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Objectives
The objective of the project is to develop a temperature compensation technique for both high power output multiplexers and manifolds at Ka-band.
Challenges
Key issues are:
- Suitability of the conceived Novell compensation techniques for the selected applications,
- Mechanical and thermal design of the temperature compensated multiplexer,
- RF/mechanical/thermal performance, size and mass advantages over conventional methods.
Plan
The proposed development work is separated into two phases.
The first phase covers the survey and trade-off study of temperature compensating high performance filter/multiplexer techniques. Down selection will be undertaken for the design and breadboard development of the respective temperature compensation techniques for the filter and manifold.
The second phase covers the development of EM multiplexer incorporating both successfully developed techniques for the channel filters and manifold in the design, build and validation test.
Current Status
The first phase of the project is complete. The breadboard filter and manifold demonstrates significant improvement in RF performance stability over temperature.
The phase 2 Engineering Model development will incorporate both developed techniques for the filter and manifold and undergo simulated flight operation tests to validate the developed Novell technology.