K-BAND WAVEGUIDE
COMPONENTS
Space Qualified WR51 Isolators, Circulators, Transitions and Loads
K-Band Waveguide Components
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Features & Benefits
■ Broad range of space qualified passive products
available with qualification data
■ Broadband requiring fewer part options to
address the allocated frequency band
■ Temperature stable, broadband and
multipaction free waveguide isolators and
circulators and terminations
■ Mechanical variants (circulation, flange detail
etc) available on request
■ In-house facilities for average, multipaction,
corona discharge power, and mechanical-shock
and sine/random vibration environmental stress
screening testing
■ Sample data and test reports available to assist
the design and qualification process
K-Band components
for satellite
communication
payloads in GEO/MEO
and LEO orbits.
K-Band Waveguide Components
WR51 passive components for Space applications
Smiths Interconnect’s broad range of WR51 K-Band
passive components are specifically designed for
satellite communication payloads in GEO/MEO and LEO
orbits.
The devices are tuneless and optimised to operate over
broad assigned bands. Qualification for spacecraft
use has been completed for each product using our
comprehensive in-house test facilities and comprises
sine and random vibration, mechanical shock and
where appropriate RF power TVAC, average power and
multipaction, and critical power testing. Summary and
qualification data reports are available to prospective
customers. Aluminum housings are supplied with a
standard clear passivation coating but can be supplied
with low emissivity black paint finish if desired.
In addition to waveguide isolators, circulators,
terminations, transitions, hybrids and integrated
multi-function assemblies operating in frequency
ranges from S to V-band, Smiths Interconnect designs
and manufactures coaxial, stripline and microstrip
space qualified isolators, circulators and terminations
operating from UHF to Ka-band.
All products are designed for specific payload
applications and are produced, qualified and
screened depending on their power and mechanical
environments.