RF Products
Space
3D printing Space payloads: Antennas and RF components
Applications & Advantages
SWISSto12’s 3D printed RF Space products and payloads offer satellite operators optimised radio frequency performance and greater mission flexibility, making them ideal for enhancing the effectiveness of space-based communications systems.
Product Range
SWISSto12’s Space products include advanced antennas, waveguides and filters-all manufactured using state-of-the-art 3D printing technology. These product are optimized for enhanced RF performance, ensuring efficiency and reliability in demanding Space applications.
Qualifications & Standards
Trusted by aerospace leaders, we have over 1,000 3D-printed RF products in orbit with proven heritage from L to Q-V bands.
- Global Horn & Bracket
- Ka GEO Multibeam Cluster
- Ka GEO Multibeam Cluster
- Ka GEO Multibeam Cluster
- QV Antennas
- X GEO Multibeam Cluster
- Global Horns
Antennas & Feeds
SWISSto12’s antennas and feeds are monolithic units integrating different RF functions (horns, polarizers, OMTs, filters) and enabling lowest-mass and PIM-free performance. SWISSto12 delivers RF tested and environmentally qualified antennas for diverse applications (multibeam missions, shaped beam missions, SDR, SAR, LEO payloads, etc.)
Features
Lightest-weight antennas
Custom horn, shape and interfaces
Monolithic horn including polarizer, OMT, filters
Can be grouped in clusters
C- to V-band heritage
High-power and PIM-free
Build-to-spec
Can include antenna bracket
Examples
X-band GEO antennas:
- 7.25-7.75 GHz and/or 7.9-8.4 GHz
- 2 or 4 ports
- RHCP & LHCP
- Low axial ratio
Ku-band GEO antennas:
- 10.7-12.75 GHz and/or 13.75-14.5 GHz
- 2 or 4 port
- H & V
- Low axial ratio
Ka-band GEO antennas:
- 17.7-21.2 GHz and/or 27.5-30 GHz
- 2 or 4 port
- RHCP & LHCP
- Low axial ratio
Global horn (GEO & LEO, global coverage, TCR):
- C- to V-band
- 2 ports
Wide-beam (GEO & LEO, global coverage, TCR):
- Ku- and Ka-band
- 2 port
High-gain arrays (LEO & MEO mechanically steerable):
- Ka-band; 4 port
- Gain: > 30.8 dBi @ 20 GHz & 34.7 dBi @ 30 GHz
- < 1 kg
QV-band feed:
- 37.5-42.5 GHz and/or 47.5-52.5 GHz
- 2 or 4 port
- RHCP & LHCP
- Ka BFN Multibeam
- Ka Filter (Output)
- Ku Filter (Combline)
- Ku Filter (PSF, 2)
- Ku Filter Bank Assembly
- Ku Test Coupler
- L Band Coaxial Lowpass
- L Band Coupler
- L Band Filter (Input, RX)
Filters & Components
SWISSto12 produces high-performance, Space-qualified, passive 3D printed RF products such as filters, couplers and assemblies for Space payloads (LEO to GEO).
Features
Lightweight
L- to V-band heritage
Monolithic assemblies, no tunning screws
Input and output sections
High-power and PIM-free
Build-to-spec
Examples
L-band filters:
- Hyper-light
- Combline filters
- High-power
X-band filters & diplexers (Satcom):
- High-isolation (100 dB)
- Low PIM
- Compact
Ku-band filters & diplexers (Satcom):
- Low-loss
- High-power
- Low PIM
- Wideband rejection
Ka-band filters & diplexers (Satcom):
- Low-loss
- High-power
- Low PIM
- Wideband rejection
- Ultra-compact
QV-band filters & diplexers (Satcom):
- Bandwidth 37-52.5 GHz
- Low-loss
Couplers:
- Custom coupling level and custom number of ports across several frequency bands (L- to QV-band)
Butler matrix
- Multiport (4x4, 8x8) waveguide networks with custom form factor
- Heritage in L- and Ka-band
Ka-band beamforming network
- Low-loss, high-power waveguide network for Ka-band multibeam antennas
- Developed for European Space Agency
- GEO Active Antenna
- GEO Active Antenna
- Ka LEO AESA (Expander & Filters)
- Ka LEO AESA (Expander)
- Ku LEO AESA (Flat panel)
Active Antennas
Active electronically steered antennas (AESAs) for Space applications in LEO, MEO and GEO in X-, Ku- and Ka-band. SWISSto12 design approach relies on using cutting-edge 3D printed passive radiating front-end clusters together with best-in-class solid-state technologies for beamforming and amplification (SSPAs and LNAs).
Features
Space AESAs with mounted amplifiers and beamforming
Multibeam, full-Earth coverage
No grating lobes
LEO: patented miniature horns
LEO: wide bandwidth, lowest RF loss, wide-angle steering and excellent cross-polarization discrimination.
LEO: lowest scan-loss in the market
GEO: based on tiles, lightweight
Build-to-spec
Examples
Ku-band LEO AESA
Ka-band LEO AESA
X-band GEO AESA
Ku-band GEO AESA
Ka-band GEO AESA
- Built in Brackets
- Detangler
- Detangler
- Detangler
- Waveguide Bundle, Multiport
- Waveguide Isophase Expander
- Waveguide Routing
- Waveguide Routing
Waveguide Routing
SWISSto12 waveguide routing solutions represent a new paradigm in highly-dense RF payloads, which now benefit from an optimized signal interconnect approach that delivers the lowest signal loss while facilitating system integration (licensed from Airbus Defense and Space).
Features
Lowest loss (÷ 2)
Reduced mass (20-30%)
No dent tuning
L- to V-band
Custom path & interfaces
Integrated brackets
Build-to-spec
Examples
Waveguide detangling nodes
Waveguide bundles
Waveguide isophase expanders
Ultra-optimized routing
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