MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 1, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: Wavestream Corporation vice president of marketing Heidi Thelander will address spatially power-combined solid- state approaches to high-powered applications during her discussion, "Shrinking the Size and Cost of High Power at Ka-Band with PowerStream Grid Amplifier" at the 10th Annual Ka and Broadband Communications Conference Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2004 in Vicenza, Italy. Highly regarded in the millimeter and microwave technology industry, Thelander will address how Ka-band communication systems can take advantage of the significant millimeter-wave frequency spectrum available to offer higher data rates. Thelander will also discuss Wavestream's recent accomplishments, including test results for a spatially combined Grid Amplifier providing 15 Watts of saturated power from 30-31 GHz. WHO: Heidi Thelander joined Wavestream from Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, where she performed the entire range of marketing functions for a fast-paced telecommunications equipment start-up. She was formerly a strategic business manager for Lockheed Martin Western Development Laboratories and a product line manager for commercial Ka-band wideband communication systems at TRW. Thelander also served as a system engineering team leader, section head and lead system engineer, also at TRW. She earned a master's of science degree in electrical engineering for communication systems from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree from Marquette University. Wavestream Corporation (www.wavestreamcorp.com) designs and manufactures high-power solid-state millimeter-wave amplifiers for defense, commercial satellite communications and terrestrial applications. Wavestream solves today's power-combining issues through its patented Grid Amplifier products, which spatially combine the outputs of a large number of transistors on a single chip, enabling transistor arrays to radiate output power into a free space beam with very low loss combining. WHEN/ WHERE: 10th Annual Ka and Broadband Communications Conference and Expo Sept. 30 -- Oct. 2, 2004 10:30 -- 11:45 a.m. Vicenza Fairgrounds, Vicenza, Italy MORE INFO: For more information on Wavestream, please contact Kirsten Brundahl via phone at (714) 540-1030, ext. 24 or via e-mail at kbrundahl@bockpr.com.