Microwave amplifier SFD, VXL series

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CPI BMDs crossed-field amplifiers (CFAs) are broadband, phase-stable microwave amplifiers used in coherent radar chains to efficiently generate very high peak output powers from relatively low input voltages which can be either applied to the cathode or an electrode similar to a TWTs cathode or grid pulsing, and in relatively small, lightweight packages. These characteristics make CFAs particularly well-suited for applications in which the transmitter must be either airborne, transportable, mobile or portable. CFAs are most often used as high-power stages in master oscillator power-amplifier systems in which either frequency or phase information must be processed. They can also be used as simple power boosters, increasing the output of systems using magnetron oscillators.