Our Story
Pioneers in Product Design, Development, Production and Delivery
WHO WE ARE
Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Limited (KHMDL) was founded in 1992 with the primary objective of partnering with ISRO to design, develop and manufacture Thick-film hybrid microcircuits for Spacecraft applications with equity participation by Karnataka Finance Corporation and MTI, USA. It was incorporated as a public limited company. The manufacturing facility was established in 1994 and the company also forayed into Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) for telecom and industrial sectors.
In 2001, restructuring was done focusing on Aerospace, Hybrid Microelectronics, Automotive Electronics and Avionics Manufacturing Services. A state-of-the-art manufacturing facility was established in Electronics City, Bangalore in a 6000 sq. meter complex. Housing clean rooms with Class 100 stations to cater to the fabrication and testing of complex precision Aerospace Electronics devices. The company quickly acquired the ISO 9001 and TS 16949 certification.
KHMDL is one of the very few firms in India to have the line certification for manufacturing and screening of space grade hybrid devices. It has significantly contributed to the indigenization of Resistor /Resistor-Capacitor networks and HMCs. About 75,000 networks have been supplied to ISRO for its spacecraft and launch vehicle application. KHMDL has demonstrated its capability in designing complex hybrid microcircuits for Spacecraft applications. The MEMS based seismometer hybrid for Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Mission was designed and developed by KHMDL and its products have been used in almost every spacecraft ISRO has built, including the Mars and Lunar Missions.
KHMDL has successfully indigenized about 25 types of Hybrid Micro Circuits for the automotive applications which were previously being imported from overseas manufacturers, resulting in huge savings for Lucas-TVS and other OEMs. Incorporating these hybrids, KHMDL started manufacturing voltage regulators for Lucas-TVS for automotive applications and currently is one of the largest manufacturers in India for voltage regulators. A dedicated manufacturing line was set up for exports of voltage regulators for integration with alternators by Lucas-TVS to Denso Midland, UK and Italy. Wiper controllers, window regulators with anti-pinch mechanism and printed heaters are some of the other products developed for automotive applications. KHMDL has manufactured 25 million hybrid circuits at six-sigma quality level and 20 million voltage regulators for the automotive sector.
KHMDL with its strong Avionics assembly capabilities was selected as the Manufacturing Partner to DARE (Defence Avionics Research Establishment) in the indigenization of Mission Computer, Radar Computer and Display processor for Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft which was subsequently productionized by HAL. KHMDL was also involved in the enhancement of Jaguar core avionics packages. KHMDL has so far manufactured about 45,000 Avionics Board Assemblies for 450 aircrafts.
KHMDL is continuously working to design and develop new products for various sectors, it has recently started working in the medical field and has developed bio-sensors for many different applications. It has developed RT-PCR equipment. KHMDL has also started development work in the Solar Power field and has developed the Solar Light Charge Controller with MPPT technology.
