at more than $200 K in software licenses and...

Signal Technology Corp.(contract with Raytheon Systems Co.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Signal Technology Corp., Danvers, MA, has been awarded a $3.6 M contract to manufacture 112 x 112 audio/video switches for Raytheon Systems, Greenville division. The contract not only procures additional switch matrices, but also provides...

Interstate Electronics Corp.(contract with Systems and Electronics Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Interstate Electronics Corp., a division of L-3 Communications Corp., has entered into an agreement with Systems & Electronics Inc. (SEI) to provide its Warrior Vision flat-panel displays for the US Army's Striker Program, which allows...

Communications and Power Industries Satcom Division.(contract with Unique Broadband Systems)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Communications and Power Industries Satcom Division, Palo Alto, CA, has signed an agreement to supply equipment to Unique Broadband Systems, which will in turn provide equipment to Hughes Network Systems for the XM Radio DARS system. The...

Aethercomm Inc.(wins contract from Metric Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Aethercomm Inc., San Marcos, CA, was awarded a contract by Metric Systems Corp., Fort Walton Beach, FL, for the manufacture of 70 S-band, 100 W solid state power amplifiers for use on URITS system. Financial terms were not disclosed.

RF Micro Devices Inc.(contract with Ericcson)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... RF Micro Devices Inc., Greensboro, NC, announced that it has received production orders to supply the RF2132 power amplifier to Ericcson for use in their first cellular CDMA handset, the A1228c. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Andrew Corp.(supplier for Ericsson Radio Systems AB)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Andrew Corp. has been selected by Ericsson Radio Systems AB as a preferred supplier for Ericcson's global buildout of new and existing GSM wireless communications sites. The multimillion dollar ongoing agreement will include several thousand...

EMS Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... EMS Technologies Inc. has received an order through its Space and Technology Group in Montreal for more than 15,000 broadband satellite interactive terminals from Kokua Communications Inc. The order is valued at $52 M.

Barry Industries Inc.
July 1, 2000... Barry Industries Inc., Attleboro, MA, announced a series of sales representative appointments. Link Microtek Ltd. has been appointed representative for the United Kingdom, C-Wave Inc. has come on board for Southern California and TK...

Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor Inc.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, CA, has named S&S Technology Inc., Northridge, CA, as its new sales representative to sell microwave products in its southern California territory. The company also appointed Arthur, Harris &...

Hittite Microwave Corp.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Hittite Microwave Corp., Chelmsford, MA, has appointed Seki Technotron Corp. as its official representative in Japan and MicroElit S.P.A. as its official representative in Italy.

American Technical Ceramics.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... American Technical Ceramics (ATC) is now the first RF/Microwave capacitor manufacturer to offer customers secure on-line ordering for capacitor design kits. The complete line of new multilayer capacitor design kits may be ordered using Visa,...

Sapphire Design Automation.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Sapphire Design Automation, Santa Clara, CA, has launched a new Web site, www.NoiseCorrect.com. The site is set up to provide electronic chip and system designers a way to avoid and correct noise in their semi-custom designs using the Web. It...

Powercube.(www.powercube.com)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Powercube's Web site www.powercube.com now features a new look for easier navigation, updated product information, comprehensive new product reviews and a literature request page for easy receipt of datasheets and application notes. In addition...

EFFECTIVE CIRCUIT DESIGN TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE MOSFET POWER AMPLIFIER EFFICIENCY.
July 1, 2000... Newly developed low cost and highly linear, high gain and high power laterally diffused metal oxide semi-conductor (LDMOS) and vertically diffused metal oxide semiconductor (VDMOS) field-effect transistors are attractive devices for many...

AN OBJECT-ORIENTED CIRCUIT SIMULATOR.(development of the APLAC simulator)
July 1, 2000... The basic ideas behind the circuit simulator and design tool APLAC are presented in this article. The chosen way of implementation of this circuit simulator is based initially on nodal formulation and gyrator transforms, leading to a very...

THREE-SAMPLER NETWORK ANALYZER CALIBRATIONS.
July 1, 2000... JO[check{Z}]E MLAKAR Calibration is the most important aspect of measurement with a network analyzer. The standard method for network analyzer calibration is short-open-load-through (SOLT) calibration. [1] For calibration of four-sampler...

DESIGNING FOR POWER AMPLIFIER EFFICIENCY: STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF SIGNALS.
July 1, 2000... Multichannel amplifiers have become ubiquitous in modern communications, including cellular, satellite and other wireless systems. While power efficiency is well understood for CW signals, the amplitude of multicarrier signals varies in time....

PROTECTION AGAINST DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THEIR SECONDARY EFFECTS.
July 1, 2000... Traditional methods of lightning protection may actually increase the likelihood of lightning-related damage. The answer to proper lightning protection lies not in channeling lightning, but in preventing the charge from accumulating in the...

BLUETOOTH PUTS BITE ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS.
July 1, 2000... Within a year; devices of all kinds -- from laptops and cell phones, to PDAs and household appliances -- will be capable of communicating and interoperating with one another using a new wireless networking technology called Bluetooth. Before...

COMPATIBILITY ISSUES BETWEEN BLUETOOTH AND HIGH POWER SYSTEMS IN THE ISM BANDS.(the industrial, scientific, and medical)
July 1, 2000... Much discussion has taken place over the last several years about the tremendous growth potential for low power microwave chip devices for low power, unlicensed communications within the 2450 MHz band. Techniques for wireless communication...

TESTING DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS.
July 1, 2000... There is a fundamental tradeoff in communication systems. Simple hardware can be used in transmitters and receivers to communicate information. However, this method uses a lot of spectrum, which limits the number of users. Alternatively, more...

MULTILAYER PROTOTYPE AND SERIES PRODUCTION.
July 1, 2000... KLAUS-DIETMAR M[ddot{U}]LLER Multilayers, or multilayer PGBs, are circuit boards made up of several (more than two) electrical layers (copper layers) superimposed on one another. The copper layers are bonded together by resin layers...

NEW EDA TOOLS TO ACCELERATE RF AND WIRELESS DESIGN CYCLES.(electronic design automation)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Continued demand for wireless services has resulted in the need for large spectrum and new compression techniques to enhance capacity without sacrificing quality. Second-generation (2G), 2.5G and 3G digital wireless systems are being developed...

SPACE-QUALIFIED 1.2 MM FIBER OPTIC CABLE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Fiber optic cable is gaining rapidly in use throughout both military and commercial systems. The very low loss and wide bandwidth provide a significant advantage where relatively long cable connections must be used. However, traditional fiber...

ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE RF DIPLEXERS FOR MICROWAVE RADIO APPLICATIONS.
July 1, 2000... Commercially available RF diplexers consist of two fixed bandpass filters sharing a common port. Signals applied to the common port are separated in accordance with the passband frequency of each filter network. Signals applied to either...

MINIATURE SMD QUADRATURE HYBRIDS FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS.(SV Microwave Inc. introduces surface mount device hybrid couplers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... A series of miniature three-port surface mount device (SMD) 90[degrees] hybrid couplers have been developed for wireless applications. The series currently comprises 12 individual components spanning an 824 to 5800 MHz frequency range. Each...

ORGANIC CERAMIC MICROWAVE SUBSTRATE MATERIALS.
July 1, 2000... The ORCER family of copper clad substrate material is formulated to combine the property advantages of fluoropolymer organic chemistry with ceramic elements. The development of this technology has enabled the creation of a wide range of high...