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January 1, 2010, 12:01 PST

Maintenance Free SMT Lightning Protection for Aeronautical and Tactical Radio Designs

GrayStone Industries of Dayton, Nevada, producers of innovative RF and microwave products for commercial, industrial, defense and telecommunications, now offers a cost effective solution to the problem of protecting VHF & UHF radios from the ravages of lightning and ESD with the release of Trans-Guard, a small surface mount device that provides big lightning protection performance for a variety of radio applications.

How it Works
Trans-Guard lightning protection devices mount directly onto the main antenna micro-strip or strip-line circuit. Trans-Guard’s unique and virtually non-intrusive patent-pending design makes integration into any radio design simple and painless. Featuring a small SMT foot print, Trans-Guard possesses very low insertion loss while providing high surge current capability with very low through-put voltage that provides the needed protection to radio circuits. Also featuring rugged, maintenance free reliability, Trans-Guard lightning protection devices possess no active components that will degrade or fail over time with subsequent lightning strikes.

Trans-Guard lightning protection devices are available in 20 to 550 MHz and 200 to 2000 MHz operating ranges and provided exceptional lightning and ESD protection performance that meets or exceeds DO/RTCA and IEC requirements.

Applications
Trans-Guard’s innovative technology provides exceptional ease of integration and lightning protection performance to any radio application where high transmit powers or low receiver noise figure is a concern and where reliable, maintenance free lightning protection over the life of the radio is required.

Trans-Guard is suitable for many radio applications including aeronautical and tactical radio designs.

Lighting strikes to aircraft statistically occurs once in every 10000 hours of flight. Failure of aeronautical radio equipment as a result of lightning damage may be catastrophic and deadly. Integrating Trans-Guard lightning protection devices into aeronautical radio designs provides a reliable, maintenance free solution to the problem of lightning damage that provides continuous protection for the life of the radio.

The lives of our troops many times depend on reliable radio communication. Failure of tactical radio equipment due to ESD or lightning damage can place our troops unnecessarily in harm’s way. Integrating Trans-Guard lightning protection devices into tactical radios will provide our troops the added protection they need as they carry out their missions. With multiple applications that require reliable lightning and ESD protection while providing exceptional RF performance, Trans-Guard offers a very effective solution.

For additional information about EnviroNet, please contact:

Roger Bishop
GrayStone Industries
203 Gold Creek Drive, Bldg A
Dayton, NV 89403
Phone 775-315-3524
Fax 775-583-9012
E-mail: rsbishop@graystone-ind.com
Website: www.graystone-ind.com