SBIR-STTR Award

NuWaves' proposed COupled REsonator POWer combinER (COREPOWER) is an innovative approach to significantly reducing the size of high-power solid state amplifiers. The COREPOWER RF splitter/combiner allows for the matching network, harmonic filter, and power combiner to exist in a single small footprint package. Anticipated

Benefits:
Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites, Deep space communications Electronic Warfare, Tactical Training, Base stations, Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites

Building on the successful prototype 5-way coupled resonator combiner demonstrated during Phase I, NuWaves will leverage the COREPOWER combiner technology to develop a L-band, 1 kW solid state power amplifier (SSPA) with greater than 60% power added efficiency (PAE). During the development of the SSPA, the COREPOWER combiner will be modeled and NuWaves will utilize proprietary simulation methods to gain confidence that the design will not experience Multipaction mission conditions. The prototype SSPA will be manufactured and tested in a laboratory environment with inputs from NASA on mission representative radio frequency (RF) signals. Anticipated

Benefits:
The SSPA developed during the COREPOWER Phase II effort is targeted for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. Small spacecraft ion thrusters, unmanned systems payloads, electronic warfare systems