PULSE POWER CONVERTERS
FOR RADAR APPLICATIONS
    A pulse power converter puts out high current power pulses at a repetition
    rate (PRF) of 100Hz to 4kHz with a duty cycle ranging from 5% to 25%.
    Hence the peak power of such a converter can be as high as 20 times its
    average output power.

    The three key features of a pulse power converter are

  • The input power is continuous and corresponds to the average
               power of the converter with less than 1% pulsation
  • The droop in the output voltage is less than 2% of  the
               average output voltage
  • The converter is physically and thermally sized to its average power
    Applications
    Solid state power amplifiers (SSPA) in TR modules in space born synthetic
    aperture radars (SAR)
    Features     
  • High efficiency
  • High reliability
  • MIL 461
    What is a pulse power converter?
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