K band Power Dividers

STATUS | Ongoing
STATUS DATE | 07/06/2013
ACTIVITY CODE |

Objectives

The objective of this program is to design and qualify some particular power dividers designs in the Ku and K band.

Challenges

Main challenges in this program:

  • Power Dividers for 17GHz-22GHz band
  • State-of-the-art technical performance
  • Size and mass reduction

All these points, understanding the hardware as a product targeting a variety of customers and payload needs while in a future scheme of recurrence.

Plan

There will be different designs to be qualified.  Some of them validated at EM level.

The planning is as follows:

  • PDR:13/11/2012 – Concluded
  • CDR:17/12/2012 – Concluded on EQMs. Pending on delta CDR for EMs
  • TRR: 12/02/2013 – Concluded on EQMs.
  • Delta CDR: 05/13/2013 – Concluded
  • Delta TRR: 09/04/2013 – Concluded
  • FR: 22/05/2013 – Concluded

Current Status

Project has been completed.

  • 4 EQMs have been qualified (1:2 Ku, 1:2K, 2:2Ku & 2:2K)
  • 9 EMs have been designed, manufactured and measured in temperature (1:2, 2:2, 1:3Ku and 1:3 Ka, 2:4Ku & 2:6Ku)