Infineon Technologies : IR HiRel Returns to Deep Space with James Webb Space Telescope
December 23, 2021 at 02:37 am EST
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IR HiRel Returns to Deep Space with James Webb Space Telescope
Dec 23, 2021| Business & Financial Press
Munich, Germany, and El Segundo, California - 23 December 2021 - Next Saturday, 25 December, NASA plans to launch James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at 12:20 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is 7:20 am local time at the launch site, 1:20 pm Central European Time, and 4:20 am Pacific Standard Time. European Space Agency (ESA) will provide launch services on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. IR HiRel, an Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) company, supplied mission-critical radiation-hardened (rad hard) components for JWST. The company previously provided rad hard power electronics for NASA's first flagship space observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990.
"With JWST expected to operate 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, it will face deep space conditions far more extreme than Hubble," said Chris Opoczynski, Senior Vice President and General Manager of IR HiRel. "The spacecraft bus provides vital support functions for the telescope's operation, not the least of which is power distribution, command, control and data handling, etc. Using IR HiRel's rad hard power conversion solutions provides assurance of long-lived, highly reliable performance for this historic mission."
An international partnership with ESA and the Canadian Space Agency, JWST will succeed Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's premier space observatory for the next decade. Once operational, the infrared telescope will extend Hubble's discoveries to help scientists understand all phases of cosmic history and search for signs of possible habitability among thousands of recently discovered exoplanets.
Several spacecraft bus subsystems, such as electrical power, altitude control, communications, and command and data handling, integrate IR HiRel space-grade DC-DC converters, rad hard MOSFETs and other power control products that ensure reliable operation in the harsh deep space environment.
Infineon and IR HiRel offer a unique portfolio high-reliability, rad hard memory, RF solutions and power conversions for space and other rugged environments. Flight-proven HiRel products are used throughout spacecraft electrical and payload systems. More information is available at www.infineon.com/space.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to operate 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. IR HiRel, an Infineon Technologies AG company, supplied mission-critical radiation-hardened (rad hard) components. (Foto: Courtesy NASA/Chris Gunn)
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The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to operate 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. IR HiRel, an Infineon Technologies AG company, supplied mission-critical radiation-hardened (rad hard) components. (Credit Illustration: Courtesy NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez)
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Infineon Technologies AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors. The group's products include power semiconductors, sensors, microcontrollers, digital, mixed-signal and analog ICs, discrete semiconductor modules, switches, interface ICs, motor-controlling ICs, RF power transistors, voltage regulators, and electronic safety components. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
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- industrial power control (13.5%): semiconductor products for the conversion of electrical energy for small, medium and high-power applications, used in the manufacturing, the low-loss transmission, the storage and the efficient use of electrical energy;
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