Features & Benefits Small: Less than 6 mm high (module and interposer) Rugged: withstand radiation doses >100 krad (Si) and qualified per MIL-STD 883 shock and vibration Expected life: up to 20 years Cold start temperature: –55ºC Performance: up to 10.3125 Gbps/lane from –40ºC to 100ºC Sensitivity: –9 dBm for BER 10–12 Low power consumption: 85 mW/lane (<10 pJ per bit) 4 TRX (4+4)-lane per device (40G, full duplex) 12 TX or 12 RX lane per device (120G) Multimode 850 nm wavelength laser Over 100 m reach on OM3 ribbon fiber Standard MT parallel fiber connector LGA connector RoHS Equalizer, pre-emphasis, adjustable output Monitoring: LOS, RSSI, temperature, etc. Applications High-throughput communication satellites LEO satellite constellations GEO satellites (with extended lifetime option) Board-to-board and payload-to-payload connections High I/O density, high BW communication links Drawing of SpaceABLE SL 40G and 120G. Dimensions are given in mm. figcaption>Fiber assignment of SpaceABLE SL 40G (full duplex) figcaption>Fiber assignment of SpaceABLE SL 120G figcaption>
Space Qualification TestsTest summary Proton testing: Total Non-Ionizing Dose (TNID) Heavy ion testing: Single Event Effect & Latch-up (SEE and SEL) Gamma Ray using Cobalt-60: Total Ionizing Dose (TID) Random vibration: NASA GEVS, GSFC-STD-7000A TVAC: Vacuum < 5E-5 hPa Outgassing: ECSS-Q-ST-70-02C LightABLE qualifications Vibration tests per MIL-STD-883, Method 2007.3 Mechanical shock tests per MIL-STD-883, Method 2002.4 Thermal shock tests per MIL-STD-883, Method 1011.9 Damp heat tests per MIL-STD-202, Method 103B Cold storage tests per MIL-STD-810, Method 502.5 Thermal cycling tests per MIL-STD-883, Method 1010.8 References Stephen Buchner, Paul Marshall, Scott Kniffin and Ken LaBel. “Proton testing guidelines”, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 2002. Doug Sinclair and Jonathan Dyer. “Radiation Effects and COTS Parts in SmallSats”, SSC, 2013.
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