Basic study of non-contact connector for high-speed space cable transmission: Space fibre, short paper

Hiroshi Itakura, Yoshihiro Akeboshi, Hirotoshi Yamada, Hisashi Yoshiko, Satoshi Ichikawa, Atsutake Kosuge, Masashi Haraguchi, Tadahiro Kuroda

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    Abstract

    The data transmission rate required for the earth observation satellites is in the order of Gbps because of the enhanced performance of the observation sensors. However, the data transmission rate is approaching to the capable limits due to the issues of increased loss caused by the connectors or wires connected. In addition, there is another issue of the transmission irruption due to the vibration during the satellite launch. The transmission technology using the non-contact connector which has high vibration tolerance against the lossy wire connection systems is proposed and this paper describes the advantages of the non-contact connector, consisting of Transmission Line Couplers (TLC). With the transmission characteristics analysis of the connector and the design concepts, analysis of actual measurement results reveal that 15 m cables transmission of 2.5Gbps and BER less than 10-12 is feasible.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2016 7th International SpaceWire Conference, SpaceWire 2016
    EditorsSteve Parkes, Carole Carrie
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Electronic)9780955719684
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 Dec 5
    Event7th International SpaceWire Conference, SpaceWire 2016 - Yokohama, Japan
    Duration: 2016 Oct 242016 Oct 28

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the 2016 7th International SpaceWire Conference, SpaceWire 2016

    Other

    Other7th International SpaceWire Conference, SpaceWire 2016
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityYokohama
    Period16/10/2416/10/28

    Keywords

    • Cable
    • Comparator
    • Non-contact connector
    • Transmission line coupler
    • WizardLink

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Computer Networks and Communications

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