Areas of activity

• RF
  Radio frequency engineering
  Radio frequency engineering is the analysis and design of circuits at frequencies where transmission lines are comparable to the wavelength. It includes the study of amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, demodulators and antennas. This is relevant to RFID, broadcasting, radar, wireless computer...
  
  
• Microwave engineering
• Radar
  Radar
  Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
  
   design, including the Blighter e-scan ground surveillance radar
• Software design
• DSP
  Digital signal processing
  Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
  
  
• FPGA
• MMIC

Memberships and associations

• The company joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group
  Bluetooth Special Interest Group
  The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. The SIG is a privately held, not-for-profit trade association founded in September 1998. The SIG is headquartered...
  
   in 1998.
• Full member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is an independent, non-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry in Europe, with worldwide projection...
  
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• Member of the Cambridge Network
  Cambridge Network
  The Cambridge Network is a commercial business networking organisation for business people and academics working in technology fields in the Cambridge area of the UK...
  
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Awards

• Plextek Limited was listed at #56 in the 2008 Tech Track 100.
• Plextek was awarded 2009 Queen's Awards for Enterprise
  Queen's Awards for Enterprise
  The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses...
  
   in both the Innovation and International Trade categories.
• Consultancy of the year - 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards.
• Plextek was listed at #440 in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA
  Deloitte Fast 500
  The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world...
  
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• Business of the Year 2010 - Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards.

External links

• Plextek Limited - Official website.
• Blighter Ground and Perimeter Surveillance Radars - Official website for Plextek's Blighter product line