Core radar intermediate frequency equipment
Frequency conversion equipment with integral local oscillator functions and chirp generator for space-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
Features / technical details
• L, S, C and X-Band variants possible from generic design (X-Band demonstrator on trial).
• Ultra low phase noise using ‘SpHARO’ crystal reference oscillator from Quartz Product Group.
• Ultra flat RX passband.
• Provides up and down conversion of radar signals.
• Internal Local Oscillators, locked to SpHARO reference oscillator.
• Dual redundant.
• Chirp stitching technique can be used to achieve 300MHz radar output from 50MHz input.
• Modular design allows configuration to be customised to mission requirement.
• Mass 11.5kg, Power 70W.
Categories
Applications
• Space-based SAR
Reference customers
• EMS
