2 to 18 GHz, MPM-based high-power transmitter suite for military airborne ECM applications

Author

Shandas, Meppalli K.

Author_Institution

dB Control, Fremont, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 April 2009

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

356

Abstract

This paper describes the development effort for a very compact suite of high-power transmitters for military airborne electronic countermeasure (ECM) applications. The suite consists of four individual MPM-based, 2 to 7 GHz and 6 to 18 GHz, CW and pulse transmitters covering the 2 to 18 GHz frequency range. Each transmitter is a compact line replaceable unit (LRU) with all associated features. dB Control developed, tested, and qualified this transmitter suite in 15 months. This paper´s primary emphasis is on the design of highly reliable, vacuum electron device (VED) products for extreme environments, and also includes details of development and qualification activities. In conclusion, the paper outlines current production activities of this transmitter suite.

Keywords

electronic countermeasures; military systems; radio transmitters; CW transmitters; frequency 2 GHz to 18 GHz; high-power transmitter; line replaceable unit; microwave power modules; military airborne electronic countermeasure; pulse transmitters; vacuum electron device; Assembly; Electronic countermeasures; Power amplifiers; Power supplies; Qualifications; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Solid state circuits; Testing; Transmitters; ECM; Electronic Countermeasure; LRU; Line Replaceable Unit; MPM; Microwave Power Module; Transmitter Suite;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3500-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3501-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193432

Filename

5193432