亚洲色吧 microchip to boost defence systems
Monday, 13 December 1999
A microchip that promises to boost Australia's defence surveillance systems has won a prestigious award for 亚洲色吧 University researcher Andrew Beaumont-Smith.
Mr Beaumont-Smith, a postgraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has been named winner of the 1999 Electronics Industry Association of South Australia Individual Award for Excellence in Engineering.
The award recognises his achievement in designing and producing a unique high-speed interval counter chip for use by Australia's defence forces in detecting radar systems.
Mr Beaumont-Smith, who works for the University's ChiPTec research centre, undertook the research on behalf of Avalon Systems Pty. Ltd., a defence research and development company based at Technology Park, South Australia.
Detecting and analysing incoming radar pulses is a key part of identifying radar systems. One aspect of the detection process can involve measuring the time intervals between pulses arriving at a number of antennae. Mr Beaumont-Smith's microchip brings a significant improvement in the level of measuring precision, and its small size will permit use on a wide range of g