Abstract

This paper presents the electrical and technological design for the new generation of Telemetry and Telecommand (TT&C) receivers for satellite application, in Ka Band. The congestion of the S-band are forcing towards higher frequency bands and towards a bandwidth optimization. The improvements in the system performance, and at the same time reducing cost, mass and power consumption are the goals to achieve with these new developments[1]. Performance repeatability, improved reliability figure, modular design, unit miniaturisation and reduced tuning effort in production are just few of the possible advantages introducing of latest technologies either in the RF/ microwave and in the digital domain.