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.
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...
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...
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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Optoelectronic Components for Integration into Space
Spacecraft structural health-monitoring applications are pushed forward by increased constraints in...
Extreme Temperature Characterization of Passive Components
This article describes the setup developments and some of the results obtained for the temperature c...
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...
Development of Liquid Crystal Based Adaptive Optical elements for Space Applications
Objectives of the project: Identify, review and evaluate the current status of programmable optoele...
Experience on SEE testing EEE parts
Many basic testers availables which offer the capability to carry out a test in a rather short delay...
Test strategy for New Technologies and Nowadays Spacecraft Needs
The Single event effects is becoming more and more important due to the devices technology evolution...
Quantum Transceiver for secure Space Communications
Quantum communications offers many advantages for secure data transmission, e.g. confidentiality, in...
Evaluation of 2.1μm DFB Lasers for Space Applications
Semiconductor lasers (or laser diodes) operating in the wavelength region of 1.8 µm to 3 µm are attr...
Cleanliness space hardware with plasma | Electronics plasma cleaning
Surface contamination involving micrometric particles, microbiological agents, molecular adsorbate a...
Evaluation and Qualification of Fibre Pigtailed Lasers for ESA’s SMOS Mission
A dedicated evaluation and qualification campaign has been performed on several optical COTS compone...
