Watkins-Johnson Company

Watkins-Johnson Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronics
Founded1957
FounderDean A. Watkins,
H. Richard Johnson
FateAcquired by TriQuint Semiconductor
SuccessorWJ Communications Inc.
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Key people
W. Keith Kennedy (former CEO)

Watkins-Johnson Company was a designer and manufacturer of electronic devices, systems, and equipment. The company, commonly referred to as "W-J", was formed in 1957 by Dean A. Watkins and H. Richard Johnson, and was headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Its products included microwave tubes, followed by solid-state microwave devices, electronic warfare subsystems and systems, receiving equipment, antennas, furnaces and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and automated test equipment.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Watkins-Johnson Company History". Funding Universe. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. ^ Kenney, Martin (2000). Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0804737347.