The H2020-SPACE-SIPHODIAS project: Space-grade optoelectronic interfaces for photonic digital and analogue very-high-throughput satellite payloads
Paper in proceeding, 2021
The EU-SIPhoDiAS project deals with the development of critical photonic building blocks needed for high-performance and low size, weight, and power (SWaP) photonics-enabled Very High Throughput Satellites (VHTS). In this presentation, we report on the design and fabrication activities during the first year of the project concerning the targeted family of digital and microwave photonic components. This effort aims to demonstrate components of enhanced reliability at technology readiness level (TRL) 7. Specifically, with respect to microwave photonic links, we report: (i) the design of Ka and Q-bands analogue photodetectors that will be assembled in compact packages, allowing for very high bandwidth per unit area and (ii) on the design of compact V-band GaAs electro-optic modulator arrays, which use a folded-path optical configuration to manage all fiber interfaces packaged opposite direct in-line RF feeds for ease of board layouts and mass/size benefits. With respect to digital links, we report on the development of 100 Gb/s (4 x 25 Gb/s) digital optical transceiver sub-assemblies developed using flip-chip mounting of electronic and opto-parts on a high-reliability borosilicate substrate. The transceiver chipset developed specifically for this project refers to fully-custom 25 Gb/s radiation hard (RH) VCSEL driver and TIA ICs designed in IHP’s 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS Rad-Hard process.
Photonic payload
BiCMOS
Electro-optic modulator arrays
Digital transceiver
VHTS
VCSEL driver
On-board optics
Ka-band photodetectors
TIA
Author
Ilias Sourikopoulos
Leontios Stampoulidis
Lefkippos Tech. Park
Stavros Giannakopoulos
Lefkippos Tech. Park
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Herbert Zirath
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
P. Ostrovskyy
Institut fur innovative Mikroelektronik (IHP)
Gunter Fischer
Institut fur innovative Mikroelektronik (IHP)
Mickael Faugeron
Thales Group
Anaelle Maho
Thales Group
L. Cyrille
Thales Group
G. Bouisset
Thales Group
N. Venet
Thales Group
M. Sotom
Thales Group
M. Irion
Albis Optoelectronics AG
F. Schaub
Albis Optoelectronics AG
J. Barbero
Alter Technology
D. Lopez
Alter Technology
R. G. Walker
aXenic Ltd
Y. Zhou
aXenic Ltd
Ian Oxtoby
ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD UK
S. Duffy
ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD UK
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 11852 1185254
2020 International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2020
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Subject Categories
Media and Communication Technology
Aerospace Engineering
DOI
10.1117/12.2599927