Receiver Protectors
Beverly Microwave Division
150 Sohier Road • Beverly, MA U.S.A. 01915
+1(978) 922-6000 • bmdmarketing@cpii.com
www.cpii.com/bmd
Features:
• Passive operation protects even if system
is turned off
• High power, high duty cycle operation
• Small contribution to system noise figure
• Low leakage protects even the most
sensitive receivers
• Very fast recovery time ensures stable target
detection at minimum range
• Integral multi-function capability available for
improved performance at reduced cost
• Long operating and storage life available
Benefits:
• World’s largest manufacturer of receiver
protectors
• State of the art facility with high level of vertical
integration
• Extensive high power test capability
• In-house environmental test facility
• Computer modeling and automatic test
capabilities
Applications:
• Ground based radars
• Airborne radars
• Missile seekers
• Naval radars
• Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
• Solid State Power Amplifiers • Integrated Microwave Assemblies
• Receiver Protectors • Control Components • Transmitters • Amplifiers
• Modulators • Magnetrons • Crossed Field Amplifiers
• Ring Loop Traveling Wave Tubes • Power Couplers
• Solid State Power Amplifiers • Integrated Microwave Assemblies
• Receiver Protectors • Control Components • Transmitters • Amplifiers
• Modulators • Magnetrons • Crossed Field Amplifiers
• Ring Loop Traveling Wave Tubes • Power Couplers
• Weather radars
• Air traffic control radars
• Navigation radars
• Fire control radars
Solid state limiters, TR limiters,
Pre-TR Limiters, Pre-TR tubes, TR tubes,
ATR tubes, Multipactors
Receiver Protectors, cont’d
Please note: The data below indicate typically achievable limits for receiver protectors in each frequency
band. The actual combination of performance characteristics which may be realized for any specic device
will depend on the design trade-os required for its particular system application.
Beverly Microwave Division
150 Sohier Road • Beverly, MA U.S.A. 01915
+1(978) 922-6000 • bmdmarketing@cpii.com
www.cpii.com/bmd
RP DATA SHEET PG. 2
General Performance Characteristics
F
requency band VHF/UHF L S C X Ku K Ka
B
andwidth (%) >15 >15 >12 >12 >12 >12 >10 >8
P
eak Power handling (kW) 1000 1000 1000 1000 250 250 100 100
A
verage power handling
(
kW)
50 50 45 20 10 5 2 1
D
uty cycle >10 >10% >10% >10% >10% >10% >10% >10%
P
ulsewidth (uSec) >200 >200 >200 >200 >200 >200 >200 >200
V
SWR 1.3:1 1.3:1 1.4:1 1.4:1 1.4:1 1.4:1 1.5:1 1.5:1
I
nsertion loss (dB) <0.5 <0.5 <0.6 <0.8 <1.0 <1.5 <1.8 <2.0
F
lat leakage power (mW) 20 <20 <20 <20 <20 <20 <20 <20
S
pike leakage power (mW) 100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100
3
dB Recovery time (uSec) <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <0.5 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.13 dB