Spaceflight SUCOFLEX 300 Edition 2009 Excellence in Connectivity Solutions

Light weight, high performance

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight Your partner for system solutions HUBER+SUHNER understands its role as being a partner in the development of innovative solutions which satisfy specific customer needs. For this purpose, our engineers combine components into an adequate solution so that the design standards and all the technical specifications will be fulfilled and reliable communications or power supply will be ensured even under adverse environmental conditions. HUBER+SUHNER’s premium technologies and products are perfectly suitable for space market requirements. For more than ten years HUBER+SUHNER...

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight Market position Microwave cable assemblies For over 20 years now, HUBER+SUHNER AG has been manufacturing microwave assemblies offering outstanding electrical and mechanical characteristics. Our carefully balanced range of cables and connectors covers the frequency range up to 50 GHz. A large number of variations and ruggedisations are available for applications involving a wide spectrum of requirements, be it flexibility, increased mechanical strength or protection against abrasion. Our patented connector assembly system ensures a reliable connection between the connector...

Expertise and importance in the space market • e own the whole added value chain W • e have the expertise for all realisation steps: W development, production, commercialization – For the products: connectors and cables – For processes: assembling, quality control, space related processes Design engineering • RF-simulation tools • ull 3D-CAD capabilities F • Project management • lectronic data management E • efined and established innovation processes D Manufacturing • Prototyping • onnector piece part fabrication C • Cable fabrications • Plating shop • Assembly shops • ross linking capability...

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight Customer needs SUCOFLEX 300 customer view • Leight weight • Robust and appropriate • Reliable • Excellent electrical performance • Value for money • Proven supplier of high performance spaceflight products Utilisation of SUCOFLEX 301, 304 und 307 RF connections in spacecrafts = microwave cable assemblies for connections of components and systems in: • Satellites: LEO (low earth orbit), geostationary, interplanetary • Landing modules • Launchers • For engineering models • For flight models • For test models • Utilisation of the favourable SUCOFLEX 100 series cable assembly...

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight Datenblatt SF 307

SUCOFLEX® 300 The lightweight, high performance microwave cable assembly Product description The SUCOFLEX 300 lightweight, low-loss flexible microwave cable assemblies are highend products designed to meet the stringent needs of space flights systems (e.g. satellites) and aerospace systems (aircraft, helicopters, missiles), which are subjected to extremely severe operating conditions. The 300 series offers a consistently outstanding mechanical and electrical performance, stability and reliability up to 18 GHz. The added feature of this SUCOFLEX type is a weight reduction of up to 40% compared...

Power handling capability Influence of the maximum temperature In any event, the maximum power handling capacity is reached when the highest surface temperature (measured anywhere on or in the assembly) has reached the maximum allowable value. For most cable types, the maximum temperature Tmax is 165 °C. This temperature is determined by the materials used, such as PTFE and FEP, and by the MIL requirements regarding explosive atmospheres according to MIL-E-5400. The temperature Tmax is in most cases reached next to or on the connector closest to the signal source. Dissipation of heat generated...

SUCOFLEX 307 Application • Spaceflight • Static application • Connection of high power components in satellites (e.g. power amplifier to combining networks) Features • High power application • Specified up to 5.5 GHz, measured up to 8 GHz • Straight and right angle TNC male connectors • Construction according SUCOFLEX 300 family with an addidional braid for enhanced torsion stability • Centre conductor and braids in aluminum instead of copper for weight reduction • Cable dielectric is extruded low loss PTFE • Biggest SUCOFLEX diameter • Production in clean room • Extensive testing of the assembly...

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight Benefits • Light weight • Mechanical stability • Low loss • High power handling capability • Competitive additional product source • HUBER+SUHNER is a proven, reliable supplier • Defined and gentle evacuation by launch due to venting holes • Outstanding mechanical and electrical performance 13

Datasheet SUCOFLEX 307 spaceflight microwave cable assembly Displacement angle 2 Connector A 4 1 2 0° 4 1 5 3 Displacement angle between connectors Reference direction 270° Layout 5 3 90° 22.1 2 4 1 5 3 22.1 180° Connector B 22.1 Length (reference plane or right angle connector axis) Identification Description SF-307 / connector A / connector B / length Item no.: TBD Configuration Assembly length TBD mm Cable diameter (1) 9 mm 1 Cable SUCOFLEX 307 2 Connector «end A» 11TNC-721 (TNC straight male) or 16TNC-721 (TNC right angle male) 3 Connector «end B» 11TNC-721 (TNC straight male) or 16TNC-721...

SUCOFLEX 300 – Spaceflight All specifications are according summary of HUBER+SUHNER spaceflight processes and qualifiction tests. Electrical Specifications Impedance (nominal) 50 Ω Operating frequency DC … 5.5 GHz Insertion loss (nom/max) @ 5.5 GHz (assembly 1 m length with straight and right angle TNC male connector) 0.45 / 0.48 dB Insertion loss variation vs. temperature ≤ 0.0045 °K–1 Return loss -23 dB Power handling capability see power performance tables for SUCOFEX 300 series microwave cable assemblies in this catalogue RF leakage -90 dB Resistance – insulation cable > 10 6 MΩ*m Withstand...