Speaker
Prof.
Antonio Morini
(Not Only Wave (IT))
Description
The design of a space qualifiable tunable Ku-band bandpass channel filter is presented. The filter is able to be reconfigured once in orbit in terms of both center frequency (150 MHz approx.) and bandwidth (36/54/72 MHz). In order to match the performance characteristics of current state-of-the-art IMUX channel filter technology, in terms of Q-factor, amplitude/phase flatness and size/mass, dielectric resonator technology is employed. The actuation mechanism, composed by two (space-qualified) actuators and two displacement sensors per channel, is such as to deliver the positioning accuracy needed with very low power consumption (zero while in hold). The design, that accounts for the on-board environmental conditions and constrains such as temperature variation, microvibration and EMC rules, is supported by bread-boarding activities performed for both the RF and mechanical concepts.
Short Speaker Information
Antonio Morini teaches Microwaves and Electromagnetic Fields at the Università Politecnica delle Marche Italy.
He is founder of the company Not Only Waves, operating in the design of antennas, filtering structures, reciprocal and non-reciprocal multiports as well as measurement of multimodal devices.
| CONTRACT FRAME (ARTES, ITI, TRP, GSTP, NPI, ...) | ARTES 5.1 |
|---|---|
| BUDGET (k€) | 400 |
| ENTITIES (Including country) | Space Engineering (IT), Not Only Waves (IT) |
| Proposed Duration | 30' |
Primary authors
Prof.
Antonio Morini
(Not Only Wave (IT))
Mr
Davide Maiarelli
(Space Engineering)
Dr
Giuseppe Venanzoni
(Not Only Wave (IT))
Dr
Marco Morelli
(Not Only Wave (IT) & Space Engineering (IT))
