There are many smart people in this world.

Many people know what GaN power components do.

Therefore, when Nanshan Semiconductor began to sell components at the recommendation meeting, many people quickly got relevant samples.

As the world's most advanced radar manufacturer, American Raytheon is no exception.

If Northrop Grumman and Boeing are just a little worried that Nanshan Semiconductor's gallium nitride power components will bring some impact to themselves, then Raytheon cannot simply be described as worried.

Founded in 1922, Raytheon is the second largest arms supplier to the Pentagon, and its main business scope includes radar systems, missile systems, sensors, submarine sonar systems, military trainers, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, etc., among which radar technology and missile technology represent the highest level in the world today.

Raytheon's radars are equipped with most of America's military aircraft.

For example, the AN/APG77 radar of the F-22, the APG-63 and APG-70 radars of the F-15, and the APQ-181 radar of the B-2.

In addition, there are large fixed radars such as the "Pave Claw" and the X-band radar of the US National Missile Defense System.

Once the fist product radar is surpassed by Huaxia, the impact is absolutely huge.

"Lawrence, judging from the current test results, the gallium nitride power components produced by Nanshan Semiconductor are very advanced."

"If Huaxia uses it to produce phased array radar, then the radar of the F22 and F35, which we have previously advertised to the outside world for 50 years, will immediately become backward."

As the head of Raytheon's radar business, Hayes was definitely very anxious at this time.

The United States has always been far ahead of the world in radar technology, otherwise it would not have said that it was 50 years ahead of the world.

But now the emergence of gallium nitride power components has made this situation too embarrassing.

"Using gallium nitride to produce T/R components for phased array radars is certainly better than gallium arsenide, but it is impossible for Huaxia's radar technology to surpass us at once, right?"

Rayson's President Taylor S. Dr. W. Lawrence is a missile-born talent, and his understanding of radar is obviously not as profound as Hayes's.

So after listening to Hayes's words, he couldn't help but ask his own questions.

"I'll give you a few examples of how they compare and you can feel the gap."

Instead of arguing pointlessly, Hayes was ready to speak directly with numbers.

"The operating temperature of the T/R module produced by gallium nitride can go up to 1700 degrees, which is three times that of gallium arsenide."

"This allows the phased array radar to have higher power and longer sustained operation."

"In addition, it has 10 times the energy density of gallium arsenide."

"This is very fatal, because it means that if the GaN phased array airborne radar is turned on centrally, it can be directly used as a weapon to shoot down enemy aircraft."

"Not to mention its detection and scanning capabilities."

Hearing Hayes say this, Lawrence's face also changed.

If Huaxia uses gallium nitride in phased array radar, wouldn't radar technology be able to catch up with or even lead the United States in an instant?

This situation is absolutely unacceptable.

"Huaxia has now begun to sell gallium nitride power components, although the price is definitely much higher than the cost price, but it is also cheaper than we imagined."

"Does this mean that they have completed the development of the GaN phased array radar?"

Lawrence asked another very crucial question.

Hayes's answer was very heart-wrenching.

"As long as the Chinese people do not have water in their brains, they will definitely use gallium nitride power components in various types of radars."

"Even where we don't know, this new type of radar is already on combat-ready duty."

As the head of the radar business, Hayes must have to get some more resources for himself.

Huaxia is likely to have made a new breakthrough in radar technology, which is a threat, but in a sense, it is also an opportunity for Raytheon.

They can be more bold to apply for some funding or subsidies from the five/corner/building.

In addition, the emergence of advanced radars in Huaxia means that the various airborne radars and shipborne radars and other products currently used in the United States need to be updated.

This is definitely an unprecedentedly large order.

The radar of an F35 fighter is sold for tens of millions of dollars, and they have done this kind of thing completely.

And the number of various warplanes of the United States as a whole and even its allies......

Thinking of this, Hayes's mood was not so depressed.

Blessings and misfortunes lurk, and misfortunes and blessings rely on.

Crisis, crisis, danger contains opportunity.

"I'll personally go to the five/corner/building tomorrow and report the situation to those big men."

"We at Raytheon have always been the world's most advanced radar technology company, and this honor cannot be lost in our hands."

"Haven't many companies been working on gallium nitride materials before? You contact them to see when the finished product will come out. ”

"You tell them that if there is no way to mass produce it this year, then we will have to consider buying GaN power components from Huaxia's Nanshan Semiconductor."

Lawrence was directly prepared to issue threats to the semiconductor companies involved.

As the second largest arms company in the United States, Lawrence has the confidence to do such a thing.

As for whether Nanshan Semiconductor was sanctioned by the United States and whether the purchase of the other party's products would violate some regulations, this is not a question that Lawrence is considering at all.

The regulations are used to restrict ordinary enterprises, and for an enterprise like Raytheon, which has a very complex background relationship, this is not a matter at all.

The big deal is to transfer a few more hands through intermediate traders, making it more difficult to trace the source of components.

In this way, you can give some legal income to the traders in the middle, and behind these traders are related people in various chains.

With Lawrence's instructions, Hayes could naturally boldly go to the relevant companies to communicate.

Under this extreme pressure, some companies in the United States soon began to announce that they also mastered the production of GaN power components.

However, the defective rate of gallium nitride power components produced by these companies is very high, and the cost is much higher than that of Nanshan Semiconductor.

Basically, their cost price is the selling price of Nanshan Semiconductor.

Fortunately, people's military spending is high, even if the price is high, they are not afraid, and they will solve the problem first.

……

The United States can notice the gallium nitride power components made by Nanshan Semiconductor, and the polar bear is naturally not idle.

For a long time, although the performance of the polar bear's airborne radar is not very bad, it has been achieved by a special boss.

For example, the "Hornet" radar used to be the radar of early warning aircraft with the largest radar aperture in the world at that time, with a strong power of 20kW.

Due to the large aperture and high power of the radar, the maximum detection range of the radar fighter target in the air has reached 300 km, and the detection range of the high-altitude bomber and other targets is 650 km.

This is somewhat similar to the Su-35S fighter jet behind it, the polar bear always uses strong power, large aperture and long detection distance to make up for the gap in detection accuracy, scanning range and signal processing.

The advent of active phased array radars has greatly changed AWACS, which has thousands of T/R components on it, each of which can send and receive signals independently, and the radar back-end processing speed is extremely fast.

Because scanning also uses electronic phase scanning instead of mechanical scanning, the update speed and detection accuracy have increased, and more targets have been tracked and hit.

As a result, the polar bear is fast tracking the development trend of radars in other countries, and is also determined to develop its own new generation radar.

"Alexander, we have received information that Huaxia has begun to use gallium nitride power components to produce phased array radars, and this radar will soon be officially equipped with relevant equipment."

"According to our speculation, the performance of these radars will be the most advanced in the world, even in the United States."

"I think the new generation of early warning radar that the company is working on no longer needs to use mechanical horizontal scanning, but can use active phased array radar like the United States."

As the chief designer of the polar bear Vega Electronic Manufacturing Company, Andrei is very concerned about the development of radars in countries around the world.

Especially the situation in the United States and Huaxia, he even arranged for someone to keep an eye on it.

"Of course, I know the benefits of active phased array radar, but domestic suppliers must be able to produce qualified T/R components."

"We can't produce gallium arsenide T/R components that have been used in the United States for many years, so how can active phased array radar develop?"

Alexander glared at Andrei with a little dissatisfaction.

This guy often relies on his talent to run rampant in the company.

If it weren't for his father's sake, most of the pressure would have been ready to clean him up.

"We can use GaN power devices."

As soon as Andre said this, he couldn't help but laugh when he was under pressure.

"GaN?"

"Andrey, they can't even produce the T/R components of gallium arsenide, let alone gallium nitride."

"Even if they are given another ten years, it will be impossible to produce GaN T/R modules."

Alexander is still very familiar with the strength of various domestic electronics manufacturers of Polar Bear.

In the era when the two superpowers competed for hegemony, everyone was vying to develop integrated circuits.

Polar bears choose tubes in military electronics, because in a nuclear war environment, there is a large number of electromagnetic pulses, and the tubes are basically undisturbed, and the transistors are hanging.

And now everyone knows that the transistor route chosen by the United States is the mainstream route for later generations.

The wrong choice of this path, the further back you go, the higher the cost and cost of reversing.

Now Polar Bear's semiconductor technology is not only compared with the United States, but also compared with China.

"I don't expect those domestic manufacturers to be able to produce qualified GaN power components, but we can import them."

As soon as Andrei said this, Alexander laughed again.

"Imports?"

"Where are you importing from?"

"Will America sell to us?"

"The gallium nitride power components used in phased array radars are not something that ordinary manufacturers can produce."

What he said was scolded one after another, and Andre was also unhappy.

"Huaxia, we can buy from Huaxia's Nanshan Semiconductor."

"Their components have been officially sold to the outside world, and it is estimated that Huaxia's own radar is also produced using similar components."

"Compared with buying components from the United States, buying from China is rarely restricted due to special reasons."

Hearing Andrei say this, Alexander's attitude changed a lot.

"Huaxia's Nanshan Semiconductor has really developed gallium nitride power components?"

As the president of Vega Electronics Manufacturing Company, Alexander naturally also knows the name of Nanshan Semiconductor.

But he has a lot of opportunities, and he definitely doesn't have that much time to stare at the news every day.

Andre also seemed to know Alexander quite well, so he directly turned on his computer and showed him the relevant news of the Nanshan Semiconductor GaN Power Components Recommendation Conference.

Although many of them are in Chinese, some of their chemical symbols are universal, and some things can still be seen in general.

"Is Huaxia really willing to sell us this kind of component?"

"Of course! People have already started selling to the outside world, as long as they can afford the price. ”

Andrei gave his answer in the affirmative.

This made the attitude of the stressful mountain change dramatically, and said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and arrange someone to buy it!" ”

"This kind of thing, before the Chinese people don't react, hurry up and buy a little, the price is not a problem!"

Sometimes, good Dingxi is not something you can buy with money.

Even if you pay a very high price, you can't buy it.

Alexander had a very clear understanding of the situation.

So when he confirmed that he could buy gallium nitride power components in Huaxia, he decided to purchase a large number of them without any hesitation.

After all, this kind of component is also a kind of loss parts, from time to time after a component is broken, although it will not affect the overall use, but the performance will definitely be better after replacement.

Soon, Andrei and they were in action.

On the side of Nanshan Semiconductor, Zhang Jing also immediately reported the situation to Cao Yang.

"Mr. Cao, Polar Bear Vega Electronics Manufacturing Company named high-quality gallium nitride power components that can be used to produce phased array radars, and there are still a lot of one-time purchases."

"Do we accept this kind of order or not?"

Although they are all gallium nitride power components, Nanshan Semiconductor still has several models according to different performance.

For example, it is used for mobile phone chargers, which must be the worst type of quality.

And for phased array radars, it must be of the best quality.

Different quality components have different requirements for the purity of GaN crystals.

To produce high-purity GaN crystals, there are many processes required.

"Our recommendation meetings have already been held, so naturally there is no reason not to accept them."

"However, there is no need for us to really sell the military-grade gallium nitride products supplied to the Electric Technology Group to the polar bears, and we can sell them the models that are used in Nanshan auto parts for chargers."

State-of-the-art products are to be reserved for domestic use.

Cao Yang still has this awareness.

Anyway, for gallium arsenide T/R modules, even the poor quality gallium nitride T/R modules have much better performance.

In this case, as long as the polar bear is not stupid, it will definitely choose to buy it.

"So how much should we sell for at the right price?"

"$100 a piece, no matter how many you buy, that's the price."

"However, I don't think they will be able to produce good T/R modules after they buy them back."

"If they're interested in buying T/R components directly, it's only $1,000 a piece."

Although this price is a bit high, unless Polar Bear buys components of the level of mobile phone chargers from the market, it will have to follow the price given by Nanshan Semiconductor.

Once you have the technical advantage, you have the pricing power.

If you are not satisfied with the price, then you can not buy it.

I'm not going to force you anyway.

As for Nanshan Semiconductor's offer, Polar Bear agreed without any hesitation.

Active phased array radar represents the most advanced technology of current military radar, phased array refers to the "phase-controlled array", and the phased array radar is also a radar composed of "phase-controlled array".

Both active phased array radar and passive phased array radar place a large number of radiators on a single array to form an overall array, which is called a small antenna.

The biggest difference from passive phased array radars is that active phased array radars have a separate T/R component mounted behind each emitter.

The function of the T/R component is to amplify the transmitted/received signal and control the signal amplitude and phase.

It can be said that the number of T/R components of an active phased array radar determines the performance of this radar, such as power, maximum detection range, and detection ability of targets at different distances.

Compared with passive phased array radar, active phased array radar has a longer detection range, stronger tracking and locking ability for multiple targets, and has the ability to simultaneously detect targets at different distances.

In addition, since an independent T/R component is installed behind each small antenna, the active phased array radar is more resistant to interference!

Active phased array radars have a separate T/R component behind each small antenna.

And a fighter airborne radar requires thousands of T/R components.

One of the difficulties in the manufacture of active phased array radars is the large-scale industrial production of T/R components.

Specifically, how to effectively control the quality of mass-produced T/R components, how to reduce the cost per part of T/R components, and how to reduce the overall cost of active phased array radar.

Polar bears are definitely relatively weak in this regard.

To put it mildly, even if they buy back all kinds of components and finally assemble T/R components, the cost is estimated to be higher than $1,000 each.

After all, most countries will face the problem of low yield rate of T/R components when manufacturing active phased array radars.

In terms of the control accuracy of polar bears, it is no wonder that this yield rate can be high.

At that time, the cost of all kinds of components wasted alone will be scary.

In order to supply the electric technology group, Nanshan Semiconductor has invested in a fully automatic production line with Nanshan Robot.

Except for the microwave chip circuit connection with "gold wire", which is manual, the rest is 100% completed by machines.

The reason why there is a process of employing people is that in this process, the gold wire used is to pull a gram of gold out of 10 microns in diameter, and then connect the circuit.

Current automation equipment is not capable of fitting this easily breakable gold wire in place.

Nanshan Semiconductor's automated production workshop can manufacture a qualified T/R component in an average of 2 minutes.

According to the calculation that the active phased array radar carried by a medium fighter requires about 1,000 T/R components, this automated production workshop can produce all the T/R components required for a radar in about 24 hours on average!

It doesn't seem like it's fast, but in fact, it's the world's No. 1 sales volume, and it's not one of the kind.

Therefore, when I heard that Nanshan Semiconductor not only sells gallium nitride power components, but also directly sells T/R components made of this power component, Polar Bear did not hesitate for a quarter of an hour and agreed directly.

Then the first $10 million in order money was called.

"Mr. Cao, they all say that the polar bear has no money, and I don't seem to have any money."

"The first order is $10 million, and it is estimated that if it is used well, there may be many more orders in the future."

"At that time, we will need to add additional production lines for T/R components."

Zhang Jing is in a good mood now.

Nanshan Semiconductor has now opened up a new situation.

Relying on gallium nitride power components, the company is also well-known in the industry.

"I heard that the polar bear has more than 3,000 fighter jets, even if it is calculated according to the radar consumption of 1,000 T/R components of a fighter, then they need more than 3 million T/R components, which is a big market of more than 3 billion US dollars."

"Considering the needs of other aircraft, shipborne radars and land-based radars, the market for polar bears still has great potential in the future."

Cao Yang believes that after seeing the benefits of GaN phased array radar, the polar bear will definitely promote a large-scale radar upgrade.

Because of the same work, Huaxia is already thinking about it.

Of course, Nanshan Semiconductor will definitely have some control over the speed of delivery.

Just like the order from the polar bear, the first order can be delivered in less than a month.

But the following orders will definitely be delayed.

Not to mention a month, it is a question whether it can be delivered within a year.

It is entirely possible that even an order will drag on for several years.

Because Nanshan Semiconductor must give priority to the needs of the Electric Technology Group, and give priority to the domestic needs of Huaxia.

My production capacity is insufficient, you wait a little longer, this matter, even if the polar bear has an opinion, he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

Anyway, except for Huaxia's side, it is impossible for them to get similar products elsewhere.

Polar bears themselves have done nothing less about this kind of thing.

It's just that feng shui takes turns, and today he is the one who gets stuck in the neck.

(End of chapter)

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