May 30, 2017 – Data Device Corporation (DDC) announced the expansion of its transformer product offering with the acquisition of North Hills Signal Processing Corporation, completed on May 5 th , 2017. North Hills Signal Processing is a supplier of MIL-STD-1553 data bus couplers, network testers, and related hardware including cables, connectors, and terminators. Since 1953, North Hills has been a supplier of wideband video and RF transformers This addition of North Hills Signal Processing to the DDC family expands DDC’s transformer product and technology portfolio with MIL-STD-1553, RF wideband, interface and power magnetic solutions, along with expanded manufacturing capabilities and engineering resources.
North Hills Signal Processing will become a part of Beta Transformer Technology Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of DDC, and together the combined group will provide signal and power transformer/magnetic solutions for the defense, civil aerospace, and space industries. The expanded product offering includes MIL-STD-1553 couplers, active MIL-1394b (FireWire) transformers, RF wideband transformers, MIL-STD-1553 transformers, power transformers, and Scott-T transformers. Additionally, the North Hills Signal Processing manufacturing center of excellence in Matamoros, Mexico, will provide DDC with production capacity and expanded resources to serve global market needs for signal, power and space magnetics.
North Hills operations, like those of Beta Transformer Technology Corporation, are ISO9001:2008 and AS9100C registered, and their transformers are manufactured in accordance with MIL-PRF-21038, maintaining excellent electrical characteristics and circuit performance.
