For New Space applications AXTAL offers as special service the sourcing and/or up-screening of commercial quartz crystal units with proven quality level to so-called "Space-COTS Crystals" (SCC) increasing the range of available package styles
Produced and tested on the same line as Q-tech most stringent space qualified oscillators, the parts proposed for LEO applications, QT780 SERIES, QT723 SERIES, QT735 SERIES are made with the same Q-Tech quality and reliability
Space standards (such as ESCC and MIL standards) have helped throughout the years to develop the industry and to achieve de mission goals. Standards improve the competitiveness, efficiency and knowledge transfer within space business. However, standards are not frozen documents, but rather they must change and adapt to the current requirements of the industry and the new developments and knowledge gathered during all the years of space missions.
PIND ( Particle Impact Noise Detection Test ) testing is performed in order to detect the presence of loose particles inside a device cavity.
Loose particle contamination is often caused by dirt, fibers, solder residues and other elements trapped inside the cavity during the sealing process. Loose particles can be a cause of electrical anomalies (or other physical problems) which in their turn can cause abnormal functioning of the parts and affect their reliability.