Thales Paragon Transmitter, Featuring L-3's CEA 130, Named Digital TV Magazine's Pick of the NAB2003 Show
April 2003

Digital TV Magazine recognized the Thales Paragon Transmitter for the Pick of the NAB2003 Show as the best new product in its class. The Paragon transmitter uses L-3's CEA 130 Constant Efficiency Amplifier, the only MSDC IOT operating in television stations throughout the United States today. New Paragon installations are scheduled for WDSE, Duluth, MN; KLRU, Austin, TX; KVIE, Sacramento, CA and WFSB, Hartford, CT.

The CEA 130 is a five-stage, oil-cooled multistage depressed collector IOT that provides nearly constant efficiency at powers ranging from as little as 15 kW to as high as 30 kW. Its patented oil-cooled technology avoids the use of DI water and the effects of electrolytic corrosion found in high-voltage systems that use water. The PAO oil used on the CEA provides years of trouble-free life as evidenced by the millions of transformers and other electronic devices that rely upon oil as their primary coolant.

L-3 Electron Devices' CEA is in full production and is now shipping to transmitter OEMs in the U.S. For more details, contact Steve Bliek at 570-326-3561, xt. 229, or Bob Weafer at 913-312-5677.