Bird Technologies

Bird provides radio frequency communication products, services, calibration and training for the semiconductor, public security, cellular networks, broadcasting, military, government and medical industries.

Bird

Industry	Electronic Manufacturing
Founded	1942; 82 years ago (1942)
Founder	J. Raymond Bird
Headquarters	Solon, Ohio , U.S.
Number of locations	Reston, Virginia, U.S. Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Singapore
Area served	World Wide
Key people	Amr Abdelmonem, President/CEO Dennis Morgan, CFO Michael Simpson, COO
Website	birdrf.com

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

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] James and his partner founded the Bird Engineering Company which later changed its name to the Bird Electronic Corporation. During his career, James Bird had been awarded several patents.^[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

• 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

1. US US2752572A, Bird, James R.; Stevens, Harold E. & Frederico, Blossy D., "Liquid-cooled load for a coaxial transmission line", issued 1956
2. "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. "Angola-based maker of radio equipment acquired by Danish company". Buffalo Business Journal. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
4. "Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology". Retrieved 26 July 2010.
5. "Combilent US Acquires Bird's Radio Infrastructure Products Division". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
6. Bird - The RF Experts. SH-42S-TC Archived March 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
7. "Bird Technologies Acquires Distributed Antenna System Manufacturer DeltaNode". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
8. "Multi-Channel Phase Coherent Vector Signal Generator: VSG5000A". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
9. "High-performance X-COM system records, analyzes RF spectrum". Retrieved 1 May 2013.
10. "Spectro-X 4.0 Software Analyzes Four RF Spectrum Capture Files". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
11. "X-COM Systems Releases Version 3.0 of RF Editor Graphical RF Signal Editor Software". Retrieved 17 September 2012.
12. "Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology". Retrieved 26 July 2010.
13. "The Radio magazine Pick Hits of the 2009 NAB Show". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
14. "NAB Insider from Radio magazine - Apr 22, 2008". Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
15. "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.
16. "NAB Insider from Radio magazine - April 26, 2005". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
17. "Radio World Names 2003 "Cool Stuff" Award Winners". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
18. US 5949380, Swank II, John D., "Antenna Tester", issued 1999
19. US 2891221, Bird, James R.; Calderhead, Henery J. & Heller, Herbert H., "Standing wave indicator", issued 1959

External links

• Official website