L Stuart, Inc.

Requirements analysis, system engineering, detailed modeling, simulation, testing, verification, and lifecycle support for RF and microwave components and assemblies.

• Microwave Components and Assemblies Design

  Requirements analysis and initial design of microwave components and multi-function assemblies.

• System Engineering and Analysis

  System-level analysis and engineering recommendations for integrated systems.

• Performance Modeling and Simulation

  Detailed modeling and simulation of individual component performance and signal chains.

• Product Development and Lifecycle Support

  Concept definition, development, testing, validation, deployment, modernization, and sustainment.

• Design Reviews and Critiques

  Expert design reviews, critiques, and support for customer design reviews.

• Design Output Documentation

  Preparation of detailed parts lists, schematic and assembly drawings, test plans, and procedures.

• Risk and Impact Analysis

  Technical risk analysis, system impact analysis, and technical quality assurance.

Reliability, MTBF, and space-radiation analysis for electronics components and integrated signal chains.

• MTBF and Reliability Predictions

  MTBF predictions using MIL-HDBK-217 standards with design-specific modifications for modern elements.

• Space Radiation Susceptibility Analysis

  Space radiation susceptibility analysis of electronic and microwave components.

Engineering support for signal-control devices, wideband converter systems, and modernization of obsolete microwave assemblies.

• Microwave Signal Control

  Design of PIN diode based high-power switches, high dynamic range attenuators, phase shifters, and integrated assemblies operating from 5 MHz to 40 GHz.

• Wideband Converter Systems

  Engineering of 0.5 to 40 GHz wideband downconverters, low noise amplifiers, and power amplifiers with fiber optic connectivity.

• Modernization of Obsolete Microwave Assemblies

  Analysis, evaluation, updating of specifications, and synthesis of replacement designs utilizing modern techniques and materials.

Technical courses and seminars covering microwave component design, communication system design, satellite communication systems, and electronic fundamentals.

• Microwave and Communication System Design

  Training on transmission lines, scattering parameters, microwave structures, filters, control devices, amplifiers, and phase-locked loop fundamentals.

• Satellite Communication Systems

  Seminars covering orbits, link design, link budget, noise effects, space link propagation, and earth station design.

• Circuits and Electromagnetics Fundamentals

  Courses in network analysis, equivalent circuits, Maxwell's equations, and Smith Chart circuit analysis.

Technical intellectual property strategy, patent application preparation, and prosecution support for engineering and technology matters.

• Technical IP Strategy

  Assisting with strategic planning, development, and prosecution of IP portfolios, identifying potential IP, and refining internal controls.

• Patent Application Preparation

  Converting written invention disclosures into U.S. non-provisional, provisional, and international PCT patent applications.

• Patent Prosecution Support

  Analyzing prior art, preparing written responses to the USPTO, and conducting examiner and inventor interviews.

• Technical Expert Witness Services

  Expert witness support in engineering technology areas and the patent process.