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BUCS – WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS
AUGUST, 2017
Mike GoldRVP Sales, US and CanadaTerrasat Communications
Terrasat Overview
• We make intelligent BUCs!
• That’s all we do - no modems, antennas, hubs, etc.
• Originated 1994, private in 2001
• 55 employees
• Over 18,000 IBUCs/IBUC2s in service
• Manufactured in our modern facility in Morgan Hill, CA
• Four worldwide Service Centers
RF HISTORY
• TWTA’s
• Technology invented in 1930’s
• Powerful
• Issues with Size, Weight and Reliability
• Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) SSPA’s
• Invented in early 1980’s
• Reliable, efficient, lower power consumption
• Still issues with Size and Weight
• Gallium Nitride (GaN) SSPA’s
• Availability started within last 10 years
• More efficient, smaller , lighter and even lower power consumption.
• Issues with non-linearity
WHY INNOVATE?• Satellites are going through a complete revolution
• HTS, LEO, MEO contellations
• Ground Baseband becoming much more powerful
• DVB-S2x
• 100,000+ PPS
• 256 APSK
YET, STILL WE SEE REMOTES DEPLOYED WITH 4/6/8 W BUCS!
WHERE GAN IS TAKING US
OUTPUT POWER CONFUSION
GaNGaAs
PlinBackoff
P1dBBackoff
BE CAFREFUL
Terrasat Comp A Comp A2 Comp C
Plin (dBm) 48 45 46 46
Useable Watts 68 32 40 40
Weight (kg) 6.1 10.5 9.5 7.2
Terrasat – More power, less weight!
POW! POW!
THANK YOU!
Mike Gold
www.terrasatinc.com
mgold@terrasatinc.com
+1 202-256-6732
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