Spectrum Control Honored with 2025 EDGE Award for Design Innovation

Fairview, PA – September 19, 2025 - Spectrum Control, an innovative leader in RF miniaturization and digital integration, announced today that its SCi Blocks™ RF+ SiP block converters were recognized by the engineering community as a leader in design innovation for the 2025 EDGE Awards. Votes cast by qualified industry professionals in the engineering space recognized Spectrum Control as a Winner in the Electronic Components category.

The 2025 EDGE Awards celebrate outstanding innovation in product design and function for the engineering industry. Every year the EDGE Awards showcase and reward companies, designers, and innovators who have contributed to the advancement of technology through creative and impactful designs. 

“It’s always interesting to see what types of technologies are launched in the past year, and which ones rise to the top from our audience votes,” says Michelle Kopier, Group Content Director, Engineering Design & Automation Group.

“We added several new product categories this year to reflect the expansion of our brand portfolio and to reflect the rapid emergence of technologies supporting development and design,” notes Kopier. “I anticipate this expansion of product scope and industry impact to continue based on the steadily increasing rate of technological change.”

EDGE Award winners and honorees are chosen by the qualified readers of Machine Design, Electronic Design, Power & Motion, Microwaves & RF, Control, Control Design, and Automation World. 

Award-winning SiP Platform

Spectrum Control’s RF+ SiP platform of converters offers high-fidelity millimeter wave (mmWave) block upconversion in a high-volume package. With its superior wideband performance, compact footprint, and volume-ready design, the RF+ SiP platform addresses an urgent industry need for high-performance, cost-effective, miniaturized RF solutions.

This new standard-part mmWave block converter is a member of the RF+ SiP platform from Spectrum Control that delivers the capabilities of an Integrated Microwave Assembly (IMA) in a 30 mm2 surface mount package. It converts wideband mmWave signals in the 18 GHz to 40 GHz range down to the standard 2 GHz to 18 GHz band.

“Our RF+ SiP is part of Spectrum Control’s SCi Blocks architecture that revolutionizes how RF is integrated into digital systems. The mmWave block converter delivers high performance to meet the mission-critical requirements of modern defense systems. The platform effectively and efficiently overcomes the inherent challenges associated with integrating high frequencies into digital designs, creating customizable integrated miniaturized solutions while dramatically reducing costs,” said Ian Dunn, Chief Technology Officer, Spectrum Control. 

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About Spectrum Control 

Ensuring highly reliable and high-fidelity radio signal transmission can be the difference between life and death in mission-critical applications. Spectrum Control offers the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of high reliability products for controlling that electromagnetic spectrum – components, IMAs, subsystems, RF+Digital blocks, and custom solutions. The company is leveraging its design and manufacturing prowess to create disruptive new products that deliver revolutionary size and performance advantages. Leading companies and governments trust Spectrum Control to help them design, engineer, and build the devices and solutions that connect and protect our world.