APRIL 2009... the power in microwaves! THE QUEENS AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2004 THE QUEENS AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE: INNOVATION 2005 TMD

APRIL 2009... the power in microwaves!

THE QUEEN’S AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE:

INTERNATIONAL TRADE2004


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TMD TMD INDUSTRY DITANET INDUSTRY DITANET

PRESENTATIONPRESENTATION

Howard SmithApril 2009





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• What do TMD do (Market)• R & D in General• Specific Development Example





INNOVATION2005TMD ProductTMD Product





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PlatingCleaning

Welding





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INVESTMENT OF• Cash• Engineering Resources• Infrastructure

• Management• Other technology experts






RISKS• Market Risk• Technology Risk• Competitive Risk






TIMESCALE Find, Develop & Generate Revenue 7 yrs Production Phase 5 yrs Maintenance Phase 10 yrs All Time Buy 3 yrs

THUS MUST LOOK FORWARD AT LEAST 25 YEARS





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SPECIFICDEVELOPMENT

EXAMPLE





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Chapter 1Chapter 1The MarketThe Market

• Ultra Low Noise Transmitter• Doppler processing• Low, & Medium PRF• Free Range PRF• Battlefield & AI

Significant Company PV Investment Agreed





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Chapter 2Chapter 2DevelopmentDevelopment

Three increments to achieve performance required:

• Random -145 dBc/Hz• Spurious -100 dBc• 60 kHz PRF• 200 µsec pulse length

Much Flag Waving!





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Chapter 3Chapter 3Find A CustomerFind A Customer

• Major Customer found• But customer decides to use solid state

and develop their own TWT transmitter as a back up

• A few smaller customers, but sales do not return the investment

Howard Smith in Big Trouble!





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Chapter 4Chapter 4HELP!HELP!

Prime Contractor Finds That:• Solid state will not meet specification• Customer own developed TWT

transmitter unreliable

Eureka!





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Chapter 5Chapter 5CompetitionCompetition

Shoot out between US company & TMD• Three month delivery to customer spec• US company delivers on time• TMD two weeks late

Bugger!





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Chapter 6Chapter 6High NoonHigh Noon

US company:• Product only meets 70% of specification• Unit blows up after 10 hours

TMD:• Product meets 95% of specification!• Unit works reliably!

Wild Party!





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Chapter 7Chapter 7End Game 1End Game 1

• Fix last 5% of performance• Risk analysis• Qualify unit• HALT Test & Step Stress• ESS (to precipitate 98% faults)• High temperature burn-in• End User field trials





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• Problem found with Prime contractor system• Specification changed• Back to the drawing board!• New Risk analysis• Qual, HALT, step stress & high temp burn-in

Fecit!





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• Start Production• Another problem found with Prime

contractor system• Stop production• Specification changed again

Will This Never End!





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• Back to drawing board again!• Risk analysis• Modify manufactured units• Qual, HALT & Step Stress• High temp burn-in• Start production again• Wind up to full speed to catch up





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Chapter 11Chapter 11CatastropheCatastrophe

• Units failing in ESS• Beard turns grey• Plunge head in bucket of water• Consider Euthanasia

• Root cause analysis instead





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Chapter 12Chapter 12Root CauseRoot Cause

• Design• Build standard• Components• Test





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• Check everything• Everything is OK• But something must be wrong• HALT unit is first production unit & is

OK• All other production units fail!





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• Took two weeks to find• Was a counterfeit component• Provided by a subcontractor• In an encapsulated assembly

Now back in full production





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APRIL 2009... the power in microwaves! THE QUEENS AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2004 THE QUEENS AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE: INNOVATION 2005 TMD