Satnews Daily
November 12th, 2013

Advantech Wireless—A Mentor With Built-In Redundancy (SATCOM—SSPA)


[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. has released their new High Power 500W Ka-Band, Mentor(tm) class of Solid State Power Amplifiers.

Designed to cover all new and existing Ka-band satellites, with built-in modular redundancy, the Mentor™ Class SSPAs from Advantech Wireless will exceed the linearity, power and efficiency of all available technologies. The unit's impressive bandwidth capabilities offer the perfect solution for taking full advantage of the new generation of 500MHz wide Ka-band transponders.

Featuring high power density in a compact, rugged and weatherproof package, the new Mentor Class Ka-band SSPAs/BUCs are fully DVB-S2 enabled. High reliability, high linearity and built in redundancy, backed by more than 25 years of Outdoor SSPA design and manufacturing experience, are all combined in this new offering as well as with all of the traditional Advantech Wireless features.