Description
XICOM – Puma 120W, Ka-band, GaN SATCOM SSPA/BUC
Xicom Puma Products Designed for fixed and transportable terminals needing high power density with high efficiency in challenging environments, Pumas are flexible, high-performance, AC-powered, antenna-mount outdoor SSPAs/BUCs that offer many features and options including internal L-band BUCs, internal LO reference, extensive data logging, easy-to-use web-based GUI, ethernet SNMP (v1 or v3), and a wide range of available power combined and redundancy systems.
The most powerful, rugged Ka-band SSPA/Block Upconverter to provide 60W of linear power for satcom uplinks High efficiency GaN solid-state design enables big power with high efficiency, while handling the toughest environments.
The new product line includes the Puma 200X (100 Watt linear X-band), Puma 300X (150 Watt linear X-band), Puma 400X (200 Watt linear X-band); the Puma 400Ku (200 Watt linear Ku-band); the Puma 80Ka (40 Watt linear Ka-band), and Puma 120Ka (60 Watt linear Ka-band), each weighing between 15 and 50 lbs. These powerful Puma SSPAs come with optional internal L-band BUCs, including a range of single and multi-band BUC options for the 27.5 to 31.0 GHz Ka-band. They also incorporate internal redundancy switching, provide extensive attenuation control, data logging and web GUI availability, and optional internal frequency reference.
Xicom Puma-120Ka Features
Powerful: 60W linear power (single carrier)
Efficient: 800W AC power draw at linear power
Compact: 17.2 Kilograms package
Rugged: -40C to +60C, MIL-STD-810 environment
Flexible: Single or Dual-band internal BUC options, options include 30-31 GHz band
General Specifications
Frequency and Input Levels
- RF Output Frequency 27.5 to 30 GHz (other options available)
- IF Input Frequency 1250 to 3750 MHz (With Optional BUC)
- Input Level, No Damage +10 dBm max
- LO Reference Frequency External 10 MHz
- LO Reference Level 0 dBm ± 5 dB
- IF/REF Input Impedence 50 ohms
Output RF Power and Linearity
- Eq. Saturated Power, PSAT 51 dBm (120W)
- Maximum CW Power, PMAX 50 dBm (100W)
- Linear Power, PLIN (min) 47.8 dBm (60W)
- Spectral Regrowth @ PLIN 30 dBc max @ (QPSK, OQPSK, 5.0 SR, alpha=0.2) >1 SR offset
- Intermodulation Products @ PLIN -25 dBc max wrt sum of 2 equal carriers AM to PM Conversion @ PLIN 2.0°/dB max
Gain
- Small Signal (typical) 70 dB ±5 dB
- Gain Attenuation Range 25 dB in 0.1 dB steps
- Gain Variation (over 40 MHz) 1.0 dB p-p max
- Gain Variation (over full band) 3.0 dB p-p max
- Gain Slope (max) 0.04 dB/MHz
- Gain Stability, over 24 hours 0.5 dB p-p max
- Gain Variation over Temp 4.0 dB p-p max
Comtech Xicom Technology, founded in 1991, has grown to be a world leading satellite communications (satcom) amplifier supplier, offering the broadest product line in the industry. Our focus on customers, innovation and quality has driven growth and created a company with a reputation for excellence. Regarded as an industry leader across the board, Xicom provides rugged, highly efficient and reliable Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs), Klystron Power Amplifiers (KPAs), Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs), and Block Upconverters (BUCs) for commercial and military applications around the world. These Xicom High Power Amplifiers (HPAs) are in use in critical communications links on the ground, in the air and on the sea; they support fixed traditional and direct-to-home broadcast, mobile news gathering, transportable and flyaway systems, secure high data rate communications, and broadband access over satcom.
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