X-band sampling technology demonstration

Abstract : The technical objectives of this project are to simplify the Ground Station architecture currently used by European Space Agency in Deep Space Antenna by implementing the concept of Software Defined Radio. This paper summarizes the experimental results obtained at the preliminary and detailed design phases. The reception RF signals have been sampled using commercially available Track and Hold amplifier and digitized using Analogue-to-Digital Converter. The transmission RF signal have been synthetized using high-frequency Digital to Analogue Converters.