Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by madengr on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:51PM
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I design RF/Microwave hardware. The issue is the long term reliability, specifically the semiconductor lifetime drops drastically with temperature, not to mention the passive components. The temp cycling may be more of an issue, as I have seen antenna arrays pull themselves apart during accelerated lifetime testing. I shutdown all of my stuff at 80C.
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