Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
Fiber optic technology was tentatively selected in the SPS baseline design to transmit a stable phase reference throughout microwave array. Over a hundred thousand microwave modules are electronically steered by the phase reference signal to form the power beam at the ground receiving station. The initially selected IF distribution frequency of the phase reference signal was at 980 MHz or a submultiple of it. Fiber optics offers some significant advantages in view of the SPS application. Optical transmission is highly immune to EMI/RFI, which is expected to be severe when considering the low distribution power. In addition, there are savings in both mass, physical size, and potentially in cost.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Johnson Space Center Solar Power Satellite Microwave Transmission and Reception; p 154-158
Format:
application/pdf
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