ACST at ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications
Meet ACST at the ESA Workshop on Millimetre-Wave Technology and Applications, 10-12 December 2018, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The main theme of the workshop is millimetre-wave and terahertz sensing and communications. It covers millimetre-wave and THz technology, circuits, devices, systems and applications.
Visit us at booth #9!
Two talks will be given by ACST
- “European Schottky Technology for MM&Sub-MM wave Receiver and Transceiver Systems”,
Matthias Hoefle, Session 4b: Millimetre-Wave and THz Active Devices, Tuesday 11.12.2018 12:20.
- “Reliability and Reproducibility of Discrete Schottky Diodes-Based-Doublers up to 370GHz”,
Diego Moro Melgar, Session 4b: Millimetre-Wave and THz Active Devices, Tuesday 11.12.2018 12:00.
METOP-SG
Despite being a first time supplier for an ESA space mission, ACST has been commissioned to provide components, integrated structures and modules for various frequency channels for MetOp-SG. The following instruments are going to be equipped with our products.
- Microwave Sounder MWS
- 89GHz direct detection modules for the 89GHz front-end receiver (FeRX).
- Close cooperation with DA Design and AIRBUS Defence & Space.
- Microwave Imager MWI
- 89GHz direct detection modules for the 89GHz FeRX.
- Close cooperation with DA Design and AIRBUS Defence & Space.
- Ice Cloud Imager ICI
- Discrete varistor and varactor diodes, as well as integrated structures.
- Technology applied in frequency multipliers and mixers for receiver channels at 332GHZ, 448GHz, 664GHz.
- Close cooperation with Radiometer Physics RPG and AIRBUS Defence & Space.
ESA Development Projects
Through numerous R&D Projects within recent decade (about 20 projects) supported by ESA, EC (FP7, H2020), German Government (BMBF, BMWi), but also Industrial partners, ACST became a leading European source for Schottky technology targeting at ultimate performance at MM/SubMM-Wave applications.
The following project list is not exhaustive:
- “Integrated Schottky Structures” (ESA contract no. 21628/08/NL/GLC).
- “Sub-Millimetre Wave Receiver Front-End” (Subcontract to ESA contract no. 22032/08/NL/JA).
- “Micro- and Millimeter-wave Detectors”.
- “Direct Detection Radiometers” (Subcontract to ESA contract no. AO/1-6606/10/NL/GLC).
- “Frequency Multipliers for Sub-MM-Waves” (ESA contract no. 4000104583)
- “Reliability Assessment of Mixers and Multipliers for Microwave Imaging Radiometers” (Subcontract no. RPG/DRAS/CO/2012-014)
- “Preliminary Reliability Assessment of Millimeter-wave Detectors” (ESA contract no. 4000109751/13/NL/RA)
- “Terahertz Receiver Technology for Future Science Missions” (Subcontract to ESA contract no. 4000112396/14/NL/BW).
- “MM-Wave Mixers with Low-Barrier Diodes” (ESA contract no. 4000111683/14/NL/GLC).