Facilities

Radiometer Physics GmbH is equiped with the following Facilities:
  • High-precision numerical milling machines and lathes
  • Clean room facility (class 100) for space applications
  • Electro-plating (galvanic) facility
  • Climate chamber (-30 ºC to +50 ºC) for environmental testing
  • Electronics workshop
  • High frequency laboratory
 

Machine shop

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Precision numerical lathe

  • Precision: 1 micron
  • Twelve automatically exchangable tools
  • Mainly used for corrugated feedhorn mandrel fabrication
 

3 Highest precision numerical milling machines

  • Three axis controlled
  • Precision less than 1 micron
  • Sixteen automatically exchangable tools
  • Mainly used for the fabrication of highest frequency waveguide- and optical components up to 1500 GHz

2 high precision numerical milling machines

  • Three axis controlled
  • Precision: 4 microns
  • Each equipped with 20 position tool changer
  • Used for the fabrication of all kinds of radiometer components
 

4 micro lathes

  • Precision: 1 micron
  • Used for the fabrication of smallest coaxial filters (down to 50 microns in diameter)
 

Clean room facility (class 100) for space applications

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  • Class 10.000 (entire room, 20 sqm)
  • Two flowboxes with class 100
  • Fully ESD protected
  • Climate control (temperature and humidity)
  • Air lock entrance
 

Electro-plating (galvanic) facility

  • Four Gold-plating solutions
  • Two Copper plating solutions
  • One Nickel plating solution
  • Photo-lithography of RF distributed networks
  • Plating is performed under clean-room conditions
 

Climate chamber

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  • Temperature operating range: -30 ºC to +50 ºC
  • Cooling power 1.3 kW
  • Heating power 3 kW
  • Complete thermal stabilization for long term environmental testing
  • Cycling from +50 °C to -30 °C and vice versa within two hours
  • Used for environmental testing of RPG-LWP radiometers and RPG-HATPRO profilers
 

Electronics workshop

  • Complete development and testing of circuit boards in-house
  • CAD software for multi-layer routing
  • Prototyping of newly developed circuits
  • Fabrication of complete electronic equipment
 

High frequency laboratory

  • RF testing equipment (spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, oscillators, detectors, etc) up to 300 GHz
  • Twelve microscopes for assembly and inspection of high frequency components
  • Bonding tool (assembly of planar structures like MMICs and in-house developed RF circuits)
  • Three-axis precision positioning tools
  • Test equipment for elecronic component verification