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Applications

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.

Illustrative case study

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

How we work together

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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