Microwave Power Modules

Features

Ampwave Defense offers microwave power modules to meet the power, bandwidth and spectral purity requirements of many state of the art microwave systems.

  • Designed to meet the requirements of many modern microwave systems
  • Ideally suited for airborne applications
  • SWaP Optimized designs
  • Combines vacuum tube and solid-state technology

Description

Ampwave Defense combines their knowledge of vacuum technology with the modern solid-state components to build compact, integrated microwave power modules for amplifying radio frequency signals to high power levels in military and commercial applications. Their design consists of a high gain solid-state driver (MMIC) followed by a multi-collector traveling wave tube, and their associated power supplies, into a powerful lightweight amplifier.

Our microwave power modules meet the power, bandwidth, and spectral requirements of many modern microwave systems as used in electronic countermeasures, point to point and Satcom data links, and radar systems. These systems are also ideally suited for airborne applications where volume, weight and prime power are at a premium. For research applications, Ampwave Defense microwave power modules can also be used as compact laboratory amplifiers.

By harnessing the power of a high-efficiency miniature traveling wave tube, our microwave power modules have a proven track record of being efficient, low noise amplifiers with a low SWaP design.

If you have a specific requirement please contact us and we will work with you to create a customized solution. Ampwave Defense also offers linearized microwave power modules.

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Power Tube Cavity Custom Solutions

For many years, Ampwave Defense has been developing specialized circuitry for power tubes, generally termed u201 cavities, as a result of customer demand.

These cavities are complete RF circuits that are necessary to tune and operate a matching power tube. Each cavity is designed to match a specific tube in order to produce a final high-power amplifier stage for a specific frequency band and service. Each cavity is an essential part of the installation and maintenance operations needed for an Ampwave Defense power tube.

We highly recommend pairing one of our cavities with a recommended matching power tube and can work with you to determine which power tube cavity your application requires.