ESA MAGELLAN PROJECT 📣 "In the European Space Agency - ESA Magellan project, researchers at Fraunhofer IAF, together with UMS - United Monolithic Semiconductors and TESAT, are therefore developing novel efficient GaN transistors and high-power amplifiers for LEO and GEO communication satellites with high throughput by 2027" Read the full press release below ⬇ #GaN #HEMT #MMIC
📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 | 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝗚𝗮𝗡 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗺𝗪 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 🛰️📲 🌐📶 Increasing data rates in #mobilecommunications demand more powerful high-frequency #electronics. This is particularly true for satellite-based global #communication networks, which must work reliably and securly at any time and place. ➕⚡ However, large parts of the #mmW frequency spectrum must be reallocated for this purpose. This is why a research team from Fraunhofer IAF, UMS - United Monolithic Semiconductors and TESAT is developing more powerful #radiofrequency technologies for the Ka-, Q- and W-band in the #Magellan project. 📈💡 “We want to develop a #GaN technology that achieves significantly higher #efficiency compared to the current state of the art. To make this happen, the gate length of the #transistors is to be reduced to a size of less than 100 nm,” summarizes project coordinator Dr. Philipp Döring. 💪🛰️ The second objective is to realize #MMICs for solid-state high power amplifiers using the newly developed GaN transistors. The #amplifiers should also be more efficient, more linear and more resistant to cosmic radiation than currently available #hardware, which makes them very attractive for applications in #space. 💰🚀 The Magellan project is funded under European Space Agency - ESA's ARTES Advanced Technology Program. ℹ️👉 Find more information in the press release: https://s.fhg.de/qp73 🙌 Project team: Dr. Philipp Döring | Dr. Peter Brückner | Christian Friesicke | Dr. Felix Heinz | Sebastian Krause (all Fraunhofer IAF) | Uwe Hülsen | Stefan Koch | Dr. Michael Jutzi (all TESAT) | Dr. Klaus Beilenhoff | Dr. Hervé Blanck | Hermann Stieglauer (all UMS)