Company profile
Filtronic
County Durham company designing and manufacturing millimetre-wave and radio-frequency components and modules for space, defence and telecommunications customers.
Company overview
Filtronic designs and manufactures radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimetre-wave components and subsystems. The company, based in Sedgefield, County Durham, is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. It provides custom and standard products operating from 300MHz to 175GHz for sectors including telecommunications infrastructure, aerospace, defence, and space. Filtronic's specialisation in the semiconductor ecosystem includes RF design services and manufacturing. Its production capabilities cover hybrid microelectronics manufacturing, microelectronic assembly, and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services, rather than wafer fabrication. Key product categories include solid-state power amplifiers, transceivers, transmit and receive modules, and a wide variety of filters. The company supports emerging technologies like 5G, 6G, and OpenRAN.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: RF / MMIC Design. Supply-chain role: RF / MMIC Design, Fabless Semiconductor Design, Microelectronics Manufacturing, Back-End Assembly and Test (OSAT).
Technologies and capabilities
- RF
- Gallium Arsenide / GaAs
- Microwave
- mmWave
- Gallium Nitride / GaN
- 5G
- 6G
- OpenRAN
- Ceramic
RF Design Services; Hybrid Manufacturing; Microelectronic Assembly; OSAT; Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs); Transceivers; Filters
Markets served
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
- Aerospace
- Defence
- Space
- Critical Communications
- Test & Measurement
UK presence
Sedgefield. Part of the North East cluster.