The recently developed PTXM range of TWT based Microwave Power Modules delivers exceptionally low weight and small size – typically 1.7 kg and 190 x 120 x 30mm, which has been achieved with no reduction in RF power or reliability. This high power-to-volume feature is the result of superior packaging techniques to efficiently use all available space.
These MPMs are particularly suitable for airborne applications or for other situations where space and weight are critical.
A Microwave Power Module (MPM) is essentially a compact, integrated microwave amplifier – for amplifying radio frequency signals to high power levels. MPMs combine solid state and vacuum tube technology (i.e. a solid state driver and Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) output) with a built in power supply.
At IMS this year, on Booth 755, TMD Technologies, LLC (TMD USA), world class supplier of professional microwave and RF products based in Baltimore, Maryland, will be featuring its advanced TWT- based and solid-state microwave power modules (MPMs) – plus a new intelligent instrumentation amplifier for radar and EW defence & homeland security systems and EMC & scientific laboratory applications.
This document is one in a series of ‘Applications Notes’ which describe how TMD products have been used in particular customers’ applications over the past decades.
This Application Note is dedicated to Synthetic Aperture Radar. An excerpt from the document is contained within this post but for more detail, and our Synthetic Aperture Radar Amplifiers product range, you can download the full document here – TMD Synthetic Aperture Radar Amplifiers, or for more detailed product information you can download our Instrumentation Amplifiers product datasheets from our Instrumentation Amplifiers page.
