City-based electronics firm Weiler International Electronics (WIE) played a crucial role in India’s maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-I by supplying electronic circuits to Indian Space Research Organization ISRO), required for critical applications in making the satellite.
“WIE is the first private company, which has been certified by ISRO for supplying electronic circuits for their satellite applications. At WIE, these electronic circuits are manufactured using Thick Film Technology and are commonly known as Thick film Hybrid Microcircuits. This technology was indigenously developed by WIE and involves compressed integration of semiconductor ICS on a fine printed ceramic substrate,” WIE Managing Director Subashish Roy said.
Satellites require various types of electronic circuits for performing different functions in the space and for communication with earth. For any successful mission (technically and economically) the weight of the satellite is an important parameter, which needs to be focused upon.
These electronic circuits or components can be manufactured by using different technologies. The circuits manufactured using common manufacturing technology i.e. by using conventional printed circuit board and leaded components are quite heavy and consume more square feet area of the satellite.
“On the contrary, electronic circuits manufactured using thick film technology require less area and are light in weight. Thus using thick film hybrid technology route one can fit more number of applications on the satellite,” he said.
The WIE MD said that his company was proud to be associated with ISRO. “Senior ISRO scientists had personally called up to congratulate our team after the successful launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying the payloads for Chandrayaan-I mission. We are certainly looking forward to more such fruitful association in many other prestigious projects for future like Chandrayaan-II and India’s first manned mission to moon,” Roy said.
“WIE is the first private company, which has been certified by ISRO for supplying electronic circuits for their satellite applications. At WIE, these electronic circuits are manufactured using Thick Film Technology and are commonly known as Thick film Hybrid Microcircuits. This technology was indigenously developed by WIE and involves compressed integration of semiconductor ICS on a fine printed ceramic substrate,” WIE Managing Director Subashish Roy said.
Satellites require various types of electronic circuits for performing different functions in the space and for communication with earth. For any successful mission (technically and economically) the weight of the satellite is an important parameter, which needs to be focused upon.
These electronic circuits or components can be manufactured by using different technologies. The circuits manufactured using common manufacturing technology i.e. by using conventional printed circuit board and leaded components are quite heavy and consume more square feet area of the satellite.
“On the contrary, electronic circuits manufactured using thick film technology require less area and are light in weight. Thus using thick film hybrid technology route one can fit more number of applications on the satellite,” he said.
The WIE MD said that his company was proud to be associated with ISRO. “Senior ISRO scientists had personally called up to congratulate our team after the successful launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying the payloads for Chandrayaan-I mission. We are certainly looking forward to more such fruitful association in many other prestigious projects for future like Chandrayaan-II and India’s first manned mission to moon,” Roy said.
