About FWT

In September 2002, the Focused Wave Technology (FWT) Group was formed to commercialize antenna products. The Office of Research of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and Marc Popek formed a joint venture and have obtained patent protection for relevant intellectual property. Specific FWT applications have been created for customer driven requirements, and new business relationships are being developed on a regular basis. Antenna design (powerful EM simulation suite), industrial design (mold making), and pilot production capabilities exist.

Marc Popek, CTO of Focused Wave Technology Group, moved to Las Vegas over sixteen years ago. He is a successful entrepreneur and American inventor, holding over 12 patents in a wide swath of technologies; including laser control, exotic signal processing, intelligent controls, wireless communications and antennas.

Stephen Rice, Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development for UNLV, serves as COO for FWT Group. Dr. Rice is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is internationally known in tribology and design applications. He earned degrees at UC Berkeley and has been on the faculty at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and the University of Connecticut in Storrs.

Today, the FWT Group is delivering breadboard and prototype antennas and integrated electric assemblies embedded into the FWT antennas themselves. By creating the optimal antenna size and performance, and providing a patterned substrate for manufacturers of "single chip" radio solutions, the trickiest part of attaching the correct antenna as well as matching the antenna to the radio chip is achieved.

One customer application is specialized for depositing energy inside the human body. The challenge here is reducing the natural reflection between the air-skin boundary. FWT provides an ideal solution for this user.

Another application requires that a plurality of antennas work without interfering with each other. FWT solutions offer control over the beam pattern not easily achieved in other antenna designs. The combination of embedded ground plane(s) and shaped dielectric focusing offers this unique capability.

As volume demand grows, the FWT Group is working with several contract manufacturing organizations world-wide. Our manufacturing process is based upon standardized electronic and packaging norms in place internationally. As such, the FWT Group has great flexibility and choice in our manufacturing partners. Currently, the FWT Group is considering an exclusive agreement with a world-class supplier of dielectric material. When this agreement is finalized, the supplier brand logo and marks will be incorporated into our sales materials worldwide.