Omnisys Instruments

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RIT, Kiruna, 2016-05-11

Johan Riesbeck

• Developing and manufacturing high performance electronics hardware for satellites and ground based astronomy

• 35 engineers between B.Sc to Ph.D. • Founded in 1992, delivered space

flight hardware to Odin, SMART-1, SMILES and PRISMA

• User specific projects– Satellite borne instruments– Ground Based Astronomy– Research/Demonstrator Projects

• Private, independent, self-financed SME

Omnisys Instruments

• Company founded in 1992• First major assignment ODIN project

– spectrometer and phase lock system• Continuous development programs with ESA

– First contract 1993• 1998-2001: SMART-1 satellite• Self financed growth to 32 employees• More and more ”established” as Swedish space/research SME• 2007 Alma contract for 60 Radiometers

– 2010 Successfully delivered• 2011 Omnisys prime contractor for STEAMR• 2014 Flight contract for SWI on JUICE• 2015 Flight contract for Airbus• 2016 Flight contract for HABIT

History

• Launched in 2001– Mission planned for 2 years– Still up and running

• Omnisys hardware: – Back-end autocorrelation spectrometer– Local oscillator incl. phase lock system– Filterbank spectrometer– Radiometer control hardware– Radiometer system validation SW

• Unique benefits– Astonomy ant atmospheric

observations– Ozon since 2001– H2O in interstellar space– 300 peer review articles– Made in Sweden

ODIN Radiometer

• Swedish led formation flying mission• Launched this summer• Omnisys delivered PCDU for main and target

satellites in 2008• Key data of the Main PCDU:

– Solar array power: 600 W – Number of users (LCL): 36 – User power: 28 V regulated– Battery Energy: > 250 Wh – Control interface: CAN bus and pulse

telecommands.

PRISMA PCDU:s

• Scope of project is to design and produce 58 complete 183 GHz water vapor radiometers for the ALMA telescope in Chile

• 18 month development & 18 month production time

• Strict performance requirements– stability, sensitivity, accuracy, optical– 20 years lifetime&no maintenance– Limited volume, mass & power

• Repeatable manufacturing & verification• 3 customers

– ALMA, ESO, end users

Alma Water Vapour Radiometers

• Limb sounding @340 GHz– Array receiver -14 beams– Optimized for upper troposphere –

down to 6km• Research profile

– Climate Change– Stratospheric/Tropospheric

exchange– Ozone changes– Water Vapor - Uncertainty of clouds

• Deselected for EE7, now in joint SWE/CAN phase A study

STEAMR - PREMIER

• SWI – submm-wave instrument on JUICE (JUpiter Icy moon Explorer)– ”Chemistry, meteorology and

structure of Jupiter’s middle atmosphere”

– ”Characterize atmospheres, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto - exploration of their habitable zones

• Two receivers on 600 GHz (or 600 GHz & 1200 GHz)

• Omnisys scope – Mixers and LNA:s– Correlator back-end (ACS)

JUICE/SWI

• Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography– tomografi av luftsken och

aerosoller i mesosfären• Vetenskapen drivs av Stockholms

universitet, Chalmers och KTH• Omnisys bygger instrumentet

som studerar– Nattlysande moln– Syremolekyler i atmosfären

mellan 5 och 10 mil upp i luften– Vågor som skapar molnens form

• UV/IR kamera med 2+2 kanaler

MATS

• Omnisys builds complete systems and subsystems• Critical components are subject to research collaborations:

– Schottky mixers and multipliers >200 GHz– mHEMT/INP MMIC up to 200 GHz– Custom Design Signal processing chips (Full custom ASIC:s)

• Scientific partners– Users

• Earth & Space Science, Chalmers– Technology

• Chalmers– Microtechnology & Nanoscience (Chalmers)– Signals & Systems (Chalmers)– Computer Science (Chalmers)

• IAF, Germany• Joint activities

– National scientific clusters, FP7/H2020 projects, joint ESA projects, industrial PhD:s

The team - Omnisys and Academy

• Collaboration with Academy• End-user scientists who wants to develop instruments together with

industry.• Early involvement of industry in instrument development => maximize

scientific output• Collaboration between end-user scientists and technology development

research.

Industry Needs

• Terahertz components, signal processing, antenna systems.• Thermal solutions and composite structures.• Optical test and verification methods• Electro-chemical processes.• ?

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