ETL Systems Excelling in RF Engineering

April 2016 V86

Vortex

Product Overview Case Studies Product DetailNew Products

Why choose ETL

• High performance satellite communications & RF products for 25 years

• 93% of our orders came from repeat customers in 2015

• Our equipment works out of the box – that’s why 14 of the top 20 satellite operators use our switch matrices and RF products

• Lifetime remote technical support is free of charge, saving you time and money!

Focus on customisation and customer service 100% of our products are tested and soak tested

Capabilities

• In-house RF, PCB, mechanical & software design engineers

• Full suite of software design tools

• Custom build design with modest NRE costs

• Fully integrated Production with two pick & place (SMT) lines

• 100% Testing at sub-assembly and finished product levels

• FAT, commissioning and training

• Ad-hoc on-site support

• ISO 9001 accreditation

ETL products

LNB Redundancy

Switches

Power Supplies

LNB & DC PSUsFibre Optic

LinksAmplifiers

Fixed, variable, AGCSplitters

Active & passive

Switch Matrix / Router

IF to SHF

Switches

Carrier monitoring & redundancy

Hybrid modular chassis system

Redundancy switch, amplifiers,

combiners & splitters

Hybrid Splitter / Combiner

Active & passive

Fibre Optic

Links

Amplifiers

n+1, redundant &

variable gain

Combiners

Active & passiveSwitch Matrix / Router

IF to SHF

Modem Redundancy

Switches

IRD / Modem

Encoder / Modem

DOWNLINK

UPLINK

Components

Key New Products

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Splitters / Combiners

• 3-22 GHz active 8-way splitters (Ku,Ka)

• Hot swap: 8-way & 4-way redundant amplifier, variable gain / slope modular system splitters

• Dextra hybrid 8-way splitter & combiner

• Dextra with 10 MHz pass

• 10 MHz 16-way DA (variable gain) (& 32-w)

• 4-way splitter with 13/18V power – hot swap

StingRayRF over Fibre

New rack mounted products…

• CWDM & DWDM modules

• Dual TX & RX modules

• Redundancy modules (1+1)

• 10 MHz distribution

• ODU enclosures / cabinets

• Fly-away enclosure

10+New modules

and chassis

Line Driver Amplifiers

• HURRICANE 64x64 – configurable I/O modules, ultra compact , high performance, LNB power

• Low 2nd Order harmonic Enigma variants

• VTR-70 Victor – software sized / expandable

• Combining / fan-in VTRC-56

• 9 new ALTO chassis – 1+1; QUAD 4+1

• 30dBm (1W) IF Alto amp module

• High linearity (30dBm) & Low Noise (<2dB)

• Alto Plus – multiple performance options optimum noise, optimum linearity, redundant amplifiers

Matrix Switch / Router

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• 642 HUR-10: 64x64 configurable and scalable 4U high L-band matrix

• 1282 HAR-40: 128x128 configurable and scalable 10U high L-band matrix

• 2562 HAV-80: 256x256 configurable and scalable 26U high L-band matrix

H-Series

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HUR-10 Detail Views

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General RF USPs

Fully non-blocking architecture IO modules allow the RF performance to be tailored to the customer applicationHigh signal levels? – IO Modules set to Low Gain/High IP3Low signal levels? – IO Module set to High Gain/Low Noise

The most versatile, feature-rich and configurable Matrix on the market

Fully hot-swappable RF, Processor and fan cards – no glitches, no interruptions to services

High linearity >0dBm P1dB, >+15dB OIP3

The smallest 64x64 Matrix with LNB powering built-in (4U)

Pre built units in stock can be quickly configured to customerspecific variants by insertion of IO units.

IO modules allow a mix of connector types, impedances, variable gain, Fibre input etc. on a 2-input or 2-output basis – all others are a minimum of 8

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Parameter HUR-10 performance Competition performance Winner

Extended L-band “Ka-band ready”? 850-2450 MHz 950-2150 HUR-10

OIP3: +15dBm +12dBm HUR-10

Output P1dB: +2dBm 0dBm HUR-10

Performance comparison against competition

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User interface browser/ HMI

• Fresh new modern look

• Most functions are selection based

• Reduced number of options

• Capability to zoom on specific locations in intuitive way

• Common user interface between web access/ browser and HMI

Routing page screen shots

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RF Cards:642 HUR-10: 8x16 & 8x8 & 16x81282 HAR-40: 8x16 & 16x16 & 16x8 (1 new matrix card)2562 HUR-80 : 16x32 & 16x16 & 32x16 (2 new matrix cards)

5 Matrix card variants to cover all Matrix card requirements of all H matrix systems.

IO units:Passive 75ΩPassive 50 ΩActive IO units for high gain and low NFActive IO units for high linearity and low NFActive IO units for fibre / optical input

Common parts

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RF Matrix Range & optionsOur range of 26 L-band matrices is more thandouble that of our nearest competitor,enabling us to offer you the best fit to yourrequirements.

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Valiant16x32 16x32

Enigma32x32 256x256

Hurricane64x64 512x512

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64x64 512x512

Vulcan

128x128 1024x1024

The above tables shows options available on each range of matrices. Please check which options are available on specific models.

Product Reference – RF over Fibre

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StingRay- RF over Fibre: 100 series

• Ultra compact design – 10 Km links

• High isolation

• Hot-swap

• Wide dynamic range and output MGC

Benefits & basics:

• L-band (850-2450 MHz), broadband (50-2450MHz) and 10 MHz modules

• Up to 16 RX or TX modules in a 1U hot-swap chassis for high capacity applications, with optional LNB power

• 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

Benefits & basics:

• Up to 300km transmission distance• L-band (850-2450 MHz), broadband (50-2450MHz) and 10 MHz modules• Up to 16 single RX or TX modules in a 2U hot-swap chassis for high

capacity applications; with separate MUX/DEMUX chassis • Broadband modules available• Monitor ports on modules• Automatic link optimisation

• Up to 45 Km links or 300 Kms with optical amplifiers

• 40 wavelengths on a single fibre cable

• Wavelengths can be optically amplified to produce much longer systems

• Low loss

• Multiplexing onto one fibre reduces operator costs

StingRay- Long Distance200 series DWDM (Dense wavelength division multiplexing)

StingRay- RF over Fibre: ODU

Local control & monitoring via local control unit push buttons & display (O)

Remote control & monitoring

Reliability from hot-

swap fibre modules, power supplies & CPU

IP65 rated Weatherproof enclosure can house up to 10 single or

dual RX or TX 200 series modules

Thermostat options for operation below -20°C to -60°C & humidity detection (O)

LNB powering 13/18V & 22KHz tone (provided on TX modules)

Fibre management tray & patch panel for termination of the incoming fibre cable & slack cable storage (O)

Sunshade to protect from direct sunlight / solar loading (O)

RF patch panel allow incoming RF cables to be connected to the panel & then patch up to modules (O)

Alarm to notify if

door is left open

via RJ45 Ethernet port with SNMP & web browser interface. Ethernet options: - Copper Ethernet interface - Single optical Ethernet interface (O) - Ethernet switch (O)

Cable Options - RF patch coax cables (O) - Optical patch cables (O) - Optical pigtails (O) - Ethernet cables (O) - EMC cable gland (O)

New Components

RF over Fibre Outdoor units

• Introduce family of products to address variety of

market applications – In-house produced

• Target applications:

• GPS over Fibre for telecom timing and time

stamping

• Wireless Camera/Microphone extenders

• Military applications and VSAT extender

ODUs

Product Reference - Components

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Component range

• Strong engineering and performance bias

• Focus on custom build

• 85 people – 1/3 in design and 1/3 in AIT

• 25 years of worldwide experience

• Fully accredited ISO 9001:2000 QMS

• World-class switch matrices, supported by a very strong range of peripherals.

• Winners of the 2007, 2009 & 2013 Queen’s Award for Enterprise

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