Hybrid measurement chains for the SAS-C spacecraft
Abstract
Spacecraft electronic systems usually demand tight packaging. It was this consideration which initially forced us to consider hybrid circuits for the analog signal processing circuits in the Small Astronomy Satellite-C (SAS-C) scientific payload. We gradually discovered that increased reliability, low power consumption, and reduced program costs all followed. This paper will attempt to share our laboratory's first experience with hybrid circuits and indicate those areas which we found to be important.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TNS.1975.4327711
- Bibcode:
- 1975ITNS...22..600G
- Keywords:
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- Electronic Packaging;
- Hybrid Circuits;
- Sas-3;
- Signal Measurement;
- Spacecraft Electronic Equipment;
- Technology Assessment;
- Analog Circuits;
- Circuit Reliability;
- Cost Reduction;
- Measuring Instruments;
- Miniaturization;
- Payloads;
- Signal Processing;
- Transistor Amplifiers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering