Peregrine Semiconductor
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Peregrine Semiconductor is a San Diego-based manufacturer of high-performance RF CMOS integrated circuits. The company's UltraCMOS™ process technology is a proprietary implementation of SOS
substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration. In May, 2010 Peregrine entered a joint development agreement with IBM
Microelectronics
for the development and manufacture of future generations of Peregrine's UltraCMOS process, with migration to 200mm wafers that facilitates the evolution of the process to advanced 180 nm, 130 nm and 90 nm nodes. Peregrine also believes that the agreement provides access to advanced manufacturing toolsets and enables expanded digital integration capability with RF-CMOS. According to an article by EDN executive editor Ron Wilson, with mobile operators like China Mobile
and Vodafone
needing handsets with 11 or 12 bands and air interfaces, "designers need high levels of front end integration".
The company was founded in 1990 by former NOSC researchers Dr. Ron Reedy and Dr. Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore. For their development of the Silicon on sapphire
technologies, Reedy & Burgener earned the Daniel E. Noble Medal for Emerging Technology by the IEEE
for 2011. Reedy served as the CEO from 1990 to 1998, followed by Stav Prodromou
from 1999 to 2002. Since then, Dr. James Cable has served as the company's CEO.
On November 19, 2010, Peregrine filed a preliminary prospectus S-1
registration statement in preparation for a possible IPO
.
Silicon on sapphire
Silicon on sapphire is a hetero-epitaxial process for integrated circuit manufacturing that consists of a thin layer of silicon grown on a sapphire wafer. SOS is part of the Silicon on Insulator family of CMOS technologies...
substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration. In May, 2010 Peregrine entered a joint development agreement with IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Microelectronics
Microelectronics
Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture of very small electronic components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre-scale or smaller,. These devices are made from semiconductors...
for the development and manufacture of future generations of Peregrine's UltraCMOS process, with migration to 200mm wafers that facilitates the evolution of the process to advanced 180 nm, 130 nm and 90 nm nodes. Peregrine also believes that the agreement provides access to advanced manufacturing toolsets and enables expanded digital integration capability with RF-CMOS. According to an article by EDN executive editor Ron Wilson, with mobile operators like China Mobile
China Mobile
China Mobile Limited is a Chinese state-owned telecommunication company that provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network, the largest of its kind in the world...
and Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
needing handsets with 11 or 12 bands and air interfaces, "designers need high levels of front end integration".
The company was founded in 1990 by former NOSC researchers Dr. Ron Reedy and Dr. Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore. For their development of the Silicon on sapphire
Silicon on sapphire
Silicon on sapphire is a hetero-epitaxial process for integrated circuit manufacturing that consists of a thin layer of silicon grown on a sapphire wafer. SOS is part of the Silicon on Insulator family of CMOS technologies...
technologies, Reedy & Burgener earned the Daniel E. Noble Medal for Emerging Technology by the IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
for 2011. Reedy served as the CEO from 1990 to 1998, followed by Stav Prodromou
Stav Prodromou
Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou is a Greek American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive officer of Poqet Computer Corporation...
from 1999 to 2002. Since then, Dr. James Cable has served as the company's CEO.
On November 19, 2010, Peregrine filed a preliminary prospectus S-1
Form S-1
Form S-1 is an SEC filing used by public companies to register their securities with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the "registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933". The S-1 contains the basic business and financial information on an issuer with respect to a specific...
registration statement in preparation for a possible IPO
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
.