ALTER is an expert and trusted supplier in the field of engineering and testing of EEE components and equipment for space and other technology markets.
ALTER offers a wide range of services, from parts procurement to equipment testing, including radiation, packaging design and assembly, screening, destructive physical analysis, qualification, environmental testing, failure analysis, obsolescence management, counterfeit assessment and much more.
Packaging & Assembly
Alter Technology (formerly Optocap) is a technology-oriented company active in the field of optoelectronics, microelectronics and MEMS packaging design and assembly services Optoc...
Certification & Equipment Testing
Product quality assurance of complex systems presents particular difficulties that require a solid expertise to achieve the objective without jeopardizing the time to market and op...
Engineering and testing of Hi Rel electronic components
High reliability electronic components - Space electronic components. What Do We Offer to Our Customers?, comprehensive experience in the high reliability electronic components...
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Radiation Testing Services Electronics Parts
Radiation degrades EEE components and generates device perturbations that could lead to its malfunction or destruction. These effects are highly dependent on the radiation type: ga...
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Evaluation of Optoelectronic Components for Space Applications
After expose key elements on the evaluation of Optoelectronic Components for Space Applications, whe...
SEE testing on GaAs test vehicles. Methodology, Results and Derating. Lessons Learned
Radiation sensitivity of GaAs components is not really well known, compare to other technologies. Tr...
Experience on SEE testing EEE parts
Many basic testers availables which offer the capability to carry out a test in a rather short delay...
Assessment of Commercial Optical Amplifiers for Potential use in Space Applications
This paper describes the activities and results of an ESA-funded project concerned with the assessme...
Quantum Transceiver for secure Space Communications
Quantum communications offers many advantages for secure data transmission, e.g. confidentiality, in...
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Photonic Technologies in Space Applications
The use of photonic technologies for space applications has risen the problem related to the ability...
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Balanced-to-Balanced Microstrip Diplexer Based on Magnetically Coupled Resonators
The use of differential (or balanced) digital and analog circuits for information processing has inc...
Evaluation of the Radiation Hardness of GaSbbased Laser Diodes for Space Applications
ASER diodes are increasingly used for space applications, either to pump solid state lasers, in phot...
Optical Switches
The objective of this activity is to examine the suitability of solid state fiber optic switches to...
A method of space radiation environment reliability prediction
Space radiation environment is an important failure causing factor in space vehicles. Traditional r...
