Elve, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Davis, California, is a deep-tech hardware company specialising in high-efficiency millimeter-wave traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs). The company designs and manufactures these components for use in communications, defence, and scientific applications, including satellite communications and radar systems.
Its products deliver RF power amplification across frequencies from K-band through W-band and beyond, with power outputs ranging from 25 Watts to 300 Watts. The technical approach incorporates additive manufacturing and a proprietary methodology, the Elve Process™, which draws on semiconductor-process-inspired engineering.
Elve states its work is aimed at supporting the expansion of high-speed wireless connectivity, with a long-term goal of reaching over a billion people globally who currently lack adequate internet access.
