Eight sectors, one underlying platform
The market for RF components, antennas and front-ends across space and telecom is growing fast, driven by New Space and the 5G/6G rollout.
Space
GEO, MEO, LEO and CubeSat payloads. A geostationary telecom satellite can carry 200–800+ RF filters for channel management, duplexing and combining; constellations add up across dozens to hundreds of satellites. Every gram removed from a filter is a gram available for payload.
Telecom
5G/6G infrastructure and SATCOM ground/user terminals need compact, reconfigurable front-ends that can be tuned across bands without a new mechanical design for every deployment.
Defense
Radar and military communication systems demand high-power handling and multipactor immunity in the smallest possible footprint, often under harsh environmental constraints.
Medical
RF equipment such as MRI systems benefits from the same compactness and signal integrity that space applications require, at a different scale and price point.
Aerospace
Avionics and airborne radar/communication systems require lightweight, vibration- and temperature-qualified RF hardware certified for flight environments, where every gram and every dB of loss counts.
Trading & finance
High-frequency trading firms rely on ultra-low-latency microwave links between exchanges, where precise, high-Q, low-loss filters shave critical microseconds off execution time.
Particle accelerators
RF cavities, couplers and beamline components in particle accelerators need narrowband, high-power filters that hold tight tolerances under demanding thermal and electromagnetic conditions.
Nuclear fusion
Plasma heating systems (ICRH/ECRH) in fusion reactors depend on high-power RF filters and waveguides engineered to survive extreme thermal loads and electromagnetic environments.
A GEO payload with 250 RF filters
An estimate for an L-band application, based on our measured prototype performance, comparing a classical filter bank to the equivalent built on our SIR and Locally Resonant Metamaterial platform.
Classical solution
750 kg
of RF filters
Our platform
137.5 kg
of RF filters
Estimated raw filter cost
CHF 6–11.2M → 1.1–2M
at CHF 8,000–15,000 per kg to orbit
Engagement models
The right model depends on your specification, volume and timeline.
Off-the-shelf components
Filters and antennas for space and telecom applications, sold as standard parts.
Custom development
Components and front-ends engineered to a customer's specification, for industrial clients.
RF consulting & expertise
Design support, characterization and multipactor assessment, delivered alongside or independently of hardware.
Licensing & R&D collaboration
Technology licensing and joint research programs with corporations and institutions.
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