NuWaves Engineering completes work on bidirectional amplifiers for communications, telemetry and warfare markets

NuWaves Engineering announced the completion of the IRaD phase for their newest miniaturized 10 watt C-band bidirectional amplifier (BDA). This product adds to the existing line of NuPower Xtender bidirectional amplifiers.

Currently, plans are to price this at $2,900/ea in quantities of one hundred. It is available Q4 2017. NuWaves is an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions provider.

NuWaves continues to push their presence and expertise to higher-frequency applications. The NuPower Xtender C10RX01 and C10RX02 BDA modules follow the release of the 20 W C-Band Power Amplifier (C20R01) and the 20 W C-Band bidirectional amplifier (C20RX01).

This latest BDA offers the performance of a traditional power amplifier coupled with a low noise amplifier for receive mode. It provides an amplification solution in one miniaturized package for half-duplex transceivers.

The specifications

Both the C10RX01 and C10RX02 provide saturated RF output power of 10 Watts in transmit mode and 10 dB of gain in receive mode across the C-band frequency range of 4.4 to 5.1 GHz. Both accept a +30 dBm input signal, for compatability with common datalinks that typically provide a 1 W output. The NuPower Xtender C10RX01 requires a manual transmit/receive (T/R) control input signal. Additionally, the NuPower Xtender C10RX02 offers an autosense T/R control mode where the transmit/receive condition is determined automatically.

The BDA’s aluminum chassis features improved heat dissipation characteristics for higher temperature operation. Its compact size makes it small enough for integration into a variety of platforms: air, ground, test, training.

“These bidirectional amplifier modules provide the system integrator with additional options for enhanced operability across multiple scenarios in the military communications market, including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). They fill the gap in the market for small bidirectional amplifiers,” said Jeff Wells, President and CEO of NuWaves Engineering. “We take pride in our ability to provide a full spectrum of solutions in support of the Warfighter.”

About NuWaves Engineering

Veteran-owned, NuWaves Engineering is a premier supplier of RF and Microwave solutions for Department of Defense (DoD), government, and industrial customers. NuWaves offers a broad range of design and engineering services which develop and sustain key communications, telemetry and electronic warfare systems, as well as a complete line of commercially available RF products. NuWaves’ products include wide-band frequency converters, high-efficiency and miniature solid state power amplifiers and bidirectional amplifiers, high intercept low noise amplifiers and miniature RF filters.

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