Svetlana (company)


Svetlana is a company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is primarily involved in the research, design, and manufacturing of electronic and microelectronic instruments. Svetlana is part of Ruselectronics. The name of the company is said to originate from the words for 'light of an incandescent lamp'.

History

The company was established in 1889 as the Ya. M. Aivaz Factory. 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. 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. The New Sensor tubes are actually manufactured at the Xpo-pul factory in Saratov. Tubes manufactured by Svetlana in Saint Petersburg still bear the "winged С" logo but no longer the name Svetlana.
In 2017 the company announced a 3 billion ruble modernization plan.

Products

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. Vacuum tubes currently in production include the 6550, 6L6, EL34, and KT88.