MPM as a enabling technology for a major product upgrade: the ALQ-162 pulse Doppler/PowerPlus Program

Author

Basten, M.A. ; Perkins, J. ; Rein, M. ; Duthie, J.

Author_Institution

Adv. Defensive Syst. Technol. Center, Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

28-30 May 2003

Firstpage

294

Lastpage

295

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss about the MPM (Microwave Power Module) technology and vacuum power booster components of the PowerPlus upgrade. One example is the Pulse Doppler/PowerPlus upgrade to the ALQ-162 RF countermeasures system. The new, more efficient MPM based approach is capable of providing over twice the RF output power of the original TWTA with no impact to prime power or cooling requirements, and with the same form factor and weight. In the upgraded system a pulse-Doppler capability is added and increased output power is provided in order to increase jamming effectiveness of the system.

Keywords

jamming; travelling wave amplifiers; ALQ-162 RF countermeasures system; ALQ-162 pulse doppler; RF output power; TWTA; cooling; form factor; jamming; microwave power module; powerplus program; travelling wave amplifier; vacuum power booster; Assembly; Cooling; Microwave technology; Multichip modules; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Production systems; Pulse amplifiers; Radio frequency; Vacuum systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics, 2003 4th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7699-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2003.1286326

Filename

1286326