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Kayalar, S.

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The NASA Spacecraft Transponding Modem

A new deep space transponder is being developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA. The Spacecraft Transponding Modem (STM) implements standard transponder functions and some of the command and telemetry channel service functions that have resided in spacecraft Command/Data Subsystems.

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Performance of a Ka-Band Transponder Breadboard for Deep Space Applications

This article summarizes the design concepts and implementation of an advanced Ka-Band (34.4GHz/32GHz) transponder breadboard for the next generation of space communications systems applications. The selected architecture upgrades the X-Band (7.2GHz/8.4GHZ) deep space transponder (DST) to provide Ka-Band up/Ka- and X-Band down capability. In addition, it can also be configured to provide X-Band up/Ka and X-Band down.

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New Millenium Deep Space Tiny Transmitter: First Phase of a Digital Transponder

An advanced technology X- and Ka-band (8 and 32 GHz) Tiny Transmitter is being developed at JPL for the New Millenium program and is described in this paper. The Tiny Transponder is the first phase of development of the Tiny Transponder which will incorporate recent advancements in miniaturization and flexibility of radio systems by utilizing digital radio techniques.

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Ka-Band Tiny Transmitter for the New Millenium Program

The size, mass and cost of telecommunications systems on deep space missions have increased at almost an exponential rate over the last thirty years. Great cost and size reduction of these systems can be achieved by reducing the cost and size of the transponder component of the radio subsystem. An advanced technology X-and Ka-band (8 and 32 GHz) Tiny Transmitter is being developed at JPL for the New Millenium program and is described in this paper.

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Performance of a Ka-band transponder breadboard for deep-space applications

This article summarizes the design concepts applied in the development of and advanced Ka-band (34.4 GHz/32 GHz) transponder breadboard for the next generation of space communications systems applications. The selected architecture upgrades the X-band (7.2 GHz/8.4 GHz) deep-space transponder (DST) to provide Da-band up/Ka- and X-band down capability. The Ka-band transponder breadboard incorporates several state-of-the-art components, including sampling mixers, a Ka-band dielectric resonator oscillator, and microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs). The MMICs that were tested in the breadboard include upconverters, downconverters, automatic gain control circuits, mixers, phase modulators, and amplifiers. The measured receiver dynamic range, tracking range, acquisition rate, static phase error, and phase jitter characteristics of the Ka-band breadboard interfaced to the advanced engineering model X-band DST are in good agreement with the expected performance. The results show a receiver tracking threshold of -149 dBm with a dynamic range of 80 dB and a downlink phase jitter of 7 deg rms. The analytical results of phase noise and Allan standard deviation are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Mysoor, N. R.↗

Acoustic charge transport technology investigation for advanced development transponder

Acoustic charge transport (ACT) technology has provided a basis for a new family of analog signal processors, including a programmable transversal filter (PTF). Through monolithic integration of ACT delay lines with GaAs metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) digital memory and controllers, these devices significantly extend the performance of PTF's. This article introduces the basic operation of these devices and summarizes their present and future specifications. The production and testing of these devices indicate that this new technology is a promising one for future space applications.

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