WJ now is a part of TriQuint Semiconductor

Company Profile

WJ Communications, Inc. is a leading designer and supplier of RF solutions serving multiple markets targeting wireless communications, RFID, broadband cable, and defense and homeland security. WJ addresses the RF challenges in these multiple markets with its highly reliable amplifiers, mixers, RF integrated circuits (RFICs), RFID reader modules, chipsets, and multi-chip (MCM) modules.

Telecommunications applications are expanding rapidly today with an increasing demand for higher throughput of voice, video and data traffic.  Wireless and CATV networks are growing quickly to meet this need throughout the world.  In addition, emerging applications using UHF RFID are growing rapidly.  All of these require high performance RF products to meet the stringent requirements for these applications.

RF Products from WJ are the Solution!

With our unique blend of technical expertise, design, and manufacturing capabilities including our own GaAs FET and InGaP foundries, WJ Communications delivers complete RF solutions, including high-quality devices, multi-chip modules (MCMs), RF integrated circuits (RFIC's), RFID readers/modules and chip-sets for wireless, wireline, and CATV infrastructure applications.

WJ’s 50 years of RF and 17 years of RFID experience enable OEM’s to produce best-of-breed readers that are small, standards based and upgradeable. WJ is the only company today that can offer Systems-to-Silicon.

WJ History

WJ Communications is the commercial products descendent of Watkins-Johnson Company.  Watkins-Johnson Company, founded in 1957, designed and manufactured quality microwave components, subsystems, and systems for the defense marketplace for four decades.  WJ's telecommunications products began in 1995 as an entrepreneurial activity, with the goal of combining WJ's technical expertise coupled with cost-effective design and advanced packaging technologies commensurate with the commercial marketplace.  Sales grew rapidly due to the company's well-founded reputation for quality and performance.

A key decision was made in 1997 to refocus the company on commercial telecommunications, and over the next three years other activities in defense electronics, intelligence, and semiconductor capital equipment were sold.  A recapitalization merger with Fox Paine was completed on January 31, 2000.  Today, WJ Communications Inc.  is a leading pure-play semiconductor and RFID company focusing on the design and manufacture of high-quality, innovative devices and multi-chip modules (MCMs) for telecommunications systems worldwide, including COTS devices for the defense and market and devices for RFID reader applications.  WJ's high reliability amplifier, mixer, RFIC and MCM products are used to transmit and receive signals that enable current and next generation digital wireless and wireline services.

The company "was publicly traded" and is now traded as part of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc (TQNT).