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