Radiometer Physics GmbH

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Microwave, sub-mm, and THz Solutions

RPG products cover the frequency spectrum from several GHz up to 2 THz.
Our products range from customized prototypes over standard components and receiver frontends for space to complete turn-key radiometers.

Application areas are
  • Measurement Labs
  • Plasma Physics
  • Meteorology
  • Geosciences
  • Radio Astronomy
  • Material Sciences
  • Medical Science
Nearly 4 decades
of innovation
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Space Products

RPG provided equipment for

  • ODIN (SSA)
  • MARFEQ, MADRAS
  • FY-3, Z03 (China)
  • Herschel (FIRST/HIFI)
  • EOS (NAS
  • SAPHIR (CNES)
  • MLS (NASA)
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Microwave Radiometers

These meteorological / geophysical remote sensing instruments have become a standard equipment for scientific observations of the environment.

HATPRO / LHATPRO dual-profiler

Microwave radiometers provide vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, and cloud properties from purely passive observations.

Features

• multispectral obs.
• turn-key systems
• control software
• retrieval algorithms
• control software
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Radio Astronomy and spectroscopy

Having it's roots in the radio astronomy community, RPG provides eqipment for various research groups and observatoris world wide:

  • ESO / APEX
  • ESO / ALMA
  • IRAM
  • Herschel satellite (HIFI)
  • etc
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Lab and Measurement Technology

Spectrum analysis, material science

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Components for RF, Microwave, THz

We offer a variety of standardized components from microwave to THz frequency ranges.

  • Frequency Multipliers
  • Mixers
    • sub-harmonic
    • harmonic
    • fundamental
  • Amplifiers
  • Local oscillators
  • Feed horns
  • Quasi optical designs
  • Isolators
  • Circulators
  • Couplers

Please refer to
→Products
→RF-Components

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Design, Analysis, Development

We understand the customer's demand, select technologies, design the product, produce and test the hardware.
Our expertise builds on

  • Science background in
    • Meteorology
    • Radio Astronomy
    • Spectroscopy
    • Space hardware
    • THz Imaging
  • Hardware simulation
    design capabilities
  • Engineering analysis
    (thermal, vibration...)
  • Micro-Machining
    to <1µm
  • Clean-room bonding
  • Pa/QA to
    space standards

News

RPG-HATPRO on Meteorological Technology World EXPO 2011, Brussels

 2011-07-06: The RPG-HATPRO microwave radiometer is on display during the Meteorological Technology World EXPO 2011.
⇒ When: October 18 – 20, 2011
⇒ Where: Brussels Expo, Hall 11, Stand 3020

White-papers in Meteorological Technology International

 2011-05-10: In the May 2011 issue of Meteorological Technology International, RPG published a white paper on the capabilities of microwave profiling radiometers: Providing atmospheric profiles in a minute

In a previous issue (June 2010), there was a contribution on dual-polarization techniques for rain observation: Observation of rain with dual-polarization radiometers

New Fast Fourier Transform Spectrometer

 2011-04-27: The xFFTS was developed by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, and is available through RPG:
• 2.5 GHz instantaneous bandwidth
• 32.768 channels eavailable
• up to 8 xFFTS units combined in one crate / controller (data sheet available)

 

New Zero-bias detector up to 900 GHz

 2011-05-05: RPG has developed a new line of Zero-Bias detectors working up to 900 GHz with unsurpassed dynamical range.

METOP-SG phase A1-A2-B1 has started

 2011-02-24: RPG is part of a consortium led by Thales-Alenia Space which was awarded a contract for MetOp Second Generation (phases A1-A2-B1).

Airborne Demonstrator Project kicked-off

 2011-03-31: The ESA activity in response to AO/1-6386/10/NL/MP (Cloud Precipitation Airborne Radiometer) has been kicked off. RPG is sub-contracted by SEA (Bristol, UK) and is responsible for the 118 GHz and 664 GHz receiver front ends and feeds.