Communications & Power Industries

Satellite Communications:

CPI is a leading producer of power amplifiers, amplifier subsystems and high-power microwave devices for satellite uplink ground terminals, and sells the majority of its communications products into the satellite communications (satcom) market. CPI offers one of the industry’s most comprehensive lines of satcom amplifiers, with offerings for virtually every frequency and power requirement for both fixed and mobile satellite communications applications in the military and commercial arenas. CPI also provides a wide selection of TWTs, klystrons and solid state bricks for this application, as well. CPI satcom products are sold primarily into direct-to-home (DTH), military satellite communications, broadcasting and voice/data applications.

Terrestrial Broadcast Communications:

CPI serves the AM, FM and shortwave radio and VHF and UHF television broadcast market with high-quality, reliable and efficient high-power microwave and radio frequency devices. Through the years, CPI has established a customer base of several thousand customers in the broadcast market for new and rebuilt high-power power grid devices for terrestrial broadcast communications.

Over-the-horizon Communications:

The over-the-horizon communications market involves over-the-horizon, microwave-based communication systems, for which CPI provides amplifiers, klystrons and TWTs. These systems transmit voice, video and data signals for several hundred miles by bouncing the signals off the troposphere, the lowest atmospheric layer, approximately six miles above the earth’s surface. Since no satellite is required, these systems can provide an easy-to-install, relocatable and cost-efficient alternative to satellite-based communications. Military satellite communications is the largest user of this application.