At mmWave frequencies, a few microns can be the difference between a design that performs and one that doesn’t. mmTron was built on the belief that meeting that level of precision calls for more than good engineering. It calls for state-of-the-art design, disciplined manufacturing, and a willingness to take on the problems others avoid.

Seyed Tabatabaei and Mona Molaasgari cofounded mmTron in 2020, bringing together deep mmWave design expertise and proven operational leadership. Seyed serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Mona serves as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Their goal was to develop MMICs that push output power, efficiency, linearity, and bandwidth further than the market thought possible.

Today mmTron is positioned as a leading provider of Satcom MMICs, with linearity and output power at the forefront of the industry, including 52 watts in Ka-band. Some customers have found our linearity so good that the intermodulation products fell below the noise floor of their test equipment — they upgraded their equipment just to measure it. That performance lets customers build architectures once considered impractical, and some have reported revenue gains of up to 30 times.

How We Work

Precision starts with process choice. As a fabless semiconductor company, mmTron selects the best foundry and process for each customer’s specifications. We use GaAs for low-noise and gain, GaN for high power and linearity, and InP for frequency coverage to 180 GHz.

We also develop our own process design kits (PDKs) to complement the foundry’s, giving us more accurate predictions of linearity, IM3, NPR, and EVM at mmWave frequencies. To ensure the highest reliability in space applications, our MMIC designs follow strict guidelines for metal and dielectric thicknesses.

Where We’re Headed

Satcom is among the strongest growth drivers in the RF/microwave industry, alongside AI, as nations seek their own satellite constellations. Demand for bandwidth above 20 GHz, extending up to E-band, has expanded our customer pool roughly tenfold, and we currently have eight patent applications in progress.

Our primary focus is scaling the business to meet that demand. At the same time, we are developing products in new frequency bands, building multifunction chips, and entering the radar market with products supporting 64 GSPS converters. These new radars are designed to detect very small objects.

Meet Our Founders

Seyed Tabatabaei

Seyed has spent his career pushing the boundaries of mmWave technology, and mmTron is the natural next step. Here he applies his design expertise to MMICs that deliver exceptional output power, efficiency, linearity, and bandwidth, performance that is extremely difficult to achieve given the precision required at such short wavelengths.

Before mmTron, Seyed founded Teramics, a mmWave design services company built around taking on the most challenging designs and delivering first-pass success. Earlier, he served as VP of semiconductor products at Endwave, one of the mmWave pioneers developing semiconductors, modules, and subsystems that opened new markets. Roles at Hewlett Packard, M/A-COM, and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences broadened his expertise in product development, quality, and management. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Mona Molaasgari

Mona oversees mmTron’s operations, quality, and human resources. She manages the company’s supply chain, including supplier timeliness and quality, and leads the transfer of products from development into production.

Because many mmTron products are packaged, a key part of her role is qualifying and monitoring packaging suppliers. At mmWave frequencies, any dimensional variation outside tolerance degrades performance, so this oversight directly protects what customers receive.

Mona held the same operations role at Teramics, and her experience extends well beyond mmWave. She previously served as an operations manager at Johnson & Johnson MedTech and as an operations specialist at Intersect ENT, now part of Medtronic. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology.