Tag: satellite

Webinar: Communications System Design and Space Environment Effects

Webinar: Communications System Design and Space Environment Effects
by Admin on 05-05-2025 at 7:47 pm

This webinar covers satellite communications, starting from a ground station link and advancing to digital engineering techniques, including phased arrays, interference, and space environment factors. In addition, it explores Space Environmental Effects including Solar Array ESD, Radiation Hardening and RFI of Rocket

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5G Aim at LEO Satellites Will Stimulate Growth and Competition

5G Aim at LEO Satellites Will Stimulate Growth and Competition
by Bernard Murphy on 12-07-2023 at 6:00 am
Categories: 5G, Ceva, IP

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Low earth orbit (LEO) satellites as an intermediary for communication became hot when Elon Musk announced Starlink (yeah, other options were available, but Elon Musk). This capability extends internet availability to remote areas and notably (for a while) to Ukraine in support of the war with Russia. Satellites can in principle… Read More

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Is GaN Disruptive? Revisiting the Criteria

Is GaN Disruptive? Revisiting the Criteria
by Alex Lidow on 06-07-2016 at 12:00 pm
Categories: Foundries

In March 2010 Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) proudly launched our GaN technology at the CIPS conference in Nuremberg, Germany. Parts and development kits were readily available off-the shelf and therefore designers could immediately get started with a new state-of-the-art semiconductor technology.
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Reflections on a Trade Show, and a Turning Point for Silicon

Reflections on a Trade Show, and a Turning Point for Silicon
by Alex Lidow on 03-30-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: Foundries

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This past week over 5,000 people converged on the AppliedPower Electronics Conference (APEC) in Long Beach California to understand the state-of-the-art and the future of the electronics that powers things such as servers, electric cars, white goods, factories, medical implants, as well as drones. The conference, which is… Read More

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Webinar: Electronics in Space or Avionics

Webinar: Electronics in Space or Avionics
by admin on 02-03-2015 at 3:00 pm
Categories: EDA

I talked to Derek Kimpton of Silvaco today. He turns out to be a fellow Brit. He is presenting a webinar on total dose that is of interest to anyone creating chips that will go into space (primarily satellites), or near space (primarily avionics in planes). Pretty much everyone knows at least the basics of single-event-effects (SEE)… Read More

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India Spearheading into Space Technology

India Spearheading into Space Technology
by Pawan Fangaria on 01-06-2014 at 11:00 am
Categories: General

Success follows failures, if your perseverance in high enough to achieve any kind of arduous goal. This adage was witnessed by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launching India’s first rocket, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV D5 which carried GSAT 14 advanced communications satellite and… Read More