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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. Peregrine's UltraCMOS technology is a proprietary implementation of silicon on sapphire (SOS)〔(IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 9 Issue 1, Jan. 1988 ) High-quality CMOS in thin (100 nm) silicon on sapphire〕 and silicon on insulator (SOI) substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration. ==History== The company was founded in 1990 by former NOSC researchers Dr. Ron Reedy and Dr. Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore. Reedy served as the CEO from 1990 to 1998, followed by Stav Prodromou from 1999 to 2002. Since then, Dr. James "Jim" Cable has served as the company's CEO.〔(Press Release ) James Cable, CEO & Stav Prodromou, Chairman〕 In May 2010 Peregrine entered a joint development agreement〔(EE Times )〕 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 )〕 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". On November 19, 2010 Peregrine filed a preliminary prospectus S-1 registration statement in preparation for a IPO.〔(S-1 Statement (Amendment 2) )〕 On August 8, 2012 Peregrine Semiconductor stock began trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PSMI. The IPO raised $77 million for the company. On August 22, 2014 Murata Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing, and Peregrine announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Murata will acquire all outstanding shares of Peregrine not owned by Murata. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.streetinsider.com/Hot+Corp.+News/Murata+Electronics+to+Acquire+Peregrine+Semi+%28PSMI%29+in+Net+$465M+Deal/9776427.html )〕 On December 12, 2014, Murata and Peregrine announced completion of the acquisition. The total deal was worth $471 million including shares already held by Murata. Peregrine continues to market its RF solutions under the Peregrine brand, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Murata Electronics North America, Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peregrine Semiconductor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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