ETL Systems. RSSC Dubna July Global Leaders in Satellite RF Engineering & Custom Build ROUTE AMPLIFY SPLIT SWITCH

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1 ETL Systems RSSC Dubna July 2014 Global Leaders in Satellite RF Engineering & Custom Build

2 Heritage Custom Build & Design Specialist RF equipment for 25 years 80% International Sales 75 staff in 3 global offices (UK, US, ME) Cover R&D, Production & Test

3 Global RF Equipment Coverage Broadcasters Government Satellite Operators

4 The challenge: More and more space crafts orbiting the earth Bigger and more teleports with many different sizes and designs of antennas

5 Importance of Signal Handling Ever increasing traffic between space & terrestrial networks GEO orbiting satellites well exceed 420 Hundreds of LEO and MEO satellites provide interlinks between spacecraft. All eventually beamed down to earth Increasing traffic density, as well as capacity means broader IF bands (E.G HTS Satellites) Bigger earth stations and wider range of antennas at each of these teleports Antennas designed to handle multiple RF links of different frequencies; Ka, Ku and C-bands

6 Routing Your Satellite Signal Old vs New

7 ETL supply all of the satcoms segments 40% Government & Defense 40% Broadcast ETL 10% Satellite Operators 10% Telecoms

8 ETL Products

9 What ETL matrices do BROADCAST

10 RE-BROADCAST

11 Case Studies & applications Excelling in RF Engineering

12 Case Study 1 The brief: European teleport wanting to balance, equalise & distribute all downlink and uplink traffic with variable gain & slope to compensate cable losses; and have variable gain on each splitter output to balance signals Rack layout of ETL Modular system with 50 downlink and 50 uplink chains. system ETL solution & roles: Initial definition of requirements Customisation: each RF path has a variable gain amplifier and splitter (combiner on TX) with variable gain per output; based on ETL s modular system chassis. New RF cards developed. Supply of amplifiers, splitters, fan trays, termination panels, and intramodule cables. Supply and integration into racks.

13 Case Study 2 The brief: US government upgrading and expanding L-band switch matrices and need 64x384 with specific RF performance; compact space and simple cable installation Vulcan based 64x384 system in comfortable 3 racks ETL solution & roles: Rack layouts and cabling agreed, with particular regard to concerns over total cabling requirements to modems and antennas Customisation: cable management and termination panels (standard RF performance) Supply of complete system from termination panel in to termination panel out. Supply and integration into racks.

14 Case Study 3 Marine TVRO Typically 2 or 4 antennas Typically 4 L-band feeds per antenna (Ku or Ka band) 16 to 128 receivers (some digiboxes STB s; and some IRD receivers) A pair of tracking antennas (e.g. Seatel) with programmed blockage zones for superstructure Fibre or direct Coax install with LNB powering Poor isolation and high losses lead to lost signal, especially for Ka band

15 1. RF Level Detection redundancy switching for 1 Satellite position with LNB control DC 13/18V +/- 22 khz DC 13/18V +/- 22 khz 4 off 2x1 Redundancy Switches in a modular system chassis ETL Model SW103-B7B7 Switching based on RF detection provides DC (0V/13/18V +/- 22 khz 4x64 L-band Optimus Matrix ETL Model B7B7 DC 13/18V +/- 22 khz Upto 64 feeds to set top boxes selecting inputs via 13/18V +/- 22 KHz Upto 64 feeds to receivers with remote routing control

16 Case Study 4 -Enigma RF Matrix 32x32 matrix (expandable) Fan-out, fan-in, and FIFO options high resilience applications; custom requirements & asymmetric systems (n>>m) NEW: NGM-40: MHz and vari gain; NGM-34: excellent RF specs to 2450 MHz for Ka-band; NGM-35 low noise variant Benefits & basics: IF, wideband,l-band & XL-band options 1 RF card for each RF input & output adding resilience Hot swap of all active components Dual redundant CPU s & PSU S On board monitoring & diagnostics

17 Static camera s single matrix with dual input receivers Matrix Size Calculation No of Camera s = No of Diversity Receivers 1 Receiver per camera 2 matrix outputs per camera 2 Matrix inputs per antenna For 18 antenna sites = 36 antenna s = 36 matrix inputs For 20 camera s there are 40 receiver inputs = 40 matrix outputs CAM 1 A1M A1B A2M A2B CAM 1 RX CAM 2 RX CAM 3 RX CAM 2 A3M A3B

18 Victor IF to L-band Matrix 16x16 full fan-out matrix (8x8, 8x16) Compact form factor (1U) Designed for smaller head-ends and SNG trucks NEW: VTR-56 is to 2500 MHz for Ka-band and HTS Benefits & basics: VTR-10 offers LNB powering and RF level detection Variable gain Dual redundant PSU s VTR-50 is lower cost, no LNB

19 Product Reference RF over Fibre Excelling in RF Engineering

20 StingRay- RF over Fibre Ultra compact design High isolation Hot-swap Wide dynamic range and output MGC Benefits & Basics Up to 16 RX or TX modules in a 1U hot-swap chassis for high capacity applications Part populate and / or mix TX and RX modules for downlink and uplink with VSAT or small number of terminals High Isolation between modules and good RF performance Front panel local control and ethernet remote control Automatic link optimisation

21 Product Reference - Amplifiers Excelling in RF Engineering

22 Alto Amplifiers typical application

23 Alto L-band Amplifiers Variable gain, high performance amplifiers (flatness & noise figure) NEW: 1:1 redundant model, hot swap, variable gain and slope and options for monitor port, 10 MHz & DC pass, outputs (1U) NEW: 2+1 and 4+2 redundant Alto shelves NEW: 2U shelf with hot swap PSU s and enhanced linearity NEW: High performance auto gain control (AGC) & MGC modules Benefits & basics: 8-38 db gain with local and remote control variants Options for LNB powering and Slope Compensation (0-8 db) 4,8, or 16 amplifier shelves (1U and 2U) User settable AGC output (-20 to 0dBm) Wide AGC dynamic range (-55 to +5dBm) +30 dbm OIP3 Hot swap amplifier modules and on board monitoring

24 Product Reference - Splitters Excelling in RF Engineering

25 DEXTRA Splitters / Combiners - NEW 4, 8, 16-way splitters & combiners in single and dual configurations. high resilience RF distribution, and optimum satellite signal quality Ka-band and HTS applications Advanced functionality: 0/13/18V LNB powering (±22 KHz tone) LNB current monitoring Customer settable alarm thresholds for LNB current Dual redundant amplifiers (option) 20 db monitor port on the front panel Web browser access (and SNMP) for voltage and LNB alarm threshold selection and status monitoring Compact 1RU 19 chassis RF performance: Specified to ensure optimum signal quality with high throughput / high bandwidth satcoms MHz operating range Excellent Gain flatness (frequency response) High return loss High linearity Low noise figure

26 Modular System - RF signal handling Hot swap chassis with dual redundant PSU s and CPU -Up to 16 RF modules Ideal for larger teleports & broadcasters NEW: AGC version of 4-way splitter; 4-way with RF level monitoring; and IF redundant amplifier splitters / combiners Benefits & Basics Splitters / combiners 4 & 8-way fixed gain, variable gain, redundant amplifier, and output gain control options 2x1 redundancy switches with RF detection Dual redundant amplifier cards Variable gain, variable slope compensation amplifier modules

27 Product Reference - Switches Excelling in RF Engineering

28 Monitoring Switches DC to 22GHz LS Series compact and low cost (8x1, 16x1, 32x1) Standard carrier monitoring applications NEW: Ka-band and HTS monitoring switches MHz (8x1 model 23194, 16x1model 23195, 32x1model 23196) NEW: 1x8, 1x32 LS Switch version Benefits & Basics Multiple modules for 63x1 etc Compact form factor (1U) IF through L-band SHF (S-band, Ka and Ku) Local and remote control Dual redundant PSU s

29 Product Reference - Components Excelling in RF Engineering

30 Component range

31 Component Mounting System (CMS)-NEW! New: ETL 1U 19 inch Chassis Designed to house Scorpion Style passive splitter/combiners Will accommodate 2, 4 and 8-way modules Capacity for 8 x 2 way or 4 x 4-way or 4 x 8- way or a combination. Functions include: DC & 10 MHz pass all ports DC and 10 MHz block all ports DC and 10 MHz pass on 1 port and blocked on the rest

32 ETL Summary Strong engineering and performance bias Solutioneering culture for new designs 25 years of worldwide experience World-class switch matrices, supported by a very strong range of peripherals. Winners of the 2007, 2009 & 2013 Queen s Award for Enterprise

ETL Systems. RSCC Dubna July 2015. Global Leaders in Satellite RF Engineering & Custom Build ROUTE AMPLIFY SPLIT SWITCH

ETL Systems. RSCC Dubna July 2015. Global Leaders in Satellite RF Engineering & Custom Build ROUTE AMPLIFY SPLIT SWITCH ETL Systems RSCC Dubna July 2015 Global Leaders in Satellite RF Engineering & Custom Build Heritage Custom Build & Design Specialist RF equipment for 25 years 80% International Sales 95 staff in 3 global