Celebrating 25 Years! QuinStar marked its 25th anniversary on April 1st. A company-wide barbeque was held to celebrate the occasion. We are grateful for our loyal customers, suppliers, and employees who have journeyed with us to reach this significant milestone. QuinStar was started in 1993 by aerospace engineers who wanted to design and build challenging [...]
QuinStar T3 Painting Event QuinStar holds T3 events (Try Things Together) to provide opportunities for employees to join in recreational, cultural, and educational events after work hours. This month, our CFO conducted a painting class. Many employees participated in this opportunity to exercise the right side of their brain – with beautiful results! [...]
QuinStar Exhibiting at APS March Meeting QuinStar will showcase its cryogenic product line at the American Physical Society March Meeting. QuinStar is uniquely positioned with the experience and know-how to offer cryogenic isolators, circulators, LNAs, and isolator arrays that deliver exceptional broadband performance for applications such as radio astronomy and quantum computing. The March Meeting [...]
QuinStar T3 Event – Bowling QuinStar holds T3 events (Try Things Together) to provide opportunities for employees to join in recreational, cultural, and educational events after hours. This month, a bowling tournament was held at the Palos Verdes Bowl in Torrance, CA. Over 50 employees participated, and prizes were awarded for top bowlers. [...]
QuinStar Hosts Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor Youth of the Year Event The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor provides leadership, education, arts, and athletic opportunities to area youth. On December 6, QuinStar hosted a celebration to announce the selection of the Los Angeles Harbor Youth of the [...]
QuinStar Redefines State-of-the-Art Power QuinStar’s R&D team has recently achieved a new milestone for GaN power amplifiers operating above 100 GHz. Using multiple GaN MMIC chips in a combiner network, we have achieved an output power of 3 W at 114 GHz. These GaN-based power amplifiers will soon be available for commercial applications. Contact sales@quinstar.com [...]
QuinStar Proudly Supports Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor This fall, QuinStar participated in Bids for Kids, a fundraiser to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor. The 80-year-old organization provides leadership, education, arts, and athletic opportunities for area youth. Learn more about the effort to help young [...]
QuinStar Develops SSPA of Unprecedented Efficiency QuinStar engineered a solid-state power amplifier that loses 8% of its amplified energy when its signals recombine—most comparable devices lose 20%. QuinStar developed the technology as a subcontractor under an SBIR contract from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The SSPA is well suited for radar, satellite communication, and defense systems [...]
QuinStar Wins R&D Contract for Q-Band Uplink SSPA QuinStar Technology, Inc. was recently awarded a new SBIR contract. The $746,516 Phase II contract with the Department of Defense/Air Force Research Laboratory is for a solid-state power amplifier (SSPA), operating at 43.5 – 45.5 GHz. The R&D goal is to produce a high-efficiency 45-Watt SSPA. [...]
QuinStar Will Be Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday QuinStar celebrated a traditional Thanksgiving feast on November 22 to kick off the holiday weekend. We’ll close Wednesday afternoon until Monday to spend time with family and friends and to remember all we’re thankful for. QuinStar will re-open on Monday, November 27 for regular business hours. Happy [...]