Government certifies Unitrode as space electronics supplier

Officials of the U.S. Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) in Columbus, Ohio, certified Unitrode Corp. of Merrimack, N.H., as a Class V linear integrated circuit supplier for satellite communications, as well as military, and commercial telecommunications applications. Class V, an appendix in the MIL-PRF-38535 Qualified Manufacturing List, certifies that manufacturers have process control for products suitable for use in space. Unitrode, which manufactures analog/linear and mixed-signal ICs for power management, portable power, and interface functions, previously built devices to source control drawings and unique part numbers for each application. For more information, contact Unitrode`s Judy Petersen by phone at 603-424-2410, by fax at 603-429-8963, by post at 7 Continental Blvd., Merrimack, N.H. 03054, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.unitrode.com/. — J.K.