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2006-12-10 Science & Technology

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-12-10 12:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Taxi!"

Posted by mrp 2006-12-10 13:14|| 2006-12-10 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm...Assmaddinojackass' Soviet TOR AA system suddenly drops sharply in resale value.

Posted by Duh! 2006-12-10 13:38|| 2006-12-10 13:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, but how long until you can use it to microwave brains?

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-10 14:35|| 2006-12-10 14:35|| Front Page Top

#4 More importantly, this may be able to be used for frying the cell phones being employed as triggers for IEDs. Too bad there's not some convenient way of mapping high signal absorption points to chart buried IEDs once their triggers have been fried. Similarly, this may also be able to kill cell phones used by terrorists as walkie-talkies. The fact that it can neutralize the guidance packages of some AA platforms is merely a bonus.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-10 15:21|| 2006-12-10 15:21|| Front Page Top

#5 The US needs to be very careful about using such means to fry electronics, because the Russians learned long ago, that old-fashioned tubes are far more resistant to such radiation; so they put tube electronics in high performance aircraft to protect them from EMP.

It would be a real drag if all of a sudden the enemies' electronic signatures remained loud and clear, when you expected them to be subdued.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-10 15:39|| 2006-12-10 15:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Tubes? - just get some big spark gaps...

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-10 16:35|| 2006-12-10 16:35|| Front Page Top

#7 ... old-fashioned tubes are far more resistant to such radiation; so they put tube electronics in high performance aircraft to protect them from EMP.

In a world that is increasingly dependent upon digital processing, conventional vacuum tubes cannot be configured into compact bulk arrays like the high speed microelectronic circuits required for tactical calculations in combat dog-fighting and target acquisition.

New advances in solid state circuit design, such as fast switching zener diodes and, more importantly, vacuum microelectronics can fabricate solid state vacuum tubes (see image below) on a microscopic scale that exhibit all of their more bulky brethern's resistance to EMP.

Vacuum Components & Circuits

SMD's edge emitters can be made into the main elements diodes, triodes (transistors), tetrodes - needed for integrated circuits. This technology makes possible for the first time true vacuum integrated circuits.

Wireless/High-Speed: SMD is developing vacuum transistors for high speed RF amplifiers elements. This technology has the potential for frequencies > 100 GHz.

Power Electronics: VME devices are similar to vacuum tubes in their ability to handle high power levels. SMD's devices can be formed into power electronic circuits.

Hardened Circuits: VME devices can withstand radiation and EMP (electromagnetic pulse) doses that would destroy semiconductor ICs. Interest in hardened circuits is increasing for defense, space and homeland security applications. SMD believes it has the most versatile, economical way to make invulnerable circuits.

Our ability to fabricate complex multimode mixed signal hybrid microelectronis of this sort is unparalelled by any other nation on earth. Such designs provide a degree of compactness, power efficiency, complexity and superior processing speed that conventional vacuum tubes cannot even dream of approaching.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-10 16:58|| 2006-12-10 16:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Ask old "dinnerjacket" in a couple of weeks after he's zapped for the second or third time. I'm sure the answer will be something like "wubba, wubba".

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-12-10 19:04|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-10 19:04|| Front Page Top

#9 STRATEGYPAGE > Chicoms-PLAN UNDER-WHELMED about new Type 093/094 SSN designs + operability. LOTSA $$$ REWORK likely iff to use as basis for 094-style SSBN/FBM hulls [first SSBN/FBM deployment planned for circa 2008].
*STAR WARS "EMPIRE" THEME NOW, BOYZ, WID FEELING > DA DA DA DA DU DEDA DU DEDA .................@

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-10 22:49|| 2006-12-10 22:49|| Front Page Top

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