This paper presents different Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) with power levels from 3 to 14 W at Ku-Band to be used as Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) replacements and in active array antennae for space application, all developed at MIER COMUNICACIONES.

Ku-band solid state power amplifers for the new European satellites

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J. Langley

Papers

Thermal design in solid-state microwave power amplifiers