API Technologies, a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, has expanded its line of gallium nitride-based amplifiers to include models that operate with output power levels up to 1,000 watts and frequencies to 18 GHz.
Suitable as cost-effective replacements for traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers, API’s new GaN-based pulsed power amplifiers can be used in both military and commercial applications including radar, communication transmitters and jamming systems.
For high frequency applications, waveguide components can be integrated into the floor of the package to reduce combining losses and further increase functionality such as embedded harmonic filtering. Additional options for the new amplifiers include sleep mode, blanking, forward/reverse power detection, discrete power supply designs for wide DC input voltage ranges, as well as microprocessor-based control features for bias optimization, temperature compensation, fault monitoring, and customer interferences.
“API’s feature-rich architecture combined with complementary design tools provide engineers a suite of customizable solutions to meet challenging requirements in performance, packaging, and lead times,” Dennis Barrick, technical marketing manager of the RF/Microwave and Microelectronics division of API Technologies, said.
