Discovery Semiconductors’ Honored by 2020 Military and Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards

Sept. 14, 2020
Silver Honoree 2020

Discovery Semiconductors’ (DSC) an innovator in manufacturing high reliability, space qualified, optical receivers announced today that its Space Qualified InGaAs Quad PD + TIA Photoreceivers was recognized among the best by the 2020 Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Award. An esteemed and experienced panel of judges from the aerospace and defense community recognized Discovery Semiconductors’ as a Silver Honoree.

“On behalf of the Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovator Awards, I would like to congratulate Discovery Semiconductors on their Silver level honoree status,” said Military & Aerospace Electronics Editor in Chief John Keller. “This competitive program allows Military & Aerospace Electronics to celebrate and recognize the most innovative products impacting the aerospace and defense community this year.”

The Space Qualified InGaAs Quad PD + TIA Photoreceivers from Discovery Semiconductors Inc. offers a large active area diameter, small photodiode capacitance, small crosstalk between adjacent quadrants, resilient to radiation for space qualification, and comprehensively tested for radiation background for the space environment.

Discovery’s Space Qualified InGaAs Quad Photoreceiver in a TO-3 Package with the Evaluation Board.

“We have been working on multiple space related projects for past several years, and are honored to have been selected by Military & Aerospace Electronics for this award. We have built the infrastructure and technical skill sets for over two decades, which enable us to develop these innovative products,” commented Abhay M. Joshi, President and CEO, Discovery Semiconductors.

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Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., established in 1993, is an industry leader in manufacturing ultrafast, broadband (800 nm - 2200 nm) high optical power handling InGaAs photodetectors, optical receivers, balanced optical receivers, PAM4 linear optical receivers, coherent receivers and wideband RF amplifiers for 10G through 400G applications. In addition, Discovery offers several products for the space community in areas such as LIDAR, Telecom, Datacom, Sensing.

For additional information, including complete product specifications, operational capabilities and pricing, or to discuss your application in detail, please call Discovery at: (609) 434-1311 or fax: (609) 434-1317.

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