 30kW S-Band GaN Solid State Transmitter Assembly. SOLSTx’s modular design enables module replacement in under 2 minutes, greatly improving maintainability of a radar system. |
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“The
GaN-based Solid State technology on which SOLSTx is built offers a number
of advantages over traditional systems such as increased Mean Time Between
Critical Failure (MTBCF), reduced operation and sustainment costs, and
notably, significantly lower out of band emission which reduces interference
with adjacent radars and communication signals,” said Jeff Hassannia,
Senior Vice President of Business Development and Technology for Cobham
Advanced Electronic Solutions. “Our SOLSTx family of solutions is
available in a variety of frequency ranges, power levels, packaging and
end market applications – all of which are leveraging commercial
advances in GaN coupled with innovative power combining techniques.” Cobham’s modular design approach also allows for a much-preferred graceful degradation over the life of the hardware versus instantaneous shutdown as experienced with Vacuum Electronics Devices (VED); such as Magnetrons, Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT), and Crossed-Field Amplifiers (CFA) used in current transmitter designs. With proven system power of 175kW in S-Band, increased efficiency is offered through reduced size, weight and power. Cobham has a 175kW S-Band SOLSTx available for viewing and demonstration at its Integrated Electronic Solutions facility in Exeter, New Hampshire. |
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SAS 2016: Cobham Develops New Family of Solid State Radar Solutions
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