Radar Applications

We provide numerous radar amplifier and transmitter products for radar applications worldwide from L to Ku band for land, air and naval platforms for:

• Surveillance
• Guidance/Fire Control
• SAR Imaging
• Air Traffic Control
• Airborne Intercept

We are experts in tube/power supply integration and pride ourselves in providing innovative applications and solutions. Many different configurations are possible:

• Separate tube and power supply
• 19" rack format
• Integrated units to specific customer outline
• Ultra-compact MPMs
• Instrumentation amplifiers for benign environments - eg simulation training and calibration

Case Study

A particularly challenging surveillance radar specification was demanded by the power amplifier module (PAM) at the heart of the Sentinel radar - the US Army's premier ground based air defence radar.

The ultra low phase noise requirement was eventually achieved by our power supply development engineers. Following delivery of the first PAMs the customer remarked "..the performance is so good we are dancing on the table!" This work won us a large order from the US Army and a Queen's Award for innovation in 2005.

We had produced a radar power supply with a noise figure of better than -140 dBc/Hz CW equivalent single sideband random noise and better than -80 dBc spurious noise. Current state-of-the-art, prior to this innovation, was typically -100 to -120 dBc/Hz random - TMD had achieved an improvement of better than 20 dB or a factor of 100 times.

* Photo - Courtesy Thales Raytheon