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High Power Solid State RF Amplifiers

Delivering Power, Performance, and Reliability

Rack Mounts / Modules

For more than 30 years, CPC has designed high-power solid state RF amplifiers to meet and exceed demanding system requirements in mission-critical environments. Deployed across military, aerospace, medical, scientific, and industrial applications, CPC amplifiers cover 10 kHz to 32 GHz with output powers that can exceed 100 kW. Solutions include module, chassis, and full rack form factors for easy integration.

Trusted by top DoD contractors and National Labs, CPC amplifiers range from low-SWaP tactical modules to high-power rack-mounted systems.
CPC AM-2700-3500-2E2 RF Amplifier

Design Capabilities

Frequency, Power & Gain

  • Frequencies: 10 kHz to 32 GHz
  • Output Power: 10 W to >100 kW
  • High Gain: 10 to >60 dB

Waveforms & Interfaces

  • Waveforms: Compatible with AM, FM, CW, and advanced digital waveforms
  • Smart Interfaces: Serial, parallel, Ethernet, and custom interfaces

Form Factors & Thermal Management

  • Form Factor: Module, chassis, rack mount, fully racked systems, and customer-defined configurations
  • Precision Thermal Management: Convection cooled, forced air, liquid cooled, and heat pipe

Architecture & Standards

  • Proprietary Design Architecture: Superior signal stability, linearity, and thermal control
  • Regulatory / Design Standards: IEC-60601-1 or customer-specified military, environmental, EMC, or commercial standards

Quality Protocols

  • ISO 9001:2015 overall QMS (Click for current ISO Cert)
  • Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) on all designs
  • Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) on all production sub-assemblies
  • Short-term Six Sigma test data analysis
  • IPC-A-610 Rev F assembly standard certified
  • RoHS / REACH compliant
CPC HALT/HASS Chamber

CPC HALT/HASS Chamber used for enhanced product reliability

Markets & Applications

Military

EW, radar, communications, jamming, decoy systems, simulators, test ranges, tactical communications, ground fixed/mobile, airborne, and naval applications.

Medical

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and tissue ablation.

Scientific

Particle accelerators, NMR spectroscopy, plasma generators, academic labs, and national laboratories.

Industrial

Microwave heating, plasma generation, and fusion power.

Engineering Background

CPC’s engineering team brings more than 200 years of combined RF and microwave design experience across power amplifier modules and systems, power combiners, couplers, filters, and T/R switches.

Medical RF Systems

Clinical-grade power amplifier systems for major domestic and international medical MRI OEMs.

Defense Applications

Rugged multi-band high-power amplifiers for DoD customers.

Research & National Labs

Linear accelerator amplifiers for U.S. National Laboratories, including Brookhaven, Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and university research environments.

RF / Microwave Expertise

Design experience across amplifier modules, systems, power combiners, couplers, filters, and T/R switches.

Built for Demanding RF & Microwave Applications

CPC Military Avionics Amplifier Systems

Military / Avionics Systems

Comms / Radar / Jamming / EW amplifier systems

CPC AR-2700-3500-8E2 Amplifier

High-Power Rack Systems

AR-2700-3500-8E2 amplifier

CPC AR-150-1000-8E3 Amplifier

RF Amplifier Platforms

AR-150-1000-8E3 amplifier

News & Announcements

Communication Power Companies Combines with Innovative Power Products, Inc.

Read the announcement regarding Communication Power Companies and Innovative Power Products.

AM-2700-3700-2E2 Product Announcement

Read the latest announcement for CPC’s AM-2700-3700-2E2 amplifier.

Need a Custom High-Power RF Amplifier Solution?

CPC supports custom RF and microwave amplifier requirements across military, aerospace, medical, scientific, and industrial applications.