Lucix – Payload Hardware and Subsystems
Lucix Corporation has evolved to become the world leader in RF Electronic and Passive Units, Subsystems and Assemblies, for Commercial, Civil and Defense Satellite Payloads. Lucix also provides RF hardware for Airborne and Ground Systems and is certified by all the leading satellite OEMs.
Featured Products
Space Active
Qualification
Products are qualified to all major satellite bus electrical, mechanical and environmental interfaces, including those from Airbus, Boeing, IAI, Lockheed, Maxar/SSL, Melco, Northrop Grumman, and Thales Alenia.
Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs)
Delivered Configurations and Options – fully qualified with on orbit heritage:
• Frequency Bands: L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, and V Bands.
• Stand-Alone (internal Power Supplies)
• Multipack Configurations (using Lucix Centralized Power Supply Units)
• Fixed or Command-able gain
• Option for Automatic Level Control / Automatic Gain Control (ALC / AGC)
Integrated Redundancy Switches
Beacons
Our qualified and delivered Beacon product line includes units typically covering C, X, Ku and Ka Bands.
Power Monitors Units -UHF to Ka Bands
Converts RF Power to a DC Voltage for Telemetry / Ground monitoring of on-board power levels.
• Space Qualified with On-Orbit Heritage
• 54 PM multi-channel units delivered to date; 54 in orbit
• Each unit provides for monitoring up to 16 RF channels
Our PMs are qualified to all major satellite bus electrical, mechanical and environmental interfaces.
Receivers, Upconverters, and Downconverters
Delivered Configurations and Options – fully qualified with on orbit heritage:
• Frequency Bands: Converters and Receivers in IF, UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, Q, and V Bands
• Stand-Alone (internal LO and Power Supplies)
• Multipack Configurations (centralized LO and Power Supplies)
• Fixed or Command-able gain
• Automatic Level Control / Automatic Gain Control (ALC / AGC)
• Tapped LNA (Intermediate) RF outputs
Oscillator Products
MLOs, MROs, RGUs, MOGs, PLDROs
Delivered Configurations and Options – fully qualified with on orbit heritage:
• Frequencies: from 9 MHz through UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, and Q Bands
Master Local Oscillators (MLOs) / Ref. Gens. – from 1 to 30 GHz
• Singles, or with full redundancy (from 2 to many outputs)
• Master Reference Oscillators (MROs) – from 9 MHz to 100 MHz typical
• Standard Stability Options (3ppm over all conditions)
• Ultra Stable Options (50ppb over all conditions)
• Commandable Ultra Stable Options (50ppb all conditions, commandable in 1ppb steps to achieve 1ppb stability)
• Options for Output power monitor, and standby mute mode
Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs)
Our qualified and delivered product line includes SSPAs delivered at 10 MHz, S, C, Ku and Ka Bands ( 17 – 20 GHz & 20.2 – 21.2 GHz).
Heritage
SSPAs:
Over 40 Units procured from Lucix
Over 30 Units delivered to date
26 Units in orbit
Qualification
Our new SSPAss are qualified to all major satellite bus electrical, mechanical and environmental interfaces, including those from Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed, Maxar, Melco, and Northrop Grumman.
Space Passive
High Power Ka Band OMUX
Lucix multiplexers at Ka Band use an ultra-high Qu resonator to provide the lowest output loss possible. This line supplements existing 18 to 21 GHz output multiplexers using more traditional resonators including TE11x and TE101 modes (WR51 waveguide).
Ku Band Self-Equalized IMUX – 10 pole
Ka Band IMUX channels feature:
- 10,X,X filter order
- Dielectric resonator or Waveguide mode
- Qu ~ 7500
- Readily available resonators
- Hybrid resonator mode
- Waveguide or Coaxial circulator for best layout and RF performance
Array Filters
Qualification
Our filters are qualified to all major satellite bus electrical, mechanical and environmental interfaces.
X Band Array Filters–Light Weight channel filter and Harmonic in a small integrated assembly
S-Band 6-Section TX / RX Filter, and Low Pass Filter
140 Watts Power
Ancillary Hardware
Lucix designs, develops and manufactures Space qualified RF Couplers, Adapters, Loads, Hybrids, Variable attenuators, and phase shifters.
Lucix can provide these products in standard waveguide size and flange (such as WR15, WR22, WR28, WR34, WR42, WR51, WR62, WR75, WR90, WR112, WR137, WR229, WR340, WR430) or any custom waveguide flange suitable for your application.
Crossguide Coupler X guide coupler
WR51 Hybrids
Coax to Waveguide Adapter WR 75 to SMA
WR 34-Variable Attenuators
WR 34-Loads
WR 28-Trombone Phase Shifter
High Power Command Diplexers
Lucix product line features low mass, low loss, lightweight designs for antenna arrays and antenna feed assemblies. Lucix unique resonator configurations contribute to their compact design low susceptivity to passive intermodulation.
- Superior high-power performance
- PIM resistant
- High rejection >110 dB
- Low mass
- Vented RF cavities
- High volume production
- L-band tested up to 200W
Isolators and Circulators
Qualification
Our Ancillary Hardware are qualified to all major satellite bus electrical, mechanical and environmental interfaces.
180 Watt X-Band Band Pass Filter with Coupler and Isolator
Band Pass Filters
High Power Filter Packs, Custom High Q Waveguide, Coax and Band Pass Filters.
Filter design requires a considerable amount of designer experience. Our qualified high power filter packs include: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Reject products that typically covering L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka Bands. Advantages of Cavity Filter:
- High Q-factor, low insertion loss, and robust temperature stability when compared to lumped element and distributed element filters
- Superior selectivity and good frequency stability
High Power Test
Today satellite communications demand wider bandwidths, optimized integrations, and ever-increasing power handling capabilities. These advancements however have led to increased electromagnetic field densities within devices. To meet these challenges Lucix has incorporated a world renown high power testing team that hold thirty-six patents and span decades practical laboratory test techniques. Their test methodology primarily addresses passive intermodulation (PIM), Corona breakdown, multipaction phenomenon and extreme environmental survivability since the 1980s.
Corona Discharge
Lucix provides corona arc for passive and active hardware
Multipactor
Lucix provides multipactor for passive and active hardware
Passive Intermodulation
Lucix provides pim for passive and active hardware
Thermal Analysis
Lucix provides thermal for passive and active hardware
Commercial
Non-Space Commercial Group (NCG)
Commercial and Military Grade DROs, Amps and Converters Ground and Airborne including:
• Free-Running Dielectric Oscillators (FRDROs)
• Amplifiers
• Transmitters
• Frequency Convert Power
Dielectric Resonator Oscillators (DROs)
• 1.0 to 45 GHz
• High Performance, Low Cost, Fast Delivery
• For Commercial, Civil, Military & Space Applications
Extensive Available Options:
• Hermetic Packages
• MIL Spec Screening
• Custom Products from 1.0 to 45 GHz
• Full Military Temperature Range or as Specified
• Environmental Screening per MIL-STD-883 or as Specified
Amplifiers
Commercial, Civil and Defense Amplifiers: Ultra-Broadband Amplifiers, Broadband Amplifiers, Narrowband Amplifiers
• 0.01 to 30 GHz
• Low Noise and Medium Power
• Narrow Band and Broad Band
• High Performance, Low Cost, Fast Delivery
Application Highlights
Company Overview
Founded in 1999, Lucix Corporation is the world leader in RF Electronic and Passive Units and Assemblies, for Commercial, Civil and Defense Satellite Payloads, and Airborne and Ground Systems. We provide modules, units and subsystems from 10 MHz thru UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, Q and V Bands. All hardware is designed, qualified, manufactured, tested and shipped from Lucix facilities in Camarillo California.
As of July 2019, Lucix satellite payload hardware is found on over 84 GEO & LEO satellites, of which over 44 are in-orbit.
