Overview: Teledyne offers a wide range of reliable and competitively priced electromechanical switches, leveraging over 40 years of technical experience. These switches are designed for commercial, defense, and space applications, including custom-designed space-qualified products and standard off-the-shelf high-reliability switches.

Product Line: The space-qualified product line includes coaxial switches, switch matrices, and blocks, custom-designed for specific performance requirements. Teledyne is a sole supplier for S-band space-qualified switches used in Space Shuttle and TDRSS applications.

Facilities and Equipment: Teledyne's laboratories are certified for developing space-qualified coaxial switches, equipped with Class 100 laminar flow workstations, numerically controlled milling machines, X-ray equipment, RF test equipment, vibration tables, thermal vacuum chambers, and high-power RF test stations.

Manufacturing Process: The manufacturing flow chart includes parts and materials preparation, subassembly, cleaning, inspection, sealing, assembly, finishing, marking, and acceptance testing. Key tests include thermal shock, functional tests (VSWR, insertion loss, isolation, etc.), vibration, operational thermal tests, and final functional tests.

Testing and Quality Assurance: Standard tests include RF power handling, hot switching capability, RF leakage, dielectric withstanding voltage, and insulation resistance. Additional tests upon request include mechanical shock, thermal vacuum, RF susceptibility, and switching life tests.

Conclusion: Teledyne's switches have proven performance in space missions like the Herschel Space Observatory, Cassini mission, and Planck spacecraft, emphasizing their reliability and quality in critical applications.