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    • Menlo Microsystems

    Irvine, CA 92618

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About Menlo Microsystems

    Menlo Micro's MEMS-based Ideal Switch operates up to 1000x faster than a typical mechanical relay.

    Contact

    49 Discovery
    Suite 150
     Irvine, CA 92618
    https://menlomicro.com/
    +1-949-771-0277

    More Info on Menlo Microsystems

    The electromechanical relay hasn’t experienced any significant innovation in the past 50+ years. As a result, the size, weight, cost, and performance of systems that use traditional relays has suffered due to serious limitations. Menlo Micro has lifted these limitations by developing unique materials, designs, and processing techniques to create the Ideal Switch. The Ideal Switch operates up to 1000x faster than a typical mechanical relay, can handle kilowatts of power and is built in a structure smaller than a human hair. 

    Articles & News

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    Test & Measurement

    Pickering to Showcase MEMS-Based PXI/PXIe Multiplexers

    June 7, 2023
    The new multiplexers are said to provide longer operational life, faster speeds, and higher bandwidths than electromagnetic relay alternatives.
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    Menlo Micro Demos Ideal Switch Technology at IMS2022

    June 16, 2022
    Demos will cover RF power density, tunable RF filters, beamsteering antenna, IP3 performance, and multiplexing capabilities.
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    Components

    RF MEMS Switches Take on Demanding Defense Applications

    May 2, 2022
    Tiny MEMS switches excel at defeating the toughest challenges that defense systems can throw at them—and more.
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    MEMS-Based SP4T RF Switch Claims Industry's Highest Power Density

    Jan. 20, 2022
    Menlo Micro's MM5120 integrates a charge-pump driver, reducing the cost and complexity of high-power RF designs while saving space compared with EMRs.
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    MEMS-Based RF Coaxial SPDT Relays Empower Advanced Wireless Systems

    Dec. 8, 2021
    RF coaxial SPDT relays address signal-routing applications that demand a combination of high frequency, high power, and excellent RF performance.
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    DPDT Differential Switch Hammers Out 40-Gb/s Rate

    May 26, 2021
    Menlo Micro's MM5600 switch outperforms electromechanical relays and solid-state switches; brings 99% power reduction and greater than 90% size reduction.

    Videos & Resources

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    Products of the Week

    Products of the Week: February 6, 2023

    Feb. 6, 2023
    Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.
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    SP4T Switches Reduce Cost and Complexity of High-Power RF Designs

    Jan. 23, 2023
    Menlo Microsystems says its latest single-pole/four-throw (SP4T) switches have the industry’s highest performance, reliability, and integration for RF switching apps, 5G network...
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    Products of the Week: August 29, 2022

    Aug. 29, 2022
    Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

    All content from Menlo Microsystems

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    World’s Highest Power-Density RF Switch Hits Volume Production

    Nov. 18, 2020
    The MM5130, with 4 channels, 25-W power handling, and DC-to-26-GHz operation in a tiny SMT package, brings major improvements to insertion loss, power handling, and linearity....
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    Events

    The International Microwave Symposium Goes Virtual (Part 1)

    Aug. 7, 2020
    When it’s time to railroad, you lay rail, and so the industry must adapt. That’s why the International Microwave Symposium, the largest gathering of RF and microwave professionals...
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    Making the Switch Pitch at IMS 2019

    June 11, 2019
    At the IMS 2019 exhibition, visitors were able to view live demonstrations of some of the newest switches on the market.
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    IMS 2018 Prologue: Prepping for the mmWave Era

    Aug. 2, 2018
    The RF/microwave industry was generally optimistic at the exhibition in anticipation of real opportunities for mmWave products in automotive and 5G markets.
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    MEMS Switches Shrink with Glass Substrates

    July 31, 2018
    MEMS technology is impressive, but fabricating the components on glass substrates provides high performance in a fraction of the size of conventional RF components.
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    RF/Microwave Industry Returns to Boston for EDICON

    Oct. 13, 2017
    The second-ever edition of this event to be held in the continental U.S. drew in a crowd to its show floor and technical sessions.
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    For Menlo Micro, the Material is the Message

    Sept. 13, 2017
    DMS technology uses proprietary metal alloys fabricated on glass substrates to achieve broadband microwave switches capable of high power-handling capabilities.
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    For Tuning Antennas and Switching Signals, RF MEMS Make Their Mark

    Feb. 3, 2017
    “We’ve engaged with virtually everybody in the smartphone market," said an executive at Cavendish Kinetics, a maker of RF MEMS antenna tuners and switches.