Ridgetop Group, Inc. is a world leader in providing advanced Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), Prognostic Health Management (PHM), and Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) solutions. Ridgetop Group has a proven library of IP cores and board-level solutions for optimized integrated systems and subsystems.
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Background
Founded in 2000 with the purpose of introducing revolutionary tools to improve performance of mission-critical electronic systems, Ridgetop has built an impressive list of customers in North America, Europe, and Asia.
With a strong management team and world-class technical staff, Ridgetop has established a stellar reputation serving its government and commercial customers with “best in class” solutions. Our technical staff members have impressive credentials and experience from leading firms such as IBM, Bell Labs, Honeywell, and Burr-Brown (now Texas Instruments).
Ridgetop also maintains strong links with leading universities that add depth and leverage to our internal research capabilities. This relationship provides a true “win-win” situation for developing new and advanced techniques for dealing with difficult problems.
Certifications and Accreditations
Ridgetop Group’s Quality Management System is compliant with the ISO:9001 and AS9100D standards for provision of engineering, research & development, electronic prognostics, and integrated circuit design. Ridgetop’s certificate of registration from Management Certification of North America (MCNA) is displayed below:
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Ridgetop Group is foundry-agnostic and will select a technology best suited to the customer’s specific requirements.
Ridgetop is an ITAR-compliant company for manufacturing and exportation of products.
Mission Statement
Ridgetop’s mission is to provide best in class CBM, PHM, and reliability engineering products and services for aerospace, defense, transportation, and industrial applications. In that mission, we maintain the following core values:
- “Engineering Innovation” with excellence and technical contributions to society
- Respect and opportunity for Ridgetop employees, with continual self-improvement, and the opportunity to share in the success of the company
- Contribution and responsibility to the communities where we operate
- High quality products and services for Ridgetop customers
- Profit and growth as a means to make all of the other values and objectives possible
Quality Policy
Ridgetop Group, Inc. provides engineering innovation to its customers with high-quality products delivered on time and to customer requirements. All employees have the respect of the organization and the opportunity to improve themselves as well as the products and processes used by Ridgetop Group. It is through their responsibility and contribution that Ridgetop Group continues to be profitable and growing.
Ridgetop provides an environment where people can excel.
Ridgetop is certified as category 1A under the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) as part of the Trusted Supplier Program. Ridgetop has history of designing analog and mixed signal ICs for demanding applications in space satellites that are subjected to extreme temperatures and radiation. Our designs have utilized bulk CMOS, CMOS-SOI, and SiGe at process geometries down to 28 nm channel lengths. Radiation hardness is also a concern, and Ridgetop has addressed those requirements as well. A recent Ridgetop design was delivered to ON Semiconductor for the U.S. Air Force STELLAR Star Tracker.
Under contract to NASA, Ridgetop designed an effective 3-axis wireless acceleration and temperature sensor for use in a helicopter gearbox system. The initial implementation was designed to detect wear and damage in the helicopter gearbox. This innovative smart sensor design was later commercialized under the Sentinel Motion product line, and is packaged as an Internet-of-Things (IoT) smart sensor, RotoSense™.