CalRamic products to feature on NASA's 2024 mission to Europa
CalRamic has confirmed that some of its space-qualified capacitors will be used on the Europa Clipper Mission, set to take off in 2024.
CalRamic Technologies manufactures a series of highly reliable, mission-critical, high voltage, radial leaded ceramic capacitors that are designed specifically for those non-repairable, space applications where the assembly may be exposed to high levels of thermal and/or mechanical shock.
Intended for continuous operation at full rated voltage and across the entire operating temperature range, these capacitors utilise a special internal design specifically intended to reduce electric field stresses, thereby providing a device that exhibits very low ESR characteristics and no reduction in insulation resistance with life.
CalRamic manufacture a number of space-level components, designed with a low-stress design for long-term reliability:
- High Voltage Multilayer Leaded Capacitors
- High Voltage Multilayer Surface Mount Capacitors
- High Voltage Multilayer Chip Capacitors
- High Voltage Leaded Disc Capacitors
NASA plans to launch the Europa Clipper Mission in 2024 with the objective to explore Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. Scientists confirmed the moon's watery surface with data collected from the Hubble Space Telescope in 2012. It is even suspected the interior may be hot enough to create seafloor volcanoes.
CalRamic Technologies specialises in high voltage ceramic capacitors for a wide variety of applications. Industries and applications that benefit from the implementation of CalRamic capacitors include commercial/industrial power supplies, military avionics, radars, sensing, high temperature geophysical, geothermal, and high-temperature electronics.