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Exxelia Ohmcraft's cutting-edge resistors redefining reliability in the aerospace industry

Empowering Space Exploration: Unveiling the Cutting-Edge Exxelia Ohmcraft Resistors

Exxelia Ohmcraft resistor Exxelia Ohmcraft provides designers of space instrumentation with resistors that are the foundation for building robust power supplies, sensors and imaging equipment. Exxelia Ohmcraft products have helped push forward scientific advancements in mass spectrometry, image intensifiers, X-Ray sources and spectroscopic analysis. We provide standard and custom products to many market leaders with the reliability that makes Exxelia Ohmcraft the resistor of choice for such critical scientific space applications.

 

Our unique Micropen precision printing technology produces ultra-stable resistors with exceptional reliability that are perfectly suited for space flight applications. For over 20 years, Exxelia Ohmcraft has been designing resistors used in instruments on various spacecrafts. Our resistors enable the analytical equipment designed for strategic science missions which creates the space technology that explores outer space.


Exxelia Ohmcraft technology produces a superior resistor. The combination of our longer serpentine pattern and high-aspect ratio gives our resistors unmatched design flexibility, linearity, stability and low noise capability as well as:

 

 

Exxelia Ohmcraft resistor HVAExxelia Ohmcraft resistor HVD Ultra High Voltages up to 60 kV

Extremely tight tolerances to 0.1%Contact Exxelia

Very low TCR with extended temperature range

Very low noise / Very low VCR

Ultra-high stability

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Custom designs for Space applications

Exxelia Ohmcraft ability to design and deliver custom resistors is essential for space instrumentation designers. Our engineers work closely with you to design resistors that match your exact specifications.

Surface-mount resistors, dividers and networks

Extensive experience designing custom resistors and supporting source
control drawings (SCD) for existing and new designs

Engineering Models

Flight Models


Exxelia Ohmcraft can perform Lot Acceptance Testing (LAT) on our resistor products using a number of Space and Military Specifications, including:


NASA EEE-INST-002 Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3

MIL-PRF-55342, MIL-PRF-49462 and MIL-PRF-83401

MIL-STD-202

ESCC 4001 (ESA/SSC 4001)

 

Our expertise in designing for military applications spans across a spectrum of products, each contributing significantly to advancing military capabilities:

Scientific Instrumentation

 

Products: MCH, HVR, HVD, HVA and Custom designsExxelia Ohmcraft Rover Perseverance

Applications:

Mass Spectrometers

Ion Mobility Spectrometers

Test Equipment

Signal Generators

Chemical / Mineral Sample

Analysis

Instrumentation Power Supplies

 

Products: MCH, HVR, HVD, HVA and Custom designsContact Exxelia

Applications:

High Voltage Custom Power Supplies

Vision SystemsExxelia Ohmcraft Satellite

 

Products: MCH, HVR, HVD, HVA and Custom designs

Applications:

Image Intensifier Circuits 

Optical Spectrometers

Photomultipliers

 

 

Exxelia Ohmcraft is the leader in high performance resistor design and manufacturing. Our proprietary Micropen precision printing technology enables
superior precision thick-film resistors. Exxelia Ohmcraft can meet the most challenging space instrument specifications for high voltage and high value resistors.

 

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POWER SOLUTIONS AT PCIM 2017

Magnetic Components based on Adaptive CCM Technology Exxelia designed CCM technology to respond to the growing interest of electronic engineers for inductors and transformers with multiple outputs, high power density and reduced footprint. Qualified for aeronautic and space applications, the CCM product line features terrific robustness. The monolithic design provides high mechanical performance, proven by the successfully testing in accordance with MIL-STD-202 (methods 213 and 204). The series offers five different sizes, allowing optimized component design in a pick-and-place surface mount (SMD) package. Through-hole (TH) packages are also available upon request. The CCM series is particularly flexible with a number of pins options available, from 2×6 pins for the smallest package, up to 2×10. CCM transformers and inductors can operate over a wide temperature range with a minimal temperature of -55° C. The standard thermal grade of the technology is 140° C. Thanks to the technology design, the thermal resistance is 30% lower than standard industrial components. The epoxy molding protecting the winding ensures a lower temperature gradient and a better heat dissipation. Each unit is thoroughly tested with a dielectric withstanding strength of 1,500 VAC. Component materials meet UL 94-V0 rating. Cost-effective Common-mode Chokes Qualified for Aerospace Exxelia designed this extensive and cost-effective range to be an easy commercial (COTS) solution for aerospace, defense, and other high-reliability applications. The TCM series is available in a through-hole package for horizontal or vertical mounting. TCM chokes are offered with inductances from 0.7 mH to 47 mH under rated currents from 0.3 to 4.0 A. Each unit is thoroughly tested with a dielectric withstanding strength of 1,500 VAC. Excellent thermal properties allow the series to operate from -55° C to +125° C. The high mechanical performance of the component materials (all meeting to UL94 V0 rating) makes TCM a perfect fit for aviation, defense and transportation industries.
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