Title :
German Participation in European Communications Satellites Development
Author_Institution :
ANT Nachrichtentechnik, Backnang, FRG
Abstract :
After a short review of the evolution of satellite communications in the Federal Republic of Germany the European Communications Satellite ECS and the German/French broadcasting satellites TV-SAT D3/TDF-1 F3 are presented in order to illustrate the German participation in European communications satellite development. The state of the transponder technology, i.e. of the amplifier, mixer, filter and MIC technology is described. Future-oriented development work on solid-state transmit amplifiers, on-board regenerative equipments, 30/20-GHz-equipments and large infurlable antennas is also dealt with.
Keywords :
Artificial satellites; Frequency division multiaccess; Frequency modulation; Frequency selective surfaces; Payloads; Phase change materials; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; TV broadcasting; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1983. 13th European
Conference_Location :
Nurnberg, Germany
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1983.333206
