Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 751 Special order from polar bear, accept or not?
There are many smart people in this world.

Many people know the function of gallium nitride power components.

So when Nanshan Semiconductor started selling components at a recommendation meeting, many people quickly got relevant samples.

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

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

Founded in 1922, Raytheon is the Pentagon's second-largest weapons supplier. Its main business scope includes radar systems, missile systems, sensors, submarine sonar systems, military training aircraft, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, etc. Among them, radar technology and missile technology represent reached the highest level in the world today.

Radars produced by Raytheon Company equip most of the U.S. military aircraft.

如F-22的AN/APG77雷达、F-15的APG-63和APG-70雷达、B-2的APQ-181雷达。

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

Once the flagship product Radar is surpassed by China, the impact will definitely be huge.

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

"In addition, its energy density is 10 times that of gallium arsenide."

As the head of the radar business, Hayes must strive for more resources for himself.

"China has now begun to sell gallium nitride power components to the outside world. Although the price is definitely much higher than the cost price, it is also cheaper than we imagined."

Lawrence was directly prepared to issue threats to relevant semiconductor companies.

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

"Aren't many companies studying gallium nitride materials before? Contact them to see when the finished product will be available."

This situation is absolutely unacceptable.

And the number of various fighter planes in the entire United States and even its allies...

America's radar technology has always been far ahead in the world, otherwise it would not have said that it is 50 years ahead of the world.

"This allows the phased array radar to have higher power and longer operating time."

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

"As long as the Chinese people are not confused, they will definitely use gallium nitride power components in various types of radars."

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

Instead of making unnecessary arguments, Hayes was prepared to speak directly with numbers.

"Let me give you some comparative data between them, and you can feel the difference between them."

Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, the president of Raytheon, is a talented person with a background in missiles, and his understanding of radar is obviously not as deep as that of Hayes.

“We at Raytheon have always been the most advanced radar technology company in the world, and this honor cannot be left in our hands.”

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

Crisis, crisis, danger contains opportunity.

Hearing what Hayes said, Lawrence's expression also changed.

Thinking of this, Hayes' mood became less depressed.

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

"Not to mention its detection and scanning capabilities."

Fortune comes and misfortune lies, and misfortune lies.

"Does this mean they have completed the development of gallium nitride phased array radar?"

The radar of an F35 fighter jet can be sold for tens of millions of dollars. They are completely able to do this kind of thing.

But Hayes' answer made him very upset.

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

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

This is definitely an unprecedented big list.

"T/R components produced from gallium nitride can operate at temperatures up to 1700 degrees, which is three times that of gallium arsenide."

"You tell them that if there is no way to mass-produce it within this year, then we will consider purchasing gallium nitride power components from China's Nanshan Semiconductor."

"If China uses it to produce phased array radars, then the F22 and F35 radars that we previously promoted as leading the world for 50 years will immediately become outdated."

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

Lawrence asked another very crucial question.

They can be more bold and approach the Pentagon to apply for some funds or subsidies.

"This new type of radar is already on combat readiness in places we don't even know about."

As for whether Nanshan Semiconductor has been sanctioned by the United States, and whether purchasing the other party's products will violate some regulations, this is not an issue Lawrence is considering at all.

"I will go to the Fifth Corner Building in person tomorrow to report the situation to the senior officials."

In addition, the emergence of China's advanced radar means that the various airborne radars and shipborne radars currently used by the United States need to be updated.

Regulations are used to restrict ordinary enterprises. For enterprises with complicated backgrounds and relationships like Raytheon, this is not a problem at all.

The worst case scenario is to transfer more hands through intermediary traders, making it more difficult to trace the source of the components.

Just like this, it can provide some legal income to the various traders in the middle. Behind these traders are related figures in various chains.

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

Under such extreme pressure, companies in the United States soon began to announce that they had mastered the production of gallium nitride 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 Nanshan Semiconductor's sales price.

Fortunately, people's military expenditures are high, so they are not afraid even if the price is high. They need to solve the existing problems first.

……

The United States can notice the gallium nitride power components produced by Nanshan Semiconductor, and the Polar Bear side is naturally not idle either.

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

For example, the "Bornet" radar was once the largest early warning aircraft radar in the world with a powerful radar aperture of 20kW.

Due to the large aperture and high power of the radar, its maximum detection range for air fighter targets reaches 300 kilometers, and for high-altitude bomber targets, it has a detection range of 650 kilometers.

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

The emergence of active phased array radar has greatly changed the early warning aircraft. There are thousands of T/R components on this radar. Each component can send and receive signals independently, and the radar back-end processing speed is extremely fast.

Because the scan also uses electronic phase scanning instead of mechanical scanning, the update speed and detection accuracy are improved, and more targets can be tracked and struck.

Therefore, Polar Bear quickly followed the development trends of radars in other countries and was determined to develop its own new generation radar.

"Alexander, we have received information that China has begun to use gallium nitride power components to produce phased array radars. This kind of radar will soon be officially equipped with related equipment."

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

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

As the chief designer of Polar Bear Vega Electronic Manufacturing Company, Andre is very concerned about the development of radars in various countries around the world.

Especially the situation in the United States and China, he even arranged for people 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 cannot produce the gallium arsenide T/R components that have been used in the United States for many years. How can active phased array radars continue to develop?"

Alexander glared at Andre a little dissatisfied.

This guy often relies on his talent to dominate the company.

If it weren't for his father's sake, he would have been under great pressure to deal with him.

"We can use gallium nitride power components."

As soon as Andre said these words, he couldn't help but laugh under the pressure.

"Gallium nitride?"

"Andre, they can't even produce gallium arsenide T/R components well, let alone gallium nitride."

"Even if we give them another ten years, it will be impossible to produce gallium nitride T/R components."

Alexander is very familiar with the strength of various electronic manufacturers in Polar Bear's country.

In the era when the two superpowers were competing for hegemony, everyone was scrambling to develop integrated circuits.

Polar Bear chooses electronic tubes for military electronic equipment, because in a nuclear war environment, there are a large number of electromagnetic pulses, and the electronic tubes are basically uninterrupted, while the transistors fail.

And now everyone knows that the transistor route chosen by the United States will be the mainstream route for future generations.

If you make this wrong choice of road, the further you go, the higher the price and cost of reversal will be.

The current semiconductor technology of Polar Bear is far behind that of China, not to mention that of the United States.

"I don't expect domestic manufacturers to produce qualified gallium nitride power components, but we can import them."

When Andre said this, Alexander laughed again.

"import?"

"Imported from where?"

"Will the United States sell it to us?" "The gallium nitride power components used in phased array radars cannot be produced by ordinary manufacturers."

Andre was also unhappy when he was criticized one after another for what he said.

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

"Their components have been officially sold to the outside world. It is estimated that China's own radars are also produced using similar components."

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

After hearing what Andre said, Alexander's attitude changed a lot.

“China’s Nanshan Semiconductor has really developed gallium nitride power components?”

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

But he has so many things to do, he definitely doesn't have that much time to watch the news every day.

Andre seemed to know Alexander quite well, so he turned on his computer and showed him the relevant news about the Nanshan Semiconductor Gallium Nitride Power Components Recommendation Meeting.

Although many of them are in Chinese, some of their chemical symbols are universal around the world, and you can generally tell something.

"Is China really willing to sell this kind of components to us?"

"Of course! They have already started selling it to outsiders, as long as you can afford the price."

Andre gave his answer very definitely.

This caused a huge change in his stressed-out attitude, and he said: "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and arrange for someone to buy it!"

"Buy some of this kind of stuff quickly before the Chinese people react. Price is not a problem!"

Sometimes, good things are not something you can buy with money.

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

Alexander had a very clear understanding of this situation.

So when he confirmed that gallium nitride power components could be purchased in China, he decided to purchase them in large quantities without any hesitation.

After all, this component is also a consumable part. From time to time, if a component breaks, although it will not affect the overall use, the performance will definitely be better after replacement.

Soon, Andre and the others took action.

As for Nanshan Semiconductor, Zhang Jing immediately reported the situation to Cao Yang.

"Mr. Cao, Polar Bear Vega Electronics Manufacturing Company has designated high-quality gallium nitride power components that can be used to produce phased array radars. The one-time purchase quantity is quite large."

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

Although they are all gallium nitride power components, Nanshan Semiconductor still distinguishes several models based on different performances.

For example, if it is used for mobile phone chargers, it must be of the lowest quality.

The ones used for phased array radar must be of the best quality.

Components of different qualities have different requirements for the purity of gallium nitride crystals.

To produce high-purity gallium nitride crystals, many processes are required.

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

"However, we don't really need to sell the military-grade gallium nitride products supplied to Dianke Group to the polar bears. We can sell them the models used in Nanshan Auto Parts for chargers."

The most advanced products should be reserved for domestic use.

Cao Yang still has this awareness.

Anyway, for gallium arsenide T/R components, even gallium nitride T/R components with lower quality have much better performance.

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

"Then what price should we sell it for?"

"It's $100 each, no matter how many you buy, it's the same price."

"However, I guess they may not be able to produce good T/R components after buying them back."

"If they are interested in purchasing T/R components directly, it is only $1000 each."

Although the price is a bit high, unless Polar Bear buys mobile phone charger-level components from the market, he will have to follow the price offered by Nanshan Semiconductor.

After mastering the technical advantages, you have mastered the pricing power.

If you are not satisfied with the price, you don’t have to buy it.

I won’t force you anyway.

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

Active phased array radar represents the most advanced technology of current military radar. Phased array refers to "phase controlled array", and 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 an array to form an overall array, which is the so-called small antenna.

The biggest difference from passive phased array radar is that active phased array radar installs an independent T/R component behind each radiator.

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

It can be said that the number of T/R components of an active phased array radar determines the radar's power, maximum detection range, and ability to detect targets at different distances.

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

In addition, because an independent T/R component is installed behind each small antenna, the active phased array radar has stronger anti-interference ability!

Each small antenna of the active phased array radar corresponds to an independent T/R component.

A fighter aircraft radar requires thousands of T/R components.

One of the manufacturing difficulties of active phased array radar is the large-scale industrial production of T/R components.

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

Polar bears are definitely relatively weak in this regard.

To put it bluntly, even if they buy back various components and finally assemble the T/R assembly, the cost is estimated to be higher than US$1000 each.

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

With the polar bear’s control accuracy, it’s surprising that this yield rate is high.

By then, the cost of just wasting various components will be frighteningly high.

In order to supply goods to Dianke Group, Nanshan Semiconductor teamed up with Nanshan Robot to invest in a fully automatic production line.

Except for the use of "gold wire" to connect the microwave chip circuits manually, the rest is 100% done by machines.

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

Current automated equipment cannot fit the fragile gold wire into place.

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

Calculating that an active phased array radar mounted on a medium-sized fighter jet requires about 1000 T/R components, this automated production workshop can produce all the T/R components needed for a radar in about 24 hours on average!

It may not seem very fast, but in fact, this sales volume ranks first in the world, and it is the only one of its kind.

So after hearing that Nanshan Semiconductor not only sells gallium nitride power components, but also directly sells T/R components made using such power components, Polar Bear did not hesitate for a quarter of a second and directly agreed.

Then the first order funding of US$1000 million was received.

"Mr. Cao, they say the Polar Bears have no money, but it doesn't look like they have any money to me."

"The first order is US$1000 million. I estimate that if it is used well in the future, there may be many more orders."

"At that time, our T/R component production lines will need to be added."

Zhang Jing is in a very good mood now.

Nanshan Semiconductor has now opened up a new situation.

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

"I heard that the Polar Bears have more than 1000 fighter jets. Even if the radar of a fighter jet consumes T/R components, then they need more than million T/R components, which is more than billion US dollars. big market.”

"Taking into account the needs of other aircraft, ship-based 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 gallium nitride phased array radar, the polar bears will definitely promote large-scale radar upgrades.

Because of the same work, China is already considering it.

Of course, Nanshan Semiconductor will definitely exercise some control on the speed of delivery.

Just like the orders from Polar Bear, the first batch of orders can be delivered in less than a month.

But subsequent orders will definitely be delayed.

Whether it can be delivered within a year, let alone one month, is a question.

It is entirely possible for an order to be delayed for several years.

Because Nanshan Semiconductor must give priority to the needs of Dianke Group and China’s domestic needs.

My production capacity is insufficient, please wait a little longer. Even if the polar bears have objections to this matter, they can only admit it with their noses pinched.

Anyway, except for China, it is impossible for them to obtain similar products elsewhere.

Polar bears themselves often do this kind of thing.

It's just that things have changed, and today he is the one who is stuck.

(End of this chapter)