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Program
Management
MwT offers customers dedicated program management
and project engineering for the program’s duration. This ability
is particularly useful for Class K jobs requiring special
documentation, source inspections, design reviews, and project
scheduling. A cross-functional team, staffed by people from
engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing, materials, and
document control, assists the project leader until the customer is
completely satisfied with the product and service.
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Design
Expertise
MicroWave Technology has over 20 years of
experience developing products for high-reliability applications
including wireless infrastructure, industrial RF, and
defense/aerospace applications. The design expertise expands from
the GaAs chip, thin film circuitry, SMT technology, to the final
functional blocks of various amplifiers and oscillators. All of
MwT’s product design is rooted from the concept that “quality is
built in by design”.
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Process Development and
Control
Process controls include equipment calibration and
maintenance programs. All required manufacturing and test
equipment are calibrated per MIL-STD-45622 and records are
maintained. Preventive maintenance on all types of equipment is
conducted regularly. MwT’s highly qualified personnel provide the
infrastructure to support production requirements from high-end
commercial applications to high reliability programs requiring
vigorous screening and qualification testing. To ensure qualified
employees, MwT formally trains each employee to the requirements
of their respective processes.
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Material Procurement
and Logistics
Using an audit and rating system, MwT’s Supplier
Assessment Program governs all procurement activity. Also all
procurement activities use lot traceability and specification
control as primary objectives. MwT uses an MRP system to aid the
planning and control of, the entire production flow, for both
large and small production runs. MwT’s materials staff works
closely with sales personnel to support customer delivery
inquiries and status updates. Complete and timely production
information is a quick phone call or e-mail away.
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Manufacturing Operations
MicroWave Technology’s in-house manufacturing
process provides a proven technology to manufacture product;
includes: hermetic wedge, ball and ribbon bonding; eutectic and
epoxy attachment; plasma cleaning; laser sealing; and fine and
gross leak detection. MwT has the capability to perform
tests over wide temperature, voltage, and frequency ranges,
including ACPR, IP3, harmonics, oscillation, and phase noise RF
testing.
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Manufacturing
Process Control and Quality Assurance
MicroWave Technology maintains close surveillance
monitors of its manufacturing processes to assure consistency of
product quality through: material qualification, calibration
of measurement equipment, preventive maintenance of manufacturing
equipment, on-line monitors to validate process/product
conformance (visual/mechanical/thermal/functional/electrical
stress tests) at critical stages of the manufacturing, work
instruction and operator training, traveler documentation for
product identification and traceability of processing events,
program management coordination for high reliability and space
programs, and final inspection to validate compliance to internal
work standards and customer requirements.
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Production Environment
Each of MwT’s manufacturing and test areas are
maintained at or below Class 100,000, 0.5-micron particles per
million (Class 100 for space level modules), and between 30% and
65% relative humidity. MwT has ESD controls in place to meet or
exceed the intent of MIL-STD-1686, including a complete network of
earth-to-ground rods and wrist straps, which are tested regularly.
Most raw material and work-in-process components are stored in
nitrogen back filled desiccators to minimize oxidation and other
storage related problems.
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Product Environmental Screening (Inspection, Mechanical, Thermal,
and Rest)
MicroWave Technology’s quality and screening tests
are performed on each individual wafer for high-reliability
products. All quality and reliability testing methods are based on
appropriate military standards, such as MIL-STD-750, MIL-STD-883
and MIL-PRF-38534. Customized screening flows can be provided to
accommodate your needs, including MIL-PRF-38534, Class H or Class K with
full element evaluation and Group testing. Call or fax MwT’s sales
department or local sales representative for more information on
these options.
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Quality
Guarantee and Warranty
Microwave Technology Inc. warrants each of its
products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under
normal use and service, and intended application. MwT warrants
product to be in conformance with the specifications, drawings,
and other descriptions explicitly contained in the contract
between Buyer and MwT.
MwT's obligation under this warranty is limited to repairing or
replacing products returned to the factory, within the warranty
period described below and which, upon examination, are disclosed
to be thus defective. There is a limited warranty.
|
PRODUCT |
WARRANTY
PERIOD |
PACKAGE
TYPE |
|
Semiconductor Chips and Gunn Diodes |
90 days from date of shipment |
All Die Packaging Arrangements
See notes below |
|
Non-Hermetic Packaged Products |
90 days from date of shipment |
Mold Compound SOT 89, QFN
See notes below |
|
Hermetic Cavity( Fine & Gross) Packaged
Screened Products |
1 Year from date of shipment |
Epoxy Seal Lid 70, 71, 81, 86 & 87
See notes below |
|
Semi -Hermetic Cavity (Gross Leak Screened
Only) Packaged Products |
1 Year from date of shipment |
Epoxy Seal Lid 73, 82, 83, 84 & 85
See notes below |
Note:
1. Product shall be stored in their original packing container under
condition of an N2 or Dry Air controlled environment for prolong periods of
storage where high humidity and temperature is present.
2. MwT products are ESD sensitive rated, and are packaged to provide a
Faraday Gage to prevent damage from Electro Static Discharge. It is
recommended that parts remain in their packaging container until ready for
use. Use ESD precaution when handling product out of the container.
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MwT
Cares About The Environment
Microwave Technology Inc. recognizes the importance
to maintain and support regulatory standards that will ensure a
healthy environment for present and future generations. The EU
directive is such a regulatory standard to assure the reality of a
safe clean environment. MwT regards environmental safety as an
essential part in doing business that can have a positive impact
by providing safe products. Most important, we regard this as
responsibility.
Please be advised, MwT is a manufacture of microcircuit products
that are commonly used in higher level of assemblies products by
its customers. MwT accepts no responsibility for any post shipment
processing that may introduce any of the above contaminants in any
OEMs higher assembly processing.
Refer to
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Product/Package Matrix
for Ordering Environment Certified Products.
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Vertical Integration
The vertical integration of MicroWave Technology’s
in-house GaAs wafer production facility with volume manufacturing
of high level assemblies and test give MwT an ability to
dramatically decrease time to market while controlling overall
quality. By using common architectures for multiple applications,
faster development times and manufacturing efficiencies associated
with common material content can be realized. MwT also utilizes
strategically aligned out-sourcing places to perform manufacturing
functions in order to reduce cost and increase production
capacity.
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Continuous Improvement
MicroWave Technology employees understand
continuous improvement to mean continuously searching for
improvement in all processes of the company from product
development to shipping. MwT uses the matrix team approach to attain
insights and expertise from a variety of perspectives to solve
tough problems. The goal is to achieve the highest levels of
quality and reliability, and customer satisfaction.
All of MwT’s people are involved in the continual improvement of
manufacturing and business processes to meet the overriding
objective
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