Development of an Embedded Receiver for Space Exploration Missions

The superheterodyne structure, currently employed by the receivers developed by the Laboratory for Spatial Studies and Instrumentation (LESIA) of the Paris Observatory, rely on pass-band filters with very high quality factors. This makes them difficult to integrate on microchips. We present here another topology that is easier to integrate into microchips intended for space studies. After presenting the general topology, we propose a design of an electronic receiver based on this topology and present its design charts.