RF Products
Satcom
A breakthrough for on-the-move satellite communications
- Horn Arrays
- Electronically Steered Antennas
- Manpack
Land
Broadband connectivity in remote locations beyond the reach of fibre
Air
Service airline inflight connectivity
Sea
Protect ships & carry emergency search and rescue communications across oceans
Horn Arrays
3D printed, monolithic, high-gain (typically 30 to 40 dBi) waveguide-based horn arrays for mechanically steered systems.
Features
- Lightest-weight arrays
- X, Ku, Ka band
- Modular approach and batch production
- Custom shape and interfaces
- FCC compliant
- High repeatability
- Highest RF performance (2 to 3 dB higher gain)
Examples
- Ka High Gain (16x64 or 32x32 elements):
- Gain: 36 dBi @ 20 GHz & 39.5 dBi @ 30 GHz
- G/T > 12.5 dB/k
- 4 port (RHCP & LHCP)
- < 5 kg
- Ka Medium Gain (16x32 elements):
- Gain: 33 dBi @ 20 GHz & 36.5 dBi @ 30 GHz
- G/T > 10 dB/k
- 4 port (RHCP & LHCP)
- < 1.5 kg
- Ka Low Gain (16x16 elements):
- Gain: 30 dBi @ 20 GHz & 33.5 dBi @ 30 GHz
- G/T > 8 dB/k
- 4 port (RHCP & LHCP)
- < 1 kg
- X High Gain (8x24 elements):
- Gain: 30.5 dBi @ 7.5 GHz & 31.3 dBi @ 8.15 GHz
- G/T > 8 dB/k
- 4 port (RHCP & LHCP)
- < 5 kg
- X Medium Gain (8x12 elements):
- Gain: 27.5 dBi @ 7.5 GHz & 28.3 dBi @ 8.15 GHz
- G/T > 7 dB/k
- 4 port (RHCP & LHCP)
- < 2 kg
- AESA Miniature Horns
- AESA Terminal
- AESA Terminal
- Scalable Arrays
Electronically Steered Antennas
SWISSto12 AESAs (Active Electronically Steered Antennas) combine cutting-edge miniature horns with state-of-the-art planar beamforming circuits, and redefine the landscape of Satcom terminals by offering unparalleled RF performance, size and power consumption.
Features
- Patented miniature horns: wide bandwidth & lowest RF loss
- AESAs with lowest scan-loss in the market (scan loss: cos 1.1)
- Custom interface
- Wide-angle steering
- Antenna based on tiles, customization possible
- Integrated modem optional
- Excellent cross-polarization discrimination
- 30% to 50% reduction in SWaP-C vs other products in the market
Examples
- Ka AESA (30 cm x 60 cm):
- Separate TX and RX apertures
- Scanning up to ± 70°
- Switchable polarization
- EIRP (boresight) > 47 dBW
- G/T (boresight) > 10.5 dB/K
- Ku combined TX & RX aperture AESA (50 cm x 50 cm):
- Same aperture with TX and RX
- Low PIM Scanning up to ± 70°
- Switchable polarization
- EIRP (boresight) > 50 dBW
- G/T (boresight) > 13.9 dB/K
- X-Manpack V0.2
- X-Manpack V0.2
- X-Manpack V0.2
Manpack
Ultra-portable, high-throughput Satcom user terminals for GEO on-the-pause communications, conceived for commercial, broadcasting, government, disaster recovery or defense sectors. SWISSto12 Satcom manpacks operate in X-, Ku- or Ka-band. These manpacks are built using high-performance hyper-light 3D printed waveguide arrays, BUC, LNB as well as other equipment.
Features
- Lightweight
- Easiest installation
- Integrated modem optional
- Highest gain in smallest form factor
- Leveraging SWISSto12 horn arrays
- Low power consumption
- Auto-pointing optional
Examples
- X-band manpack
- Ku-band manpack
- Ku-band manpack