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COnverters broadband low power high perforMancE for Telecommunications in Space
Start date:2010-05-01
End date:2013-09-30
Project Acronym:COMETS
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:E2V SEMICONDUCTORS SAS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Jean-luc |
AVENUE DE ROCHEPLEINE SAINT EGREVE FRANCE Region:CENTRE-EST RHÔNE-ALPES Isère |
| Tel:+33-476583454 | |
| Fax:+33-476583125 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.e2v.com | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
For the satellite digital communication systems designed in a tough competitive context, the European Space Industry requires advanced components in terms of performance, flexibility and power consumption. Indeed, future telecommunications payloads will contain digital processors to make best use of scarce spectrum and to offer best operational flexibility to operators and end-customers.
This puts ever more drastic requirements for Data Converters and in particular onto Analogue to Digital Converters (ADC). As they are strategic components for satellite communications, the COMETS project research effort on European sourced radiation hardened ADC's is mandatory
1) to respond to the demand for such high conversion capacity, currently not available on the market and
2) to ensure long-term European independence.
The consortium s efforts will be driven by e2v. Starting from system level requirements is fundamental to develop the right ADC expected by the industry and to open wide market perspectives to it. The project "STEP1" will lead to the 10bit 1.5GSps rad-hardened and low power ADC updating the State of Art, to serve mid-term critical needs of the Space industry.
The ESCC evaluation will conclude the STEP1. As longer term needs see increasing performances, a 12bit ADC beyond State-of-the-Art is then focused in the frame of the "STEP2" taking advantage of the advanced technology developed by Infineon. The total project is planned on 3 years. Specifications derived from advanced system level needs, proven design and radiation hardening expertise, high performance technology and related device modelling are major assets for the COMETS project and form the panel of factors for the winning solution. Moreover, the European space industry will keep control on the design and production chain of the ADC s for Space telecommunications. This will ensure the Europe s supplying independence for those strategic components.
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Project Details
Start date:2010-05-01
End date:2013-09-30
Duration:41 months
Project Reference:242521
Project cost:3533118 EURO
Project Funding:1994943 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Space technologies
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.comets-fp7.eu/
Subject index:Other Technology, Space & satellite research
Results for this Project
Other participants
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Nathalie |
Place Maurice Quentin 2 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-561283359 | |
| Fax:+33-561273936 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cnes.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Paul-alain |
Rue Michel -Ange 3 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-320197922 | |
| Fax:+33-320197896 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cnrs.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ASTRIUM LIMITED | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Jill |
Gunnels Wood Road STEVENAGE UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BEDFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE Hertfordshire |
| Tel:+44-1438774348 | |
| Fax:+44-1438774081 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.astrium.eads.net | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Hélène |
Avenue Jean-François Champollion 26 TOULOUSE FRANCE Region:SUD-OUEST MIDI-PYRÉNÉES Haute-Garonne |
| Tel:+33-534356741 | |
| Fax:+33-534356273 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.thalesaleniaspace.com | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Mingxia |
Am Campeon 1-12 85579 NEUBIBERG DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Landkreis |
| Tel:+49-8923422339 | |
| Fax:+49-892349550395 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Industry |
Record control number:94467
