K&L Microwave (MPG Salisbury) has been a key supplier to space programs since the Apollo 17 lunar sounder experiment in 1972. Across the decades, K&L has supported customers with high reliability filter products for integration into flight equipment, providing filters for space applications in bandpass, highpass, lowpass, and bandstop configurations. All product lines offer flight filters built to customer specifications or to in-house space screening document 1074104. Filters are manufactured and tested at K&L's facilities in Salisbury, Maryland. Manufacturing personnel are trained to the space addendum of J-STD-001 to ensure the highest quality product. As an engineer-to-order supplier of custom filter products, K&L has the expertise and resources for determining how best to meet customer space flight requirements. A highly trained engineering staff utilizes a collection of specialized in-house and purchased software tools to identify and realize advantageous design approaches and works closely with an experienced technical sales team to guide customers to the appropriate filter topologies. K&L s 170,000 square foot facility vertically integrates design, manufacturing, and test centers. Capabilities and certifications are as follows: Certifications AS9100C ISO 14001 Testing Capabilities (partial list) Thermal Shock Thermal Cycling Vibration: Random and Sine Mechanical Shock Multipaction at Vacuum, Critical Altitude, and/or Specified Gaseous Environments RF Power: CW and Pulse
Supporting Space Exploration through the Development of Innovative Technology K&L Microwave has contributed to the aerospace industry for over 40 years and has been part of the following programs: Apollo 17 Iridium Satellite Constellation GPS-R GPS-R (V-Sensor Program) GPS III Thuraya Satellite Communications MSV Satellite Telephony COSMO-Sky Med OCEANSAT 2 SKYNET 5 CHIRP Mars Curiosity Rover ExoMars Rover P-Series of Satellites Orion Crew Expeditionary Vehicle Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite Mars Opportunity Rover SAOCOM Satellite SARAL Satellite
Lumped Element Filters K&L Microwave's lumped element filters offer a broad range of performance, both electrical and mechanical, from 0.5 MHz to 6 GHz. Responses include bandpass, highpass, lowpass, and bandstop. Pseudo-elliptic performance allows close in-band rejection while minimizing insertion loss. Typical filters use a Chebychev transfer function, with Bessel, Gaussian, transitional Gaussian, and other specialty functions available as needed. Lumped element filters can be designed to handle relatively high power levels in space environments in order to address multipaction concerns. For high vibration capability, filters are potted with a NASA-approved non-outgassing syntactic foam. Custom packages to fit constrained requirements are made possible by K&L s in-house machine shop and plating facility. Typical capabilities shown below. For specific custom requirements, please contact your local representative or the K&L factory, or visit www.klfilterwizard.com to try the on-line design tool. Series Topology Frequency 3 db % BW VSWR LB/IB Bandpass 0.5-6000 MHz 3 to 100 Mechanical Shock 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms Vibration Temperature LL/IL LH/IH Lowpass Highpass 0.1-6000 MHz 0.1-2000 MHz 1.5:1 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms LN/IN Bandstop 0.1-6000 MHz 3 to 10 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms Microminiature Bandpass IB Series u Package Style 3: Section L-Inches L-mm 2-3.75 19.05 4-5 1.0 25.40 6-7 1.50 38.10 8-9 1.75 44.45 10 2.0 50.80 Phone: 410-749-2424 FAX: 443-260-2268 Email: sales@klmicrowave.com w w w. k l m i c r o w a v e. c o m 2250 Northwood Drive Salisbury, MD 21801
u Package Style 4: LB, LH, LL Series Outlines u Package Style 3: u Package Style 4: u Package Style 5: Sect. 2-6 7-10 L-inches 2.38 3.58 mm 60.45 90.93 Phone: 410-749-2424 FAX: 443-260-2268 Email: sales@klmicrowave.com w w w. k l m i c r o w a v e. c o m 2250 Northwood Drive Salisbury, MD 21801
Dielectric Resonator Filters K&L s dielectric resonator filters, in both packaged and open-frame designs, offer high unloaded Q for their size, allowing narrow bandwidths with low insertion loss. Open-frame designs are used often in space flight applications utilizing filtering in sealed integrations. Packaged filters can be sealed to fine or gross leak hermeticity or vented, depending on customer requirements. Packaged filters are available connectorized or with gull-wing or flat-pack hermetic pins for input and output. Typical capabilities shown below. For specific custom requirements, please contact your local representative or the K&L factory, or visit www.klfilterwizard.com to try the on-line design tool. u Specifications: Frequency (MHz) 3 db % BW VSWR Impedance (Ohms) No. of Sections 500-3000 1.0 to 10 1.5:1 50 2-6 Shock Vibration 20 G s, 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms 10 Hz- 2000 Hz Temperature -40 to +85 C (Operating) -50 to +125 C (Non-Operating) Temp. Stability +2 to +11 ppm/ C Relative Humidity 0-95% Sealed Ceramic Outlines: Standard Packages Shown Custom Packages Available u Connectors: Connector SMA Female SMA Male Gull Wing Code O OP PX Phone: 410-749-2424 FAX: 443-260-2268 Email: sales@klmicrowave.com w w w. k l m i c r o w a v e. c o m 2250 Northwood Drive Salisbury, MD 21801
u Connectors: Connector SMA Female SMA Male Gull Wing Code O OP PX Height For Mechanical Definitions see www.klfilterwizard.com or contact our factory. Open-Frame Ceramic Outlines K E L-fil : Dimensions for 3 Section 1000 MHz Filters Shown Standard Packages Shown Custom Packages Available Leadless Surface Mount - Series 5 This mounting configuration offers best isolation. Surface Mounting - Tab Phone: 410-749-2424 FAX: 443-260-2268 Email: sales@klmicrowave.com w w w. k l m i c r o w a v e. c o m 2250 Northwood Drive Salisbury, MD 21801
Cavity Filters K&L Microwave s line of cavity filters offers high unloaded Q for the lowest insertion loss for a given center frequency and percentage bandwidth. Cavity filters are available in center frequencies of 30 MHz to 94 GHz and bandwidths from 0.2% to 50% of tuned center frequency. At frequencies below 30 GHz, TEM mode resonators are utilized for narrowband applications, with evanescent mode combline structures supporting broader bandwidths. Above 30 GHz, waveguide structures typically offer best performance. Mechanical construction and low insertion loss give cavity filters exceptional power handling capabilities and, when appropriately designed, resistance to multipaction. Rugged design makes cavity filters excellent for high vibration requirements. With K&L s vertical integration, virtually any mechanical shape can be realized for custom applications. Typical capabilities shown below. For specific custom requirements, please contact your local representative or the K&L factory, or visit www.klfilterwizard.com to try the on-line design tool. Series Frequency 3 db % BW VSWR Passband Re-entry Mechanical Shock Vibration Temperature FV 0.5-30 GHz 3 to 18 1.5:1 3.5 x f 0 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms ED 1-30 GHz 5 to 50 2.0:1 2 x f 0 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms C 30-30000 MHz 0.1 to 3.5 1.5:1 1.5 to 3.5 x f 0 Depending on Design 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms MP 6-18 GHz 3 to 10 1.5:1 3.5 f 0 20 G s 1/2 Sine, 11 Ms
Standard Packages Shown Custom Packages Available
K&L Standard Space Qualification and Screening Excerpt from K&L document 1074104 u Table I - 100% Screening Test or Inspection Mil-Std and Test Methods Requirements Test Conditions Acceptance Criteria Internal Visual -- -- Paragraph 3.7 herein Interim Electrical Measurements -- Temperature = +25 C (+/-5 C) Per K&L Tech Sheet Temperature Cycling Method 107 Condition B, Except 10 cycles, T min = -55 C (-0, +5 C) No Damage Vibration (Random) Method 214 Condition I, Letter D 1 minute/axis in each of three (3) axes with filter mounted in suitable fixture No Damage Hermeticity Gross Leak* Method 112 Condition D No Damage Final Electrical Measurements -- TA= -40 C (-0, +5 C), +25 C (+/-5 C), +90 C (-5, +0 C) Per K&L Tech Sheet Radiographic Inspection Method 209 -- Method 209 Final Visual Inspection Mil-Std-883 Method 2009 -- No Visible External Or Indication Of Internal Damage u Table II - Qualification Testing Test or Inspection Thermal Shock Vibration Shock Hermeticity Gross Leak* Method Method 107 Method 204 Method 213 Method 212 Requirements Conditions Condition B-3 (100 cycles) Condition A Condition J Condition D End-Point Electricals Per K&L Tech Sheet TA= -40 C (-0, +5 C), +25 C (+/-5 C), +90 C (-5, +0 C) * Gross leak testing not applicable to vented or open-frame parts.