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Integration is more than just assembling parts

System Integration

Integration is about creating synergy between individual components to ensure optimal performance. Our integration process includes:

1
Precision Alignment

The laser emitter, power converter, and optical components are aligned with exact precision to minimize energy loss and ensure the laser beam is accurately targeted at the receiver.

2
Control Systems

We implement sophisticated control algorithms to manage the power flow, maintain stable laser output, and ensure accurate pointing of the laser beam, even as conditions change.

3
Thermal Management Solutions

During integration, we incorporate thermal management systems to maintain stable temperatures within the power converters and other critical components, mitigating any risks of overheating.

Testing for Space-Readiness

Testing is a vital part of ensuring the system will perform reliably once deployed. Our testing phase involves multiple steps to validate the durability, efficiency, and overall performance of the integrated system:

Environmental Simulation

We conduct tests in vacuum chambers and thermal cycling equipment to simulate the extreme temperatures, radiation, and low-pressure conditions that the system will face in space.

Efficiency Evaluation

We test the efficiency of the power conversion process to ensure maximum energy transfer from the laser to the target device. This includes measuring energy losses and optimizing system parameters.

Radiation Testing

The system undergoes radiation exposure tests to evaluate how it will withstand the space environment, ensuring that all components maintain their performance and structural integrity.

Mechanical Stability

Vibration and shock testing are conducted to ensure that the system can withstand the stresses of a rocket launch and the conditions it will face during space deployment.

Iterative Refinement

The testing phase is not a one-time process—it is iterative and continuous, ensuring that we refine the technology at every step. Each round of testing provides critical insights into the performance and resilience of our system under various conditions, including both expected and extreme scenarios. These insights help us identify potential weaknesses or areas for improvement, allowing us to make targeted adjustments to the system design, material selection, and integration strategies. This continuous feedback loop is essential for optimizing system performance, enhancing reliability, and ensuring that all components work seamlessly together. By leveraging an iterative approach, we can systematically eliminate design flaws, improve system efficiency, and adapt to new challenges that arise throughout the development process.

Iterative Refinement

Feedback Loop

Test results provide critical feedback that is used to refine components, optimize system architecture, and address any performance bottlenecks.
Iterative Refinement

Collaboration Across Teams

Testing involves input from all teams — materials, fabrication, modeling — to ensure that any improvements or adjustments are implemented effectively and comprehensively.

The goal of System Integration and Testing phase

Ensuring Mission Success

The goal of the System Integration and Testing phase is to deliver a fully operational, reliable power transmission system that can meet the rigorous demands of space missions. By simulating the space environment as closely as possible and rigorously testing all aspects of our system, we ensure that RePowerSiC’s technology is ready to support future space exploration initiatives.

Our commitment to thorough integration and testing helps minimize risks and maximize the reliability of our solution, ensuring that our laser power transmission system is capable of powering space missions efficiently and effectively, even in the most extreme conditions.

Our Approach to Innovation

Explore Our Other Pillars

After discovering our approach to System Integration and Testing, continue exploring how Research and Modeling, as well as Material Growth and Device Fabrication, contribute to our groundbreaking technology.

Research and Modeling
Utilizing advanced modeling techniques to design and optimize the system for maximum efficiency.
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Material Growth and Device Fabrication
Developing high-quality SiC materials and fabricating laser power converters tailored to space environments.
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