Innovation
As a leading manufacturer of high power AM/DRM broadcasting transmitters, high power RF amplifiers and regulated high voltage modulators and power supplies (HVPS) for more than 75 years, Ampegon gained an immeasurable amount of experience and know-how in the field of high power RF amplification, power electronics and fast signal processing. Our in-house R&D expertise covers a wide range of disciplines in electrical engineering, from the development phase throughout the complete design and validation phase:
High Frequency
- Design and manufacturing of complete integrated tube based amplifier systems with various tube types such as klystrons, as well as IOT’s and gridded tubes like tetrodes and triodes
- Design and assembly of customized high power solid state amplifier systems, linear and switched mode
- Combiner Design
- Lumped element RF tuning circuits and matching units for RF power up to megawatts, fully automatic tunable
- Fixed and rotatable antenna systems
Power Electronics
- Power electronic design using GTO, IBGT’s, MOS FET’s and SiC transistors
- Modular, crowbarless and regulated switched mode high voltage power supply systems for broadcast transmitters, RF amplifiers and klystron modulators up to several megawatt average power, tenth of megawatt in pulsed power mode respectively
- Depending on the application, different topologies are available
Signal Processing
- Vast simulation capabilities for RF circuits, power electronics and digital signal processing
- Audio signal processing for analogue and digital AM broadcasting (DRM) using DSP’s and FPGA’s
- Digital low level RF (LLRF) control systems, controlling amplitude, phase and frequency of an RF signal
- Fast and precise insulated measurement acquisition systems using fiber optical links
Control Systems
- Embedded control and fast interlock systems for complete integrated transmitters, RF amplifiers and HVPS systems
- Monitoring and control systems for entire broadcasting stations
Electrical and mechanical Engineering
- PCB design capabilities
- Pro-E based mechanical design capabilities
Our interdisciplinary skills, innovation and experience define the state-of-the-art of tomorrow.