Date: 17/03/2010

Peregrine Semiconductor opens design and manufacturing operation in France

Peregrine Semiconductor has expanded its European design and manufacturing operations by opening a new facility located in Aix-en-Provence, France. The first devices originating from the new European operation are PLLs based on UltraCMOS technology with a sapphire substrate which is supposed to be more greener than high-voltage processes such as SiGe or GaAs

"We are extremely pleased to be expanding our commitment to a country, and a region, which have been instrumental to the worldwide adoption of UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) as the IC process technology of choice for RF designs," commented Jim Cable, CEO and president of parent-company Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation. "In a time of widespread economic turmoil, Peregrine is among the exceptions in being able to post positive revenue growth and expand our design and manufacturing capabilities to further demonstrate our commitment to the European RF engineering community. We are very encouraged by the support of our customers as well as the talented staff that have joined us," he concluded.