Passive Equipment
Coaxial Low Pass Filters
- Transmit or Receive Filters for TTC or Payload subsystems in UHF, L, S, C and X Bands
- Baseline supplier of C-Band Telemetry Filters for main platforms of geostationary telecom satellites in Europe, giving service to the majority of operators
- High tested performance in CW Power Handling, Multipaction and Corona
- Low PIM performance
- Large amount of flight heritage
- Integrated in assemblies including other elements
- Hybrids, band pass filter stages, isolators, circulators
Waveguide Low Pass Filters
- Used in Ku Band and Ka Band for harmonic rejection in TTC and Payload subsystems
- Baseline supplier of Telemetry Filters for Eurostar platform of geostationary telecom satellites in Europe, giving service to the majority of operators
- High power handling capability:
- CW Power Handling tested up to 600W CW (Ku-Band) / 280W CW (Ka-Band)
- For Telemetry: Corona tested up to 240W (Ku-Band) / 18W (Ka-Band)
- Multipaction tested in Ku-Band up to 480W (TM) / 1200Wpk (payload)
Combline Band Pass Filters
- Transmit or Receive Filters for TTC or Payload subsystems in UHF, L, S, C and X Bands
- RF and thermo-mechanical design, material and finish selection targeted at critical parameter optimization or best compromise performance
- Elliptic or pseudo-elliptic transfer functions for increased selectivity
- High Performance in CW Power Handling, Multipaction and Corona
- In-house qualified silver plating finish for low IL figure
- Material selection for optimum thermal stability
- Design for minimum footprint and low mass
- In House Power Test Facilities
- PIM, CW Power Handling, Multipaction and Corona
- Integrated assemblies
- Isolators, circulators, low pass filter stages, low noise amplifiers
Waveguide Band Pass Filters
- Heritage in C, X, Ku and Ka Band for TTC or Payload subsystems
- Materials and finishes
- Super Invar for improved thermal stability
- In house silver plating facilities
- Low pass filter for far OoB rejection
- Corrugated, Ridge, Waffle Iron
- Filter assemblies may include
- Input and Output Isolators / Circulators
- WG to Coax transitions
Band Stop, Directional and Channel Filters
- Heritage in narrow channel filters
- For TTC or Payload subsystems
- Materials and finishes
- In house silver plating facilities
- Filter assemblies may include
- Input and Output Isolators / Circulators
Diplexers and Triplexers
- Qualified in L, S, C, Ku and Ka Bands
- For Payload and TTC subsystems
- For Input and Output Sections
- Integrated as part of Antennas Feed Network or as Stand Alone units
- S Band High Power Diplexer qualified for MSS:
- CW Power Handling tested up to 1700W
- Multipaction tested up to 3500Wpk
- PIM below 130 dBm (2 carriers of 500 W)
Ku Band Output Multiplexers
- Qualified 6 Channel Output Multiplexer
- Shock, band edge carrier / out of band carrier power handling, passive intermodulation
- Adjusted design and production processes to provide competitive cost and lead time for Output Multiplexers of up to 12 Channels
Test Couplers
- Transmit or Receive Test Couplers for TTC or Payload subsystems in all bands
- L Band, S Band, C Band, X Band, Ku Band, K Band, Ka Band, Q Band
- All RF Port Interfaces
- WR-229, WR-137, WR-112, WR-90, WR-75, WR-62, WR-51, WR-34, WR-28, WR-22
- WG internal or removable coaxial loads included, as required
- TNC, SMA, SMK
- Low PIM design. High Power Handling capability
- CW PH tested at 2000W (C Band) / 2200W (Ku Band) / 900W (X Band, Ka Band)
- MP tested at 8400Wpk (C Band) / 5200Wpk (X Band) / 5600 Wpk (Ku Band) / 204 Wpk (Ka Band)
- Corona tested at 120W (Ku Band) / 350W (Ka Band)
- PIM tested in several bands (C Band, Ku Band, Ka Band) with different test conditions (including 3rd Order)
Hybrids, Couplers and Assemblies
- Transmit or Receive Hybrids, Directional Couplers, Power Dividers, Combiners or Custom Network Assemblies
- In all bands: L Band, S Band, C Band, X Band, Ku Band, Ka Band
- In all technologies: microstrip, stripline, waveguide, barline
- All RF Port Interfaces
- WR-137, WR-112, WR-75, WR-62, WR-51, WR-34, WR-28, TNC, SMA, SMK, WG internal or removable coaxial loads included, as required
- Optimized assemblies for custom topologies
- Multipack assemblies to reduce footprint
- Integration of isolators, circulators, filters
Waveguide to Coaxial Adapters
- Transmit or Receive Adapters for TTC or Payload subsystems in all bands
- S Band, C Band, X Band, Ku Band, K Band, Ka Band
- Any interface type combination
- Waveguide: WR-340, WR-229, WR-137, WR-112, WR-75, WR-62, WR-51, WR-28…
- Coaxial: TNC, SMA, SMK
- Custom design following customer requirement
- Custom flange design, including half or quarter waveguide height
- Connector pin grounded to chassis, when required
- Axial or perpendicular orientation of connector
Low Power Coaxial Dividers and Hybrids
- Extensive catalogue of low power coaxial Power Dividers and Hybrids with heritage from VHF to K band
- Different configurations N:M
- Standard units & customized design
- Reduced footprint and very low weight