Chapter 913: Performance Is Off the Charts, the King of Radar Is Rising

"Mr. Cao, combining gallium nitride power components with diamonds can indeed play a huge role in improving the performance of electronic components such as radars."

"But even if the price of diamonds drops to only one-tenth of the current level, the final cost of radars will still be very high."

"General fighter jets do not need such a long detection distance, but for electronic jammers and electronic reconnaissance ships, the situation is different."

"I think this new type of electronic component can cooperate with Wenchong Shipyard and test it on their electronic reconnaissance ship as soon as possible."

"If the performance is very good at that time, even if the United States also upgrades the electronic reconnaissance ship made of gallium nitride power components, the performance will not be better than ours."

Zhao Siyu quickly found an application scenario for this new type of radar and other products under research.

The idea of ​​using diamonds on some electronic components is actually not Cao Yang's first creation.

Relevant technicians at Raytheon in the United States mentioned this topic a long time ago.

There are even similar articles in the papers of some colleges and universities.

However, this plan is too far-fetched, and the cost of diamonds was too high before.

The cost of a radar used on a fighter alone, according to Raytheon's own estimate, can reach tens of millions of dollars.

This is still estimated in a more conservative way, otherwise the cost may be hundreds of millions of dollars.

So even if everyone knows that diamonds combined with electronic equipment can have a very good effect, there is no way to use it on a large scale.

Even except for the laboratory state, there is no thought of mass production of radar.

Now Venus Technology wants to break this situation, which will definitely have a huge impact on the field of high-end electronic equipment such as radar.

It can be said that China's related products will go from always catching up with others to becoming the object of others' pursuit.

This situation is naturally what Cao Yang hopes to see.

"You should cooperate with Nanshan Semiconductor as soon as possible, produce some samples and take them to Wenchong Shipyard for testing."

"If the performance of the 915 electronic reconnaissance ship under construction can be improved, it will be a happy thing for everyone."

Considering that the cost of artificial cultivation of diamonds is still not low, it is a more appropriate choice to test the water with an electronic reconnaissance ship first.

Zhao Siyu naturally fully understands this.

Soon, they took action.

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"Mr. Cao, your technology upgrade is too fast, far beyond my imagination."

"With this new generation of radar and related electronic equipment, our electronic reconnaissance ship will undoubtedly be the world's leading one in the future."

"Even if it is against the most advanced 12,000-ton electronic reconnaissance ship of the United States, we can defeat them."

"This is very meaningful for improving the combat effectiveness of relevant departments."

Xiang Jianghui personally accompanied Cao Yang and others to participate in the test of new radar and electronic jamming equipment.

Both sides have very familiar technical teams, and it is naturally not difficult to do some upgraded samples and testing work on the existing basis.

So Nanshan Equipment and Venusstar Technology quickly worked together to produce new samples, and then began to transport them to Wenchong Shipyard for testing.

Needless to say, the test results are absolutely exaggerated.

The radar detection distance has doubled directly, and this is just a sample.

If the various plans and parameters are adjusted later, it is entirely possible to further increase the detection distance.

This is the application of radar.

And the application of jamming equipment is even more exaggerated. After the heat dissipation efficiency is good, it becomes possible to further increase the power.

At that time, jamming at a longer distance can also have a good effect, which is of great significance in actual combat.

The electronic reconnaissance ship itself has no protective power, and the closer to the front line, the more dangerous it is.

If you can hide behind and easily carry out electronic reconnaissance and jamming work, it will be very beneficial to improve its safety.

But as an opponent, it will be depressing.

Perhaps their electronic jamming equipment has not even started to work, and has been destroyed by China.

In modern warfare, this situation is absolutely fatal.

"Unfortunately, the cost is still too high. If all new technologies are used to produce electronic reconnaissance ships, the price of a 915 electronic reconnaissance ship will directly soar to more than 10 billion yuan."

"The later 10,000-ton and 12,000-ton versions will be even higher."

"I guess the relevant departments can't afford it."

If something is too expensive, no matter how good it is, it is difficult to promote it on a large scale.

Cao Yang is also very clear about this.

That’s why we want Nanshan Equipment to sell its artificial diamond production equipment on a large scale, and bring down the price of diamonds in the entire industry.

At that time, whether Nanshan Equipment produces artificial diamonds by itself or purchases some from outside, it can reduce production costs.

Although it is unlikely that all aircraft and warships will use the latest radars and other products so quickly.

However, it is still possible to consider upgrading the technology of a few products such as electronic reconnaissance ships, electronic jammers, and electronic early warning aircraft.

After all, these auxiliary products are very meaningful for the relevant departments to improve their overall combat effectiveness.

"It is indeed a bit exaggerated to use diamonds as raw materials for the production of various radars and other electronic components."

"It would be best if we could find some other substitutes."

Xiang Jianghui naturally understood what Cao Yang said.

With an electronic reconnaissance ship costing tens of billions of yuan, it is estimated that it would be unbearable to produce only one at most.

Most other electronic reconnaissance ships will definitely continue to use the previous plan.

"It may take enough time for the overall technology iteration to find a low-cost solution."

"But it is still possible to use diamonds as a material for local core equipment and parts."

"It depends on which products the relevant departments can accept the increase in sales prices."

It is not up to Cao Yang to decide on which products the new things he has developed can be used on. He also needs to consider the opinions of relevant departments.

After all, people have to be willing to pay for it.

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Cao Yang and Xiang Jianghui quickly reported the test information at Wenchong Shipyard to the relevant departments.

This result is absolutely sensational.

Using diamonds to produce radars, just hearing this plan will make people feel very exaggerated.

Not to mention some large active phased array radars, the area is very huge.

The number of diamonds needed on it is very exaggerated.

The most important thing is that these diamonds cannot be small diamonds, but need to meet specific sizes.

In this way, the relevant costs will naturally be higher.

"Mr. Cao, we will produce one electronic reconnaissance ship, one electronic jammer and one electronic early warning aircraft each in the next two years."

"As for the electronic reconnaissance ship, we will continue to hand it over to Wenchong Shipyard for production."

"As for the electronic jammer and electronic early warning aircraft, AVIC will contact you directly later."

"Of course, if Venusstar Technology can produce similar products in the future, there will be no problem."

Pan Jun's work efficiency is still very high.

He quickly brought the opinions of the relevant departments.

Although the price is very expensive, with China's current economic strength, it is still capable of small-scale experimental production of several products.

This kind of special equipment is often only needed in special occasions.

There is no need to equip a large number of them in a short period of time.

"Sure, we will fully cooperate with the work of the relevant departments."

Cao Yang did not expect large-scale production in a short period of time.

Being able to try it on the electronic reconnaissance ship, electronic jammer and electronic early warning aircraft first is already a very strong decision.

After all, the cost of developing these three products is basically more than 20 billion, or even more than 30 billion.

Although the annual funding is constantly increasing, it can't withstand such billions of dollars of spending.

There are many other products being produced in various shipyards, which require a lot of money.

However, after the information from Nanshan Equipment, Nanshan Semiconductor and Venusstar Technology was circulated around Wenchong Shipyard and related departments, the domestic radar giant N Institute of Electronics Technology naturally heard the news.

Although Venusstar Technology had already competed with them for orders in active phased array radars before.

But more often, it was only Nanshan Semiconductor that provided gallium nitride power components and T/R components, and the overall product was completed by N Institute of Electronics Technology.

The situation this time was different. Nanshan companies directly connected with Wenchong Shipyard and other related companies, which was regarded as leaving N Institute of Electronics Technology behind.

So the sense of crisis at N Institute of Electronics Technology was also very strong.

"Mr. Wu, according to what we have learned, combined with the technical information we have learned in the past, using diamonds in radar production can indeed effectively improve the heat dissipation efficiency of radar, thereby increasing the detection distance of radar."

"But diamonds are too expensive."

"It is not like some catalysts, which can have a good effect with a little precious metal."

"That requires the use of countless large diamonds as production materials, which even the wealthy America cannot afford."

As the technical director of the N Institute of Electronic Science and Technology, Tang Jian is also under great pressure now.

Our own technical strength used to be the leading in the country, but now it has been surpassed by others, so all the R&D personnel are responsible.

Especially this time, the information reported by Venusstar Technology was very exaggerated, which completely overturned the cognition of the Institute of Electronics Science and Technology N.

"You are right, but Venusstar Technology can bear it."

"I inquired about it. Nanshan Equipment has developed a relatively mature artificial diamond cultivation equipment, which can greatly reduce the relevant production costs."

"That's why they dared to start using new radars and other products on a small scale on some military products."

As the general manager of the Institute of Electronics Science and Technology N, Wu Feng is familiar with most military enterprises.

After all, there are too many products that need radar.

Whether it is an airplane or a warship, radar is a necessity.

As the leading domestic radar enterprise, the related factories often require the Institute of Electronics Science and Technology N to lean towards them when investing in some R&D resources.

Otherwise, the production schedule of your project may be delayed.

"Even if the cost of artificial diamonds has increased significantly, it is still too extravagant to use diamonds completely on radar."

"Is it possible for us to use graphite to replace diamonds?"

Tang Jian and Wu Feng are old partners, so he dares to say even some wild ideas.

"It is possible to use cutting-edge graphene materials on radar."

"But the production cost of graphene is even higher than that of artificial diamonds, and it is very difficult to reduce it in a short time."

"But we can have a good exchange with Nanshan Equipment to see if they can make some breakthroughs in graphene production equipment."

"In the entire industry, their equipment R&D capabilities are the strongest."

"If they can't do it, it will be even more difficult for other companies to do it."

Wu Feng quickly found a new idea from Tang Jian's idea.

N Institute of Electronics Science and Technology does not have the R&D and production capabilities of graphene, let alone research and produce graphene equipment.

However, they have a relatively large demand for graphene. If Nanshan Equipment can be promoted to study graphene production equipment, then domestic related manufacturers will definitely be willing to enter this field.

Even Nanshan Chemical or other related companies will invest certain resources in the production of graphene.

After all, the application prospects of graphene, a new material, are really broad.

"This is indeed an idea."

"If graphene can have a big breakthrough in the future, then the entire radar market will have a huge change."

"I think Venustech should also be very interested."

As the two talked, they gradually turned their attention to other places.

As for Venustech's use of diamonds as raw materials to produce radars, they knew it was not suitable for the N Institute of Electronics Technology.

They simply did not have so much extra funds to purchase diamonds in large quantities.

And in the past, the N Institute of Electronics Technology did not need to use raw materials such as diamonds. Now it suddenly has to apply on a large scale. Just going through various procedures and explaining various things cannot be done in a short time.

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The idea of ​​the N Institute of Electronic Science and Technology was soon passed to Venusstar Technology and Nanshan Equipment.

When several leaders met, they invited Zeng Jianying of Nanshan Chemical to make a separate report to Cao Yang.

"Graphene is a two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial separated from graphite by micromechanical exfoliation in 2004. It is composed of carbon atoms with sp hybrid orbitals forming a hexagonal honeycomb lattice."

"It is a two-dimensional crystal composed of a layer of carbon atoms."

"Compared with other organic polymer materials, graphene has a relatively unique atomic structure and mechanical properties."

"Its theoretical Young's modulus is 1.0TPa, and its inherent tensile strength is 130Gpa. It is one of the strongest materials known. It also has good toughness and can be bent. It is known as the king of new materials and black gold."

Zeng Jianying must be professional in the introduction and explanation of this basic material.

Although Nanshan Chemical does not produce graphene now, as the king of new materials, the importance of graphene is not much less than that of carbon fiber.

"Graphene can be divided into single-layer graphene, double-layer graphene, few-layer graphene and multi-layer graphene according to the number of layers."

"According to the functional form, it can be divided into graphene oxide, hydrogenated graphene, fluorinated graphene, etc."

"Graphene materials themselves show excellent performance, and their downstream application fields are very wide. They can be used in battery electrode materials, semiconductor devices, transparent displays, sensors, capacitors, transistors, etc., and a series of important progress has been made in many disciplines such as chemistry, materials, physics, biology, environment, and energy."

"The midstream of the graphene industry chain is mainly the preparation of graphene, which is the most important link and also a project that the N Institute of Electronics Science and Technology is looking for us to discuss this time."

Zeng Jianying introduced here and was ready to hand over the next task to Pan Jinxing.

After all, when it comes to understanding production equipment, Pan Jinxing is definitely the most professional.

Nanshan Equipment's products involve all aspects, and Pan Jinxing's knowledge is also very broad.

After all, to study equipment, you must first have a clear understanding of what the equipment produces, otherwise there is no way to do the work.

"There are two types of graphene preparation. One is top-down, starting from the raw material of graphite block, and peeling off a single layer or several layers of atomic-thick graphene from the graphite block."

"For example, liquid phase peeling method and mechanical peeling method belong to this category."

"The other is a bottom-up method, starting from the molecular structure of carbon atoms or carbon compounds, such as methane and ethylene, and rearranging graphene using crystal growth."

"For example, chemical vapor deposition, small molecule chemical synthesis, epitaxial growth, etc. belong to this type."

To report to Cao Yang, it also involves the future layout of the group on new materials, so Pan Jinxing naturally made some preparations.

For universal knowledge like graphene, he can naturally figure it out quickly.

Today's report, to a certain extent, can be regarded as a good popular science for Cao Yang, and then make a decision.

Otherwise, if a new project is started without understanding anything, the direction is a bit wrong, and the cost at that time is likely to be relatively high.

Private enterprises, however, do not have the saying of "paying tuition fees".

If you ask the company to pay your tuition every day, then the company will let you "graduate".

Although Pan Jinxing has no need to worry about his future at all with his current status.

The title of academician of the Academy of Sciences means that he can find a very good job in any university in China, and many presidents want him to go there.

However, he knows very well that his current achievements have a great relationship with the Nanshan Equipment platform, so he has never thought about leaving this platform.

Sometimes people tend to make a mistake that they cannot correctly understand which is more important between their own abilities and the support of the platform.

All success is attributed to their own efforts and talents.

In fact, most of the success is created by the platform or the times.

If you change a platform or a time, it is absolutely impossible to have similar results.

"Graphene obtained by different preparation methods has great differences in quality and cost, and the applicable fields of related products also have some differences."

"Graphene powder is mainly prepared by ball milling exfoliation, liquid phase exfoliation and redox method. Among them, the redox method has the least number of graphene powder layers and is the most commonly used method at present."

"However, the quality of this graphene powder is average and cannot meet our needs."

Pan Jinxing paused for a moment, and seeing that no one seemed to want to ask questions, he continued: "Graphene film is mainly prepared by vapor deposition and epitaxial growth methods. Among them, chemical vapor deposition can prepare large-sized graphene films and is currently considered to be the most promising method for large-scale preparation of graphene films."

"We are going to start with chemical vapor deposition and work with Nanshan Chemical to manufacture graphene production equipment as soon as possible."

Pan Jinxing did not continue speaking immediately after saying this, but gave the time to Venusstar Technology.

"Mr. Cao, once this kind of graphene is mass-produced, it can be used on our radars and various sensors on a large scale."

"In addition, Nanshan Battery also has a huge demand for products like graphene."

"Because graphene is the best material medium for supercapacitors, it is expected to solve the problem of fast charging of electric vehicles."

Following Pan Jinxing's words, Zhao Siyu introduced to Cao Yang the various application scenarios of graphene within Nanshan companies.

In summary, this kind of "black gold" has a promising future, so just get started.

Everyone is so enthusiastic, and Cao Yang himself knows that graphene is a promising material.

Under this circumstance, he will naturally not oppose this project.

"Since everyone is optimistic about the future of graphene, we do have a relatively large demand for this material."

"Then Nanshan Equipment will set up a special team to study graphene production equipment and reduce the output and cost of graphene as soon as possible."

"At the same time, Nanshan Chemical also began to plan the layout of large-scale production of graphene in the future."

"Once Nanshan Equipment completes the research and development of equipment, it will immediately start mass production."

"When Nanshan Battery, Venusstar Technology and other companies are researching new products, they can first combine the graphene produced in the laboratory to study its application scenarios."

"In a few years, we may be able to launch a new generation of products based on graphene materials."

Cao Yang's words did not exceed everyone's expectations.

Soon, Nanshan's enterprises began to take action.

For ordinary enterprises, it is very difficult to research a new equipment or material.

But for Nanshan's enterprises, they have already accumulated such a deep technical accumulation that they can find a certain foundation no matter what they produce.

For example, chemical deposition method is used to produce graphene, and in fact, chemical deposition method can also produce other materials.

Nanshan equipment has certain experience in this regard.

So the progress will definitely exceed many people's expectations.