Teraphysics Corp.

Teraphysics has developed and patented a mm-wave amplifier that will enable significantly faster data transfer, impacting not only defense C5ISR initiatives but also the commercial sector. Teraphysics Corp. is an R&D company formed in 2006 to advance and commercialize its disruptive patented mm-wave Travelling Wave Tube (TWT), a modern-day re-invention of a proven 70-year-old wireless technology. The Teraphysics breakthrough is a miniaturized, high power, highly efficient millimeter wave TWT amplifier that will enable a family of communication systems operating in the E-band (71-86 GHz) and other devices operating at the upper frequency bands, to meet high capacity, military C5ISR, terrestrial communications, and inter-satellite links for future planned LEO constellations, radar antenna arrays and electronic warfare systems. These devices are the size of a business card, weigh less than one pound and are designed to output from 10s to 100s of watts of linear power. These devices were developed by a team of former NASA engineers and physicists who originally worked together in the 1990s in the Space Communications Division at NASA Lewis (now Glenn) in Cleveland, OH. The Teraphysics TWT prototypes have several advantages over existing technologies, including solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA), which are inherently low power with a significant decline in performance at millimeter wave and higher frequencies. With its heritage of being used in every manned and unmanned space mission at lower operating frequencies, the TWT amplifier is a proven technology that can meet the demands of future space missions while also improving terrestrial 5G communication systems with its high efficiency, high power output, and better performance at millimeter wave and terahertz frequency ranges.