Hervé Legay of ThalesAlenia Space

Abstract: We stand at the dawn of a new era for the space
telecommunication ecosystem, marked by a consistent exponential growth
in throughput as well as the irruption of new systems based on
constellation of satellites. For these challenges, new models for
disruptive innovation are imagined for the future generation of
payloads:
•    Developing new antennas and RF subsystems concepts inspired by
optics, or based on metamaterials (composite media with an internal
periodic structure that provides specific characteristics such as
filtering, phase-shifting, absorbing, etc.)
•       Integrating of smart and agile RF systems with signal
processing capability that exploit mechanically actuated RF
components, smart RF surfaces as well as innovative deployment
schemes.
•    Introducing into space cost efficient manufacturing
techniques, based on additive and subtractive processes, metallised
plastics, thin organic large area electronics, etc.
Recent achievements in these innovative concepts developed at Thales
Alenia Space will be presented, identifying their perspectives and
their limitations.

Biography:

Hervé Legay was born in 1965. He received the electrical
engineering and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute of Applied
Sciences (INSA), Rennes, France, in 1988 and 1991, respectively. For
two years, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, where he developed innovating planar
antennas. He joined Alcatel Space, Toulouse, France, in 1994, which is
now Thales Alenia Space. He initially conducted studies in the areas
of telecommunication satellite antennas and antenna processing. He
designed the architecture and the antijamming process of the Syracuse
3 active antenna. He is the author of 27 patents. He is
currently responsible for the R&T studies on space antennas, director
of the joint laboratory MERLIN involving Thales Alenia Space and IETR
(Institut d’electronique et de Télécommunication de Rennes). He
coordinates the collaborations with academic and research partners. He
was appointed Antenna Expert in Thales. Dr. Legay is a co-prize-winner
of the 2007 Schelkunoff prize paper award. He received the Gold Thales
Awards in 2008, a reward for the best innovations in the group Thales.

Email:

Address:Toulousse, France

Hervé Legay of ThalesAlenia Space

Biography:

Email:

Address:Toulousse, France