The NW-BA-12B04A-04 from NuWaves is a bi-directional amplifier that operates from 1.435 to 1.85 GHz. This L-Band amplifier provides 18 watts of output power at the Tx port (5% EVM at 34 dBm) and the integrated low-noise amplifier provides a minimum of 13 dB of gain in receive mode. This compact and lightweight bi-directional amplifier is ideal for extending the communication range of half duplex L-band transceivers running constant-envelope or near-constant-envelope waveforms.
This amplifier has been developed using gallium nitride (GaN) technology, it offers greater than 30% power efficiency at most frequencies and its compact size makes it ideal for integration into space-constrained platforms. It also has over-voltage and reverse-voltage protection and operates over a wide temperature range of -30 to +60 °C.