Communication satellite power amplifiers: current and future SSPA and TWTA technologies

This study captures the state of current satellite transponder technology, specifically, solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) and traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), and describes expected future advances, including GaN SSPAs. The findings of five previous SSPA and TWTA studies, including the 19...

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Main Authors: Aniceto, Raichelle, Cahoy, Kerri, Lohmeyer, Whitney
Other Authors: Space Telecommunications Astronomy and Radiation (STAR) Lab
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110897