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| Industry | Semiconductor |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founders | Ron Reedy Mark Burgener Rory Moore |
| Headquarters | San Diego, United States |
Key people | Tatsuo Bizen (CEO) |
Number of employees | 605 (2019)[1] |
| Parent | Murata Manufacturing |
| Website | psemi |
pSemi (formerly Peregrine Semiconductor), is a San Diego–based manufacturer of high-performance RF (radio frequency) CMOS integrated circuits. A Murata Manufacturing company since December 2014, the company's products are used in aerospace and defense, broadband, industrial, mobile wireless device, test and measurement equipment and wireless infrastructure markets.[2] Their UltraCMOS technology is a proprietary implementation of silicon on sapphire (SOS)[3] and silicon on insulator (SOI) substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration.
- ^ "San Diego's Peregrine gets new name, ships 4 billionth smartphone chip". 22 January 2018.
- ^ Hargrave, Marshall (Nov 14, 2013). "Peregrine Semiconductor: Misunderstood And Mispriced Apple Supplier". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 9 Issue 1, Jan. 1988 High-quality CMOS in thin (100 nm) silicon on sapphire