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    Poster
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    Giacomo Schiavolini Headshot
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    University of Perugia
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    Giulia Orecchini
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    University of Perugia
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    University of Perugia
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    Paolo Mezzanotte
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    University of Perugia
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    Federico Dogo
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    Picosats
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    Simone Pauletto
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    Picosats
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    Università degli Studi di Perugia
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    Anna Gregorio
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    Picosats
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    Mario Fragiacomo
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    Picosats
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    Federico Alimenti
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    Università degli Studi di Perugia
    Abstract

    This paper proposes a low-noise receiver frontend for nanosatellite and Cubesat platforms. The frontend is composed by a Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) and two Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) filters, providing a frequency reconfigurability to the system. The two filters operate in the 13 and in the 14 GHz uplink bands, and are selected by means of a pair of solid-state SPDT switches. As a results, 15.5~dB gain with 2.4~dB noise figure for the 13~GHz configuration and 17.8~dB gain with 2.3~dB noise figure for the 14~GHz configuration are obtained. This work is important since demonstrates a low-cost solution for satellite radio apparatuses based on commercial components on a standard PCB.

    Slides
    • Low-Noise Ku-Band Receiver Frontend with Switchable SIW Filters for Cubesat Applications (application/pdf)