DEEP PPU

🎯 The DEEP PPU project has reached its final milestone! Our team delivered an advanced, integrated PPU architecture for future electric propulsion — boosting performance, efficiency and competitiveness for European missions. 🔗deepppu.eu/2025/11/24/dee…

Final webinar recap! Advancing Space-Grade Magnetics — Franci Zajc, FRAZA. FRAZA developed key magnetic components for the RFG and filters, enabling a highly efficient, fully integrated PPU. 💡 deepppu.eu/2025/11/21/adv…

🌟 Guillermo Nuñez Rodríguez presented the integrated RF Generator for the DEEP PPU—a design that cuts mass and complexity but demands smart high-frequency handling. A custom damping filter ensures stable, efficient performance.📄 deepppu.eu/2025/11/21/des…

S.Hermant (@axoncable) presented the newly developed high-voltage, high-frequency harness designed to meet the demanding requirements of next-generation electric propulsion. 💡deepppu.eu/2025/11/21/dev…

🚀 Missed Javier Torres’ DEEP PPU presentation? The summary is now online—covering Europe’s next-generation PPU design, efficiency gains and the path toward a flight-ready model. 📢 Full summary here: deepppu.eu/2025/11/24/des…

🌟 DEEP PPU webinar summaries are now online! If you missed the final session, you can now revisit all insights—from next-gen PPU design and harness technologies to RF solutions, advanced magnetics and our path toward a flight-representative PPU. 📢 deepppu.eu/archive/deep-p…

🚀𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 @deep_ppu 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥. Learn more: deepppu.eu/2025/11/08/the…

🚀 From COTS-based PPU design to full system integration — what does this mean for future missions? Join Fabien Malet (Airbus DS) to explore how DEEP PPU drives Europe’s electric propulsion autonomy. 🗓️ Nov 6 | 10:00–11:15 CET | Webex 🔗 Register deepppu.eu/final-webinar-…

🚀 Axon' Cable joins the DEEP PPU project with a custom harness linking the power unit & thruster — engineered for the toughest space conditions. 📷 Presented by Stéphane Hermand, Technical Authority @ Axon' Cable. Learn more: bit.ly/47r3mUp

📢 Custom-made magnetic components are key to efficient space power systems. Join the DEEP PPU Final Webinar to see FRAZA’s innovative inductors, transformers & sensors in action. 🗓️ 6 Nov | 10:00–11:15 CET | Webex Learn more: deepppu.eu/final-webinar-…

How do you integrate an RFG within a PPU while keeping mass & cost low? Find out at the DEEP PPU Final Webinar — Guillermo Nuñez Rodríguez (UPM) unveils an innovative filter design for ion thrusters. 🗓️ Nov 6, 10:00–11:15 CET 🔗deepppu.eu/final-webinar-…

🚀 DEEP PPU Test Readiness Review successfully completed! PPU characterization and RFG prototype results reviewed, and the test plan agreed. Next up: integration & coupling test with a thruster simulator in Q4 2025.

At the 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference in London, Airbus Crisa presented its latest innovation: Modular Versatile Power Processing Unit (MVPPU) – bridging the gap between SmallSat PPUs and high-reliability solutions for larger spacecraft. deepppu.eu/about-project/…

🚀 Don’t miss the DEEP-PPU Final Webinar! Javier Torres (#AirbusCrisa) shares how a new Power Processing Unit for ion thrusters was built using COTS tech.📅 6 Nov | 🕙 10:00 CET | 💻 Webex Register: deepppu.eu/final-webinar-… #SpacePropulsion #PowerElectronics #EUResearch

🚀 The EU co-funded @deep_ppu project is coming to an end! Join us for our final webinar to discover how our teams advanced power electronics for next-generation electric propulsion systems. Learn more: deepppu.eu/final-webinar-…

APEC 2025, Atlanta — Buck Converter in Triangular Current Mode for Space Applications. FPGA-based variable-frequency control achieving ZVS, validated on a 500 W prototype. Read full paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10977…

📢 New presentation alert! At the Annual Meeting in Madrid 🇪🇸, Guillermo Núñez Rodríguez (UPM) shared: “Design of a RF Generator for a Gridded Ion Thruster” . Now available online 👉 deepppu.eu/wp-content/upl…

🚀 Conference poster: Analysis and Design of a Radio Frequency Generator for Gridded Ion Technology Thruster. Single-stage RF generator design that regulates power & syncs with the load. Validated by simulations + prototype. 📌 Open the poster: zenodo.org/records/168945…

🚀 Conference paper: Analysis & Design of an RF Generator for Gridded Ion Thrusters. Proposes a simplified single-stage architecture for plasma ionization, validated by sims & prototype tests. Read more 👉 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10298…

📄 Conference paper: Isolated DC/DC Converter for RF Generator in Satellite Propulsion. We compare 4 GaN topologies (DAB, PSFB, ACF, Buck+LLC) for 100V→20–200V, 1.1 kW 500kHz. Towards compact, efficient RF power for ion thrusters. Read: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10413…