Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., a subsidiary within Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMTL) Commercial Solutions segment, is present at Satellite 2019, at booth 1401, with their latest products, and an announcement regarding a new series of industry-leading X-band solid-state power amplifiers (“SSPAs”) and block upconverters (“BUCs”).
According to the company the XTSLIN-25X, XTSLIN-80X, XTSLIN-150X and XTSLIN-250X lines of linear power X-Band amplifiers provide the
highest linear power density solutions available while drawing very low prime power and operating in the toughest environments. These units are designed to meet all RF requirements in challenging X-Band networks, including Wideband Global Satellite (“WGS”) requirements and support for multi-carrier systems.
X-Band is one of the most difficult satellite communications bands to operate in because the transmit and receive bands are directly adjacent. Xicom’s proprietary very-low leakage designs ensure that any transmit noise or spurious signals in the receive band is attenuated and contained to avoid disruption of the received signal, enabling multi-carrier operation with low Passive Intermodulation (“PIM”) antennas.
These X-Band SSPAs are all presented with optional built-in upconverters; with a range of monitor and control interfaces including SNMP; and options for redundancy or output power combining. The compact size and high efficiency of these units provide linear power density, achieving 25W of linear output power (using MIL-STD-188-164 definition) with a 5.3 lb. package; and 150W linear output power with a 32 lb. package. These units operate air-cooled in -40C to +60C temperatures and meet stringent outdoor environmental requirements per MIL-STD-810G.
Mark Schmeichel, Senior Vice President, and General Manager for Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. commented that Xicom's X-Band SSPAs take advantage of the latest GaN technology for high efficiency and power density, and also incorporate their extensive institutional knowledge gained by developing high-power X-Band tube-based amplifiers with extremely low leakage. With the addition of these innovative GaN-based SSPA products, Xicom has become a clear global leader in X-Band SATCOM uplink amplifiers.”
Additional information is available with the Comtech Xicom Technology representatives in Booth 1401, at Satellite 2019.