Microcircuits and resistors

Citation

(2007), "Microcircuits and resistors", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 79 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779aad.004

Microcircuits and resistors

Microcircuits and resistors

British Electronic components manufacturer, TT electronics Welwyn Components, has reported contracts worth more than £5 million to supply microcircuits and resistor products into the Eurofighter Typhoon.

After working closely with customers' design teams from several military design locations, Welwyn's products are now part of the functional building blocks of the combat aircraft, and will contribute to the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon's vital functions.

Welwyn's hybrid microcircuits, often measuring only a few millimeters in size, have been designed to operate consistently at the extreme limits of military aircraft performance across the full military temperature and environmental specification. The microcircuits have been custom designed to serve a number of functions from signal processing through to power supply and will play a considerable role in ensuring the reliability of the Eurofighter Typhoon's critical radar, threat detection and weapon arming systems.

Every Eurofighter Typhoon produced will contain fifty-five Welwyn microcircuits, and deliveries of Welwyn products have already begun. With more than 400 aircraft currently on order by the UK, Italy, Germany and Spain, and deliveries scheduled to continue into 2009, it is expected that the contract will be worth in excess of £5 million to the company.

Details available from: TT electronics Welwyn Components, web site: www.ttelectronics.com/