The software designs detailed component data, which is then imported into a precision engraving machine. A very fine drill bit is used to engrave the copper plates on the circuit board.
It's similar to a PCB board, but the manufacturing process is different.
PCB is printed on, and then the circuit is removed by acid etching.
But those are all large boards, which are easy to handle. If it's a precision micro-component, it needs to be micro-processed by a precision machining machine and then processed by an etching machine.
We are not just a little bit behind the Japanese in precision components; there is a gap of three or four generations.
It's not that our technology is lacking, but that we don't have enough money.
This thing is just like a lithography machine; as long as you have the money, they can research and develop anything for you.
It's not just outsiders who restrict our development, but also our system, with the "allocation-to-loan" reform being one example.
If the higher authorities don't allocate funds and instead require loans, how will the R&D department repay the loans since they won't generate profits in the short term?
Are we going to develop it and then collect patents?
Many of them are affiliated units. How can I ask them to use my stuff? They're doing me a favor by using my products.
TOLL?
Are foreign technologies not better than yours, and more mature at the same time?
This was Xing Baohua's first time visiting the company. It was actually a large laboratory with all sorts of instruments and equipment, a very comprehensive facility.
The people at the Rice Lab were very envious of this place. They had heard of many of the devices here but had never seen them, and they could use them without any restrictions.
The people Xing Baohua brought seemed to have eyes but no mouths; they just looked and didn't ask any questions.
The technology brought by the rice is still a Kodak patent. Here, the previous patents will be further improved and new optical chips will be developed, namely the TiD chip technology.
The current exposure requires this sensor. First, analog data is imported into several digital chips on the motherboard, and then converted into digital data.
These digital data will be stored on the device's savings card.
Although digital cameras may seem simple in structure, they are actually quite complex inside, which highlights the advantages of integrated circuit boards.
Of course, the designer's skill also matters.
Although the Americans invented digital technology, they rarely used it for civilian purposes. They have always tried to use it for military purposes. The Japanese, on the other hand, had the equipment, machines, and people, which is why they were able to use digital technology so skillfully.
Xing Baohua called over a Japanese soldier and demonstrated to him how a fine-machining machine could draw hundreds of lines on a tiny board.
Actually, this guy mainly studied the machine and observed the usage steps.
Without a miniature camera, one can only rely on a good memory. Isn't his goal in developing a miniature camera?
The Japanese technician carried out Xing Baohua's orders very well. While demonstrating to Xing Baohua, he said he had to perform a show.
Okay, let's see how the Japanese devils cause trouble.
The technician then took an egg from the refrigerator, as if he had been prepared for this.
He placed it on the machine, opened the program on his laptop, connected the data cable, and started working.
The eggshell was carved with chrysanthemums, the symbol of the Japanese imperial family.
If you carve something else, Xing Baohua might even smile and say something nice.
Royal Chrysanthemum, what does that mean?
Even if you were naked, with some ink on a blank sheet of paper, the chrysanthemum you could print would be prettier than this.
It's not like I've never seen it before. Xing Baohua remembers a girl in his previous life doing the same thing, and even selling it online for several hundred yuan.
This thing even has a market; it's truly eye-opening.
Xing Baohua remained silent with a dark expression. Upon seeing the boss's dark face, the technician, without saying a word, took out an egg and placed a small circuit board, about two centimeters square, on it.
It is covered with a layer of brass on top, and underneath is an insulating board.
The precision drill bit, programmed according to the instructions, moves across this tiny circuit board to trace the circuit diagram.
First, the process proceeds layer by layer. After the drill bit has finished drilling, it enters the etching machine for acid pickling. Then, bonding technology is used to bond the circuits layer by layer. Each layer is coated with insulating adhesive, which forms the multilayer circuit board technology.
After watching the demonstration, Xing Baohua noticed the notebook in the technician's hand.
The crucial application software is on his laptop. We need to find a way to get it out.
I also looked at the equipment of the precision engraving machine. It's actually just a CNC machine tool that can engrave miniature things.
This thing is neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy.
If you use a machine tool with three, four, or five linkage axes to engrave some things, the purpose is different.
Xing Baohua discovered that the drill bit was also one of the key factors.
If the program is developed, what about the hardware?
Where are these drill bits manufactured? Are they for sale?
A drill bit as thin as a hair, used for cutting things, shows that it is extremely hard. There may not be any manufacturers in China that can produce this thing.
I need to find out which company makes this. I also need to figure out how to break a few more to get a tiny bit of the broken drill bit so I can study the synthetic metal parts.
That's all we can do.
He left the people he brought with him at the company, where someone would guide them, while Xing Baohua left the company and went back to Nikon headquarters first.
Upon entering, I was quite satisfied with the spotless environment of the office. The huge tea table was polished to a shine!
I boiled water to make some tea, but unfortunately, they only had Japanese tea. This guy doesn't understand tea culture; he'll drink any kind of tea and can't tell the difference between good and bad.
Shortly after the tea was brewed, the secretary in charge of Xing Baohua's office came in and said that Mitsui Teng was looking for her.
Xing Baohua frowned slightly. Why was this guy so persistent? He had only been here a short time and he had already come looking for her.
Since you're here, let's meet up.
Mitsui Fujitsu walked in with a bow, and Xing Baohua invited him to sit opposite her, then picked up a teacup and poured him a cup of tea.
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