Comtech Puma – High Power BUCs

Industry-Leading GaN Puma Products from Milexia partner Comtech.

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.

These Puma SSPAs provide high performance and high linear power density for the most demanding satcom terminal applications.

Features

• Compact – 30 lb to 50 lb antenna-mount packages and lightweight
• High Efficiency – with low power draw
• Powerful – 40W up to 250W linear power per MIL-STD-188-164
• Flexible – Options for multiple Ka-bands and switched BUCs, redundant and phase combined systems
• Quite – Extremely low leakage supports X-band multi-carrier operation on low PIM antennas
• Rugged – Weatherized for -40°C to +60°C Operation
• Internal RF Filters and M&C System
• High Reliability
• High Linearity
• Direct Antenna Mounting
• Leading to Low Cost Operation

Option

• Optional Single-band and Multi-band Block Up-Converter (BUC)

Applications

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.