SpaceABLE28 SL 100G radiation-resistant optical transceivers
The SpaceABLE28™ SL radiation resistant transceivers are engineered to withstand radiation doses >100 krad (Si). The SpaceABLE28 SL embedded optical modules are rugged devices offering high bandwidth (greater than 100 Gbps, full duplex) in a chip-size package.
Furthermore, all our devices are tested following ECSS process and lot acceptance testing, and component pre-screening is done for every batch of transceivers sold for this application
Drawing of SpaceABLE28 SL radiation resistant embedded transceiver.
Dimensions are given in mm.
Specifications and features
- 4 TX plus 4 RX lane per device (100G, full duplex)
- Performance: up to 28 Gbps/lane from –40 ºC to 85 ºC
- Small: As low as 4.5 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: –55 ºC
- BER: As low as 10–12
- Sensitivity: −9 dBm
- Low power consumption: 120 mW/lane (<10 pJ per bit)
- Multimode 850 nm wavelength laser
- Up to 100 m reach on OM3 ribbon fiber
- Standard MT parallel fiber connector
- LGA connector board mount
- RoHS
- Monitoring: LOS, RSSI, temperature etc.
- Available in industrial (–40 ºC to 85 ºC) grade temperature range
Please see product datasheet for detailed specifications.
Applications
- High-throughput communication satellites
- LEO satellite constellations
- GEO satellites
- Space VPX single board computers
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Radiation tests summary
Radiation Test #1:
Proton testing: Total Non-Ionizing Dose (TNID).
Testing was done at KVI – University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Radiation Test #2:
Heavy ion testing: Single Event Effect & Latch-up (SEE and SEL).
Testing was done at Texas A&M University, USA.
Radiation Test #3:
Gamma Ray using Cobalt-60: Total Ionizing Dose (TID) (MIL-STD-883G, method 1019.7).
Testing was done at TRAD in Toulouse, France.
SpaceABLE also passed standard 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.