Active Equipment

Low Noise Amplifiers

• Excellent performance for telecommunication payloads
  • State of the art noise figure in a wide operational bandwidth
  • Low power consumption, small size and low mass
• Covering the spectrum from L Band to V band
  • L Band and S Band for Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS)
  • Ku Band and Ka Band for Fixed Satellite Systems (FSS)
  • V Band for GateWay Satellite Systems, under development. First BB test results of the MMIC first stage and transitions show outstanding NF performance.
• Stand alone unit with integrated high efficiency DC/DC converter
  • S Band, Ku Band and Ka Band
• Compact solution of assemblies or RF slices with Centralized Power Supply Unit (CPSU), with integrated 2:1 redundancy switch also available
  • Hundreds of flight units delivered and in orbit in L and S Bands
  • Qualified in Ka Band and under qualification in Ku Band

Frequency Converters

• Down Converters in Ka Band
  • Excellent phase noise Local Oscillators (LO)
  • Stand alone unit with integrated LO and high efficiency DC/DC converter
  • Compact solution of RF slices with centralized LO and CPSU
• Down Converters in Ku Band
  • Ongoing product evolution for serial production for Telecom Market
• Down Conversion from Ku/C Bands to L/IF Bands
• Up Conversion from IF/L Bands to C/Ku Bands
• Heritage in assembly solutions combining up and down frequency conversion with centralized Local Oscillator and CPSU

Solid State Power Amplifiers

• Custom SSPAs for specific missions in different frequency bands and applications
  • VHF Band, L Band, X Band, Ku Band
  • Flight heritage in Geostationary telecommunication payloads, Science, Navigation and Earth Observation missions
• Fixed Gain (FG) and/or Automatic Loop Control (ALC) modes supported
• Power and Phase Control in active antennas
• K band GaN power amplifier MMIC currently under development

Power Monitors

• Power monitoring for different types of space applications
  • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites
  • Space exploration missions
  • Earth Observation satellites
  • Almost 1000 power detectors delivered, hundreds in orbit
• Excellent performance in detection linearity for Radiometric missions
• Compact solutions available
  • Assembly of several inputs integrated in a single equipment