Military & Aerospace Electronics Article, May/June 2024
May/June 2024 Issue (Volume 35, Issue 3): 2024 Buyers Guide, page 22 – 28
From the May/June 2024 issue of Military & Aerospace Electronics – Read the entire article.
Apogee Semiconductor Introduces the RelBridge™ Family!
Plano, Texas — Apogee Semiconductor has released the AP54RHC288 Arbiter, the industry’s first IC designed to prevent propagation of failure modes in power supply, motor control and other half-bridge and full-bridge applications. The AP54RHC288 prevents cross-conduction and shoot-through in these applications by preventing FET drivers from seeing two (2) high control signals, regardless of the state of the input control signals. The AP54RHC288 is SEE resilient and can be used to improve fault containment in mission critical applications.
“Since its founding, Apogee Semiconductor has been focused on changing the economics of space and enabling small satellite and large constellations. Our RelBridge™ family is an extension of our founding philosophy” states Anton Quiroz, CRO of Apogee Semiconductor, “The RelBridge™ components serve as a crucial bridge between non-radiation tolerant components in systems and more stringent reliability requirements our customers are often working to achieve.”
“In addition to the AP54RHC288, the other component in the RelBridge™ family is the AP54RHC301. The AP54RHC301 Voter enables triple mode redundancy for mission critical applications by providing reliable arbitration between redundant channels. It is the industry’s first standalone Voter IC that enables more reliable systems without customers resorting to purchasing a slew of radiation hardened components for their small satellite systems. The AP54RHC301 is also designed to prevent fault propagation between non-radiation tolerant components in systems.” continued Quiroz.
For customers requiring higher levels of radiation tolerance, 300krad (Si) variants are available for GEO and deep space applications.
Explore the RelBridge™ family here and contact us at sales@apogeesemi.com for orders.
About Apogee Semiconductor:
Since 2014, Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. has been at the forefront of developing radiation-hardened IC design tools and processes. With a team of highly experienced design, systems, and process engineers, Apogee takes a unique and intelligent approach to radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) IC design, verification, test, and manufacturing. The company’s rapidly expanding portfolio offers a comprehensive suite of products that provide superior value to our customers. Learn more at www.apogeesemi.com.
Media Contact:
Teresa Farris, Archon-LLC on behalf of Apogee Semiconductor
Tel: +1 719-964-3617; Teresa.farris@archon-llc.com
Introducing 300krad In Plastic
Apogee Semiconductor is Reaching a New Apex in Radiation Tolerance!
Plano, Texas — Apogee Semiconductor, Inc., a leading provider of technologies and products for space and other extreme environments, announces today the launch of their AF54RHC GEO family of radiation-hardened integrated circuits (ICs) designed for medium earth orbits (MEO), geostationary orbits (GEO), and deep space missions.
The AF54RHC GEO family features essential capabilities for GEO applications, including a required 300 krad (Si) total ionizing dose (TID) performance and greater than 80 MeV·mg/cm² single event effect (SEE) performance. These ICs operate from 1.65 V to 5.5 V and are available in TSSOP 14 and TSSOP 20 pin packages that follow a QML-P “like” flow.
Anton Quiroz, CRO of Apogee Semiconductor, states, “This new family builds on the successful flight heritage of our AP54RHC LEO family. Our customers using the AP54RHC LEO family sought 300 krad (Si) for their GEO missions, prompting us to develop the GEO family with pin-to-pin compatibility for an easy upgrade path to GEO missions. We are currently offering nine variants of the GEO family for sampling, with many more on the way.”
In addition to the new GEO family, Apogee Semiconductor is also enhancing the TID radiation performance of its AP54RHC LEO family from 30 krad to 70 krad TID at 3.3 Vdc. This upgrade will enable our customers to use our LEO products in more demanding radiation environments that require additional resilience.
Explore the entire AF54RHC catalog here and contact us at sales@apogeesemi.com for orders.
About Apogee Semiconductor:
Since 2014, Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. has been at the forefront of developing radiation-hardened IC design tools and processes. With a team of highly experienced design, systems, and process engineers, Apogee takes a unique and intelligent approach to radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) IC design, verification, test, and manufacturing. The company’s rapidly expanding portfolio offers a comprehensive suite of products that provide superior value to our customers. Learn more at www.apogeesemi.com.
Media Contact:
Teresa Farris, Archon-LLC on behalf of Apogee Semiconductor
Tel: +1 719-964-3617; Teresa.farris@archon-llc.com
Apogee Semiconductor Inc. announces leadership transition and election of a chairman: Mark Hamlyn appointed CEO, Anton Quiroz to serve as CRO, Larry Blackledge elected chairman.
[Plano, TX], [01/01/2024] – Apogee Semiconductor Inc., a leading Semiconductor company in the Commercial Space Electronics Industry, today announced a leadership transition as Mark Hamlyn assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Anton Quiroz, who will be taking on the position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In addition, Apogee’s Board elected Larry Blackledge into the Chairman role.
Mark Hamlyn, Co-Founder and over 7-year veteran of the company, brings 18 years of experience and a deep understanding of the company’s vision and strategic goals.
Anton Quiroz, also a Co-Founder and 7-year veteran of the company, has served as CEO of the company, will now take on the role of Chief Revenue Officer. As CRO Anton will take ownership of the company’s revenue generation strategies, customer relations, and business development.
Larry Blackledge, 35 year semiconductor industry veteran and former CEO of Active-Semi International and VP at Texas Instruments assumes the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
In a joint statement the Apogee Board of Directors said, “We are very pleased with this evolutionary leadership transition. It underscores the strength and commitment that both Mark and Anton have to make Apogee Semiconductor successful. We also welcome Larry Blackledge transitioning from Advisor to our Board Chairman.”
About Apogee Semiconductor Inc.:
Apogee Semiconductor Inc. has been developing rad-hard IC design tools and processes since 2014. It has a team of very experienced design, systems and process engineers who are taking a different and smarter approach to radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) IC design, verification, test and manufacturing. Their rapidly growing portfolio provides a comprehensive suite of products and superior value to their customers. www.apogeesemi.com, sales@apogeesemi.com.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Media Contact:
Teresa Farris, Archon-LLC on behalf of Apogee Semiconductor
Tel: +1 719-964-3617
Apogee Semiconductor’s “Automating for SmallSat Success” Webinar
Apogee Semiconductor sponsored Space News’ “Automating for SmallSat Success” Webinar.
Please view the Webinar recording here.
CMOS Buffers Support Cold Sparing For Space ICs Without The Usual Power Penalty
View Apogee Semiconductor’s article “CMOS Buffers Support Cold Sparing For Space ICs Without The Usual Power Penalty” in How2Power Magazine.
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