UK Headquarters, 90 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RY

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Entrepreneurship Club IEEE LEOS - Scottish
Chapter Starting a very successful
optoelectronics company A Presentation byDr
Andrew G RickmanPresident and CEOBookham
Technology LtdMonday, 23rd November 1998

• UK Headquarters, 90 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon,
  OX14 4RY
• Tel 44 1235 (0) 827200 Fax [phone]
• http//www.bookham.com

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Introduction to Bookham

• Founded 1989.
• HQ and production facilities in Oxfordshire UK.
• Subsidiary offices in San Jose, Raleigh and
  Tokyo.
• World-wide distributor network.
• 158 staff.
• Internationally experienced management team.
• ISO 9001 QMS.

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What is ASOC?

• ASOC is proprietary silicon integrated optic
  technology.
• ASOC reduces complexity of designing and
  manufacturing optical components in volume.
• ASOC satisfies market price/performance demands.
• ASOC products replace costly discrete optical
  component solutions.

ASOC single-wavelength transceiver with TIA
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ASOC Technology Overview

• Based on mature manufacturing processes of
  microelectronic industry.
• ASOC technology integrates transmitter,
  receiver, multiplexing and switching.
• Single-mode silicon waveguides are built on
  silicon-on-insulator wafers.
• Micro-machining techniques for passive optical
  fibre attachment.
• Passive hybridisation of laser and photodiodes.

Cross section of an ASOC silicon waveguide
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Optical Components for the Access Network and
Metropolitan Network
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Application Examples

• Point-to-point
• SDH Line Extenders
• SONET Line Extenders
• Business connections
• FTTC
• Passive Optical Network (PON)
• Japan residential pi system
• BT Business
• FSAN (convergence)
• CATV overlay

ASOC dual-wavelength transceiver with TIA
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ASOC Transceivers with Integrated TIA

• BKM212x and BKM-242x.
• Integrated transimpedance amplifier with
  automatic gain control.
• Increases sensitivity.
• Reduced user component count.

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BKM 2440 Family Dual-wavelength Bi-directional
WDM Optical Module with clock data recovery

• Connectorised package.
• Digital input and output no analogue design
  required for use.
• Single-fibre operation.
• Low threshold lasers.
• Choice of transmit and receive wavelengths -
  1310nm/1550nm.
• OC-3/STM-1 data rates.
• Link budgets beyond 12dB _at_ 155Mbit/s.

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BKM 2600 FamilyLaser Transmitter for DWDM
Applications
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Silicon Waveguide Grating
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DWDM Transmitter - Key Features

• Low chirp.
• ITU-T grid or customer wavelength.
• No post-manufacture wavelength tuning.
• Low cost.
• 622Mbit/s operation.
• Industry standard pin compatibility.
• Power-in-the-waveguide laser monitoring.
• On-chip temperature measurement.
• ASOC hybrid integration.

ASOC DWDM Transmitter
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DWDM Networks - Evolution of Optical Add/Drop
Multiplexer
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Application of ASOC in Optical Networks
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Sensor Applications

• Automotive.
• Environmental monitoring.
• Health care/medical diagnostics.
• Industrial measurement.
• Aerospace.
• Structural monitoring.

ASOC automotive in-cylinder pressure system
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Market for ASOC Products
Millions
Source Electronicast 1998, Electronics
International 1997
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Manufacturing Facility

• First silicon photonics manufacturing facility of
  its kind.
• 14,000 sq. ft purpose-built production facility.
• 500,000 device production capacity.
• Employs 80 engineers, operators and support
  staff.

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Wafer Fabrication Facility

• Class 1000 wafer fabrication facility.
• Processing techniques include
• photolithography
• wet and dry etching
• metal and oxide deposition
• furnace and dicing facilities

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Assembly and Test

• Class 10,000 clean room facilities.
• Processing techniques include
• die bonding
• wire bonding
• fibre attach
• seam welding
• burn-in
• test

Laser attach equipment at manufacturing facilities
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Market Strategies

• Key customer focus with access networks and DWDM
  OEMs.
• Development contracts for sensor products.
• Strategic partnering and licensing.
• Strong IP portfolio protection.

ASOC mini-DIL transmitter
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Competitive Advantage

• ASOC flexibility.
• Product integration
• Enhanced performance
• Lower cost
• Application support.
• World-class optical team.

Applications facilities at UK Headquarters
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Senior Management Team and Board

Position Background Dr David
Simpson Chairman President and CEO, Gould Dr
Andrew Rickman President CEO Founder, GenRad,
GEC David McTurk COO MD and Chairman, Osbourne
Electronics To be appointed CFO Dr Giorgio
Anania VP, Sales Marketing VP Sales Flamel
Technologies Dr Peter Ballantyne VP,
Engineering VP AMP, VP ATT Kevin Ford VP,
Manufacturing Fab Manager, NAT and AMD Robert
Green VP, Business Dev. Business Development,
Corning Dr Skip Porter Non-Exec
Director President and CEO, Harc Denis
Pomroy Non-Exec Director CFO, Madge
Networks Graham Miller Non-Exec
Director Chairman, LTX Director, Newbridge
Networks
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Shareholder Profile

• 3i Group Plc (VC)
• Advent International
• Amerindo Tech. Growth Fund
• Bayview Investors
• Dover Technologies Int.
• Enterprise Capital Trust

• Lombard Odier
• SE Banken
• Terry Matthews (CEO, Newbridge Networks)
• Volendam (Sponsored by Robert Madge)

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Financing Profile

• 45m raised to date.
• Last round valuation post money 157m fully
  diluted.
• Strategic investors considered.