Applications of IC Products in Aero-Mil

The applications of aeronautics, astronautics, military equipment, and the emerging areas strongly require reliable ICs, including power devices. For example, the GaN/GaAs-based RF circuit modules play an irreplaceable role in high-frequency applications, such as radar and electronic warfare ICs; a variety of compound semiconductor-based circuits are the important payload of the aircraft and spacecraft; the CMOS-based detectors expand the human sight into the infrared spectral range; and the emerging applications of artificial intelligence are putting forward the demand of computing platform with higher energy efficiency ratio, etc. This chapter introduces applications of ICs in various critical environment and presents the important roles of power devices in these fields.