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Low Cost, Low Noise, High Voltage Pulser-Driver for Spaceborne Electro-Optics for Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing (HVPD)

Completed TRL 5 (started at 3, targeting 5)

Description

Reduce cost, footprint, mass and development risk compared to flight quality High Voltage Pulser- drivers.

Reduce the performance gap between COTS Electro-Optic drivers and flight quality units.

Design is easily adapted to accommodate most remote sensing space-based laser systems of similar performance.

Highly instrumented design allows in-situ measurements during life-testing for prediction of long term health

Benefits

HVPD will be beneficial to any Laser that uses Q-Switch.

This design and associated GSE will allow more efficient life testing, resulting better prediction of long term higher reliability lower cost.

This design will also allow manufacturing design quicker and more flexible integration to active source systems.

Details

Technology areaRobotic Systems > Mobility > Above-Surface Mobility
ProgramCenter Independent Research & Development: GSFC IRAD (GSFC IRAD)
Lead organizationGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Start date2018-10-01
End date2020-09-30

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