Industry | Electronics |
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Founded | 1889 |
Headquarters | , |
254,760,000 Russian ruble | |
Parent | Ruselectronics |
Website | Official website |
PJSC Svetlana ( Russian: ПАО «Светлана») is a company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is primarily involved in the research, design, and manufacturing of electronic and microelectronic instruments. [1] Svetlana is part of Ruselectronics. [2] The name of the company is said to originate from the words for 'light of an incandescent lamp' (СВЕТ ЛАмпы НАкаливания). [3]
The company was established in 1889 as the Ya. M. Aivaz ( Russian: Я. М. Айваз) Factory. [4] Svetlana was a major producer of vacuum tubes. In 1937, the Soviet Union purchased a tube assembly line from RCA, including production licenses and initial staff training, and installed it on the St Petersburg plant. [5] US-licensed tubes were produced since then.
Since 2001, New Sensor Corp. has been holding the rights for the Svetlana vacuum tube brand for the US and Canada. [6] [7] The New Sensor tubes are actually manufactured at the Expo-pul factory (former Reflektor plant) in Saratov. Tubes manufactured by Svetlana in Saint Petersburg still bear the "winged С" ( cyrillic S) logo (see the image below) but no longer the name Svetlana.
In 2017 the company announced a 3-billion- ruble modernization plan. [8]
The Svetlana Association produces a variety of electronic and microelectronic instruments, including transmitting and modulator tubes for all frequency ranges; X-band broadband passive TR limiter; KU-band broadband TR tube; klystron amplifiers; X-ray tubes; portable X-ray units for medicine and industry; high-frequency fast response thyristors; transistors; integrated microcircuits; microcomputers; microcontrollers; microcalculators; ultrasonic delay lines; receiving tubes; process equipment for the manufacture of electronic engineering items. [1] Vacuum tubes currently in production include the 6550, 6L6, EL34, and KT88. [9]