A Triad technology company has teamed with a California power solutions maker to develop integrated rack/hub-mounted solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs) for radar and electronic warfare (EW).
Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of RF solutions headquartered in Greensboro, will collaborate with Polarity Inc., providing its newly released Spatium power amplifier for Polarity's newest broadband SSPA.
"Teaming with a proven and respected system integrator like Polarity gives us the unique opportunity to provide customers with a turnkey SSPA solution that gets them up and running quickly and with confidence,” said Tim Hornback, senior product line manager for Qorvo Spatium.
The state-of-the-art SSPA solution incorporates a wide-input range AC-DC power supply, fan-forced convective thermal management and an internal driver amplifier.
The Spatium high-power amplifier is designed to operate in wideband testing, communications, radar or any application requiring capability for simultaneous power amplification of signals across the 2-20 GHz operational bandwidth.
Unlike legacy technologies such as traveling wave tubes, the Spatium-based Polarity SSPA offers customers a lower operating voltage system with a much longer mean time between failures and the ability to operate even if one of the elements is damaged. Replacement can also be performed in just a few hours instead of weeks, saving repair time and cost.
"We are very excited to team with Qorvo to deliver Spatium-based SSPA solutions that exceed customer performance expectations while being reliable and easy to maintain,” said Polarity Inc. President Wade Goins. “Our end customers are very pleased with the RF performance and reliability of our new SSPA, which offers longer uninterrupted mission operation and a significant reduction in total cost of ownership compared to existing solutions."
