Bird Technologies Explained

Bird
Founder:	J. Raymond Bird
Industry:	Electronic Manufacturing
Location City:	Solon, Ohio
Location Country:	U.S.
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

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Bird . James R. . Stevens . Harold E. . Frederico . Blossy D. . Liquid-cooled load for a coaxial transmission line . 1956 . US2752572A . US.
2. Web site: Google Patents . patents.google.com . 2019-08-12. dmy-all.
3. Angola-based maker of radio equipment acquired by Danish company. Buffalo Business Journal. 2019-08-12. September 4, 2018.
4. Web site: Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology. 26 July 2010.
5. Web site: Combilent US Acquires Bird's Radio Infrastructure Products Division. 5 September 2018.
6. http://www.birdrf.com/Products/Test%20and%20Measurement/Analyzers/Spectrum-Analyzers/SH-42S-TC-Series-Hand-Held-Spectrum-Analyzer.aspx Bird - The RF Experts. SH-42S-TC
7. Web site: Bird Technologies Acquires Distributed Antenna System Manufacturer DeltaNode. 24 September 2013.
8. Web site: Multi-Channel Phase Coherent Vector Signal Generator: VSG5000A . 1 June 2013.
9. Web site: High-performance X-COM system records, analyzes RF spectrum . 1 May 2013.
10. Web site: Spectro-X 4.0 Software Analyzes Four RF Spectrum Capture Files. 1 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155516/http://mpdigest.com/issue/Articles/2013/May/X-COM2/Default.asp. 15 October 2013. dmy-all.
11. Web site: X-COM Systems Releases Version 3.0 of RF Editor Graphical RF Signal Editor Software . 17 September 2012.
12. Web site: Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems for Its Advanced RF Military Technology. 26 July 2010.
13. Web site: The Radio magazine Pick Hits of the 2009 NAB Show . 25 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601215112/http://radiomagonline.com/convention_news/nab_show/radio-magazine-pick-hits-nab-show-0423/ . 1 June 2009 . dead .
14. Web site: NAB Insider from Radio magazine - Apr 22, 2008 . 25 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080829001957/http://radiomagonline.com/convention_news/nab_show/nab_insider_04222008/ . 29 August 2008 . dead .
15. Web site: 2009 Governor's Excellence in Exporting Awards - Previous Award Winners (2007-1995) . 16 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227171328/http://development.ohio.gov/GlobalMarkets/GlobalSummitEAwards2009/Documents/E-Awards/eAwards_Program.pdf . 27 December 2010 . dead .
16. Web site: NAB Insider from Radio magazine - April 26, 2005 . https://archive.today/20130131231137/http://www.radiomagonline.com/convention_news/nab_show/nab04262005/ . dead . 31 January 2013 . 25 June 2012 .
17. Web site: Radio World Names 2003 "Cool Stuff" Award Winners . 25 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235307/http://www.radioworld.com/article/radio-world-names-2003-quotcool-stuffquot-award-winners/8145 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
18. Swank II . John D. . Antenna Tester . 1999 . 5949380 . US.
19. Bird . James R. . Calderhead . Henery J. . Heller . Herbert H. . Standing wave indicator . 1959 . 2891221 . US.