News: Microelectronics
3 December 2021
Comtech awarded $1.2m follow-on order for Ka-band airborne SSPA/BUC
Comtech Telecommunications Corp of Melville, NY, USA says that, during fiscal first-quarter 2022, it was awarded a follow-on order worth $1.2m for its gallium nitride (GaN)-based Ka-band solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) for an in-flight connectivity (IFC) application. Comtech’s Falcon 50Ka GaN amplifiers feature a tri-band block upconverter (BUC) and are packaged in ARINC 791-compliant housings.
“Comtech offers a portfolio of GaN-based products that utilize the latest GaN technology to deliver RF amplification enabling high-speed satellite communications from ground-based and airborne terminals,” says chairman & CEO Fred Kornberg. “We continue to expand in the SSPA market, offering both Ku-band and Ka-band products for IFC applications.”
The Falcon product line encompasses Ku and Ka frequency bands and offers high linear power with what is claimed to be excellent gain flatness and phase-noise performance to support the latest waveform technologies and networks. The Ka-band Falcons implement multi-sub-band switching, gain adjustment and equalization, and cooperative system calibration support such as OpenBMIP.
Comtech awarded $1m follow-on contract for Ka-band airborne SSPA/BUC
