SMARTPOWER

SMARTPOWER - Smart integration of GaN & SiC high power electronics for industrial and RF applications... As we want to address more and more compact equipment architectures (in order to enlarge potential market), the RADAR's RF front-end size becomes a clear constraint: the path that THALES Systèmes Aéroportés chose is to design non populated arrays while using high power amplifiers addressing several transmission patches. In that respect, GaAs solutions do not comply anymore with required transmission power: GaN components are the main option (as they offer typically much higher power transmission than GaAs).