Power Conditioning and Distribution Electronics
Patria’s power conditioning and/or distribution equipment has been used successfully in various missions: ADM Aeolus, Rosetta, Mars Express, Venus Express, MetOp, CryoSat and Swarm.
Patria’s fully qualified building blocks for Power Distribution include:
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Latching Current Limiter (LCL)
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Foldback Current Limiter (FCL)
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Self Triggering LCL (SLCL)
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Transistor Switch (Heater Switch)
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Pyro IF
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Non Explosive Actuator IF
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Thermal Knife IF
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Keep Alive IF
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Latch Valve IF (LV)
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Flow Control Valve IF (FCV, Thruster)
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Motor Drivers (SADM)
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Magneto Torquer IF (MTQ)
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Separation Strap IF
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Disconnect Non-essential Loads IF (DNEL)
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Eclipse IF (ECL)
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MIL-STD-1553B and SpaceWire Interfaces
Patria’s fully qualified building blocks for Power Conditioning include:
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S3R switches, control and drivers
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MEA, triple majority voters
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Bus capacitor bank
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Battery IF and management
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Current measurement module
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MPPR (BCR, BDR, SMBR)
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MPPT
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EDC (Error Detection Control) for failure detection and correction
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Active diode
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Aux DCDC converter
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Short circuit protection function
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Switch-over function from failed module to redundant module
Automatic test equipment (EGSE) is available for most of the interfaces.
For further information, please contact:
Patria Aviation Oy
Systems
Naulakatu 3
FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
Tel. +358 20 4691
Fax +358 20 469 2694