Outdoor TWTAs

Air-Cooled TWTAs

Antenna-Mounted Air-Cooled TWTAs

Comtech is the world leader in innovative TWTA design. Xicom’s outdoor antenna mounted TWTAs are known worldwide for their reliable operation and long life. Acclaimed for their compact and highly efficient design, Xicom’s antenna-mount amplifiers dramatically reduce both installation and operation costs. Products span C-band to V-band with high power and efficiency.

Product Features and Options

Xicom offers the world’s largest selection of Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) to cover your satcom and data link requirements.

Features

• Compact, self-contained design
• Power levels from 50W to 1250W
• Weatherized for -40°C to +60°C operation. No shelter required
• High efficiency for low operating cost
• Internal cooling, RF filters and M&C systems
• Power factor correction
• CE certified
• Detected RF and gain control
• Serial and Ethernet control
• SNMP

Options

• Remote external controllers
• C-, X-, Ku-, DBS – Ka-, Q-, V- and multi-band coverage
• 1:1, 1:2, and 1:N redundancy
• 1+1, 4-way and 8-way power combining
• Extended frequency coverage
• Integrated linearizers (Standard on many models)
• All TWTAs are available with integrated BUCs
• Liquid Cooling on 250, 500, 750, and 1250 models

Liquid-Cooled TWTAs

Known worldwide for dependability and long life, our antenna-mounted Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) are designed for the most rugged outdoor operational requirements. They eliminate the need for a separate amplifier shelter, reduces the distance between amplifier and antenna feed horn eliminating long waveguide runs, and with forced air cooling allows reliable operation over extended temperature ranges.

Liquid cooling is available across the high-power end of the amplifier product-line, including: the 1250W Ku-band and DBS-band products, all 750W products, and the 500W and 250W Ka-band amplifiers. Reference cooling systems have been developed, and Xicom engineers are available to assist customers understand and specify liquid cooling systems that are the ideal solution for their satcom uplink requirements.

Broad spectrum of SuperCool™ liquid-cooled products

From C-band to V-band all high power outdoor TWTAs are available with liquid cooling.

Benefits of liquid cooling

The SuperCool family of amplifiers has many practical advantages over traditional air-cooled amplifiers including reduced heat load in hubs; flexible and more compact installation; ease of service and maintenance; higher reliability; ambient noise reduction; and gain stability over ambient temperature.

The new Comtech Xicom design incorporates integrated cooling channels in the amplifier baseplate, external to the sealed high voltage and RF circuitry compartment, with drip-free connections. Elimination of the need for air flow provision dramatically simplifies hub layout and design and provides more space for maintenance operations and additional equipment.

Outdoor Multi-Band TWTAs

Multi-Band TWT Amplifiers

Comtech is the world leader for multi-band amplifiers. Deployed throughout the world, Xicom dual-band and tri-band high power amplifiers are widely used in commercial and military applications.

C-band, X-band and Ku-band available in one amplifier

Comtech XTD-450T is an example of a versatile 450W amplifier. Your application may require different spacecraft in different regions a triband solution is right for you.

Features

• Proven, rugged, and reliable
• Designed for low-cost installation and long life
• Available in fully weatherized, self-contained, compact outdoor units
• Power Levels from 90W to 2000W
• Dual- and Tri-Band configurations
• Remote External Controllers