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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Bird Industry Electronic Manufacturing Founded 1942 Founder J. Raymond Bird Headquarters
,
U.S.
Number of locations
Reston, Virginia , U.S.Bracknell, Berkshire , UKSingapore
Area served
World Wide
Key people
Amr Abdelmonem, President/CEO Website birdrf
Bird provides radio frequency communication products, services, calibration and training for the semiconductor , public security , cellular networks , broadcasting , military , government and medical industries.
Bird's product portfolio includes RF power sensors, RF power meters, wattmeters , vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers , antenna and cable testers, attenuators , RF terminations and loads, RF IQC recording solutions, RF signal generation, and RF software analysis tools.
History
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In 1942 James Raymond Bird teamed up with a college friend to start a small job shop in Cleveland , Ohio, which led to the development of a line of products used to measure RF power generated by television and radio transmitters .[1] [2]
Bird acquired TX RX Systems in 1995.[3]
Bird acquired X-COM Systems in 2010, the company designs and manufactures digital communication hardware and software for military and commercial applications.[4]
Milestones and patents
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2018 – Combilent US Acquires Bird's Radio Infrastructure Products Division[5]
2017 – Bird Launches the SignalHawk SH-42S Handheld Spectrum Analyzer[6]
2013 – Bird Technologies acquires Distributed Antenna System manufacturer DeltaNode[7]
2013 – VSG5000A Multi-Channel Phase Coherent Vector Signal Generator launched[8]
2013 – IQC5000A Series, RF Spectrum Capture and Playback System launched[9]
2013 – X-COM Systems releases Spectro-X 4.0 Signal Analysis Toolkit[10]
2012 – X-COM Systems releases Version 3.0 of RF Editor Graphical RF Signal Editor Software[11]
2010 – Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology[12]
2009 – Radio Magazine Pick Hits Awarded at NAB Show for PC SignalHawk[13]
2008 – Radio Magazine Pick Hits Awarded at NAB Show for Transmit Power Monitor[14]
2007 – Ohio Governor's "E" Excellence in exporting award received (2nd time)[15]
2005 – Radio Magazine Pick Hits Awarded at NAB Show for Broadcast Power Monitor (BPME)[16]
2003 – Radio World Cool Stuff Awarded to Bird Site Analyzer[17]
1999 – Antenna Tester patent granted[18]
1959 – Thruline power measurement patent granted[19]
References
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^ US US2752572A , Bird, James R.; Stevens, Harold E. & Frederico, Blossy D., "Liquid-cooled load for a coaxial transmission line", issued 1956
^ "Google Patents" . patents.google.com . Retrieved 12 August 2019 .
^ "Angola-based maker of radio equipment acquired by Danish company" . Buffalo Business Journal . 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019 .
^ "Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology" . Retrieved 26 July 2010 .
^ "Combilent US Acquires Bird's Radio Infrastructure Products Division" . Retrieved 5 September 2018 .
^ Bird - The RF Experts. SH-42S-TC Archived March 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bird Technologies Acquires Distributed Antenna System Manufacturer DeltaNode" . Retrieved 24 September 2013 .
^ "Multi-Channel Phase Coherent Vector Signal Generator: VSG5000A" . Retrieved 1 June 2013 .
^ "High-performance X-COM system records, analyzes RF spectrum" . Retrieved 1 May 2013 .
^ "Spectro-X 4.0 Software Analyzes Four RF Spectrum Capture Files" . Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013 .
^ "X-COM Systems Releases Version 3.0 of RF Editor Graphical RF Signal Editor Software" . Retrieved 17 September 2012 .
^ "Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology" . Retrieved 26 July 2010 .
^ "The Radio magazine Pick Hits of the 2009 NAB Show" . Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ "NAB Insider from Radio magazine - Apr 22, 2008" . Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ "2009 Governor's Excellence in Exporting Awards - Previous Award Winners (2007-1995)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010 .
^ "NAB Insider from Radio magazine - April 26, 2005" . Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ "Radio World Names 2003 "Cool Stuff" Award Winners" . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ US 5949380 , Swank II, John D., "Antenna Tester", issued 1999
^ US 2891221 , Bird, James R.; Calderhead, Henery J. & Heller, Herbert H., "Standing wave indicator", issued 1959
External links
[ edit ] R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bird_Technologies&oldid=1220721770 " C a t e g o r y : ● E l e c t r o n i c t e s t e q u i p m e n t m a n u f a c t u r e r s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● W e b a r c h i v e t e m p l a t e w a y b a c k l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h a p r o m o t i o n a l t o n e f r o m A u g u s t 2 0 1 9 ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h a p r o m o t i o n a l t o n e ● W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w i t h p o s s i b l e c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e r e s t f r o m A u g u s t 2 0 1 9 ● A r t i c l e s l a c k i n g r e l i a b l e r e f e r e n c e s f r o m A p r i l 2 0 2 4 ● A l l a r t i c l e s l a c k i n g r e l i a b l e r e f e r e n c e s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h m u l t i p l e m a i n t e n a n c e i s s u e s ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 3 ● O f f i c i a l w e b s i t e d i f f e r e n t i n W i k i d a t a a n d W i k i p e d i a
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
