Efficiency Through Technology

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Efficiency Through Technology
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COMPANY OVERVIEW

• Industry Leader in Power Semiconductors
• Improving Power Conversion Efficiency
• NASDAQ IXYS
• 304 million annual revenue business in FY08
• Multi-disciplined technology MOS, Bipolar, SOI,
  DCB, IGBTs, ICs 150 patents
• Founded in 1983 in Silicon Valley, with
  headquarters in Santa Clara County, CA
• Eight divisions spanning the globe, with more
  than 1000 employees
• More than 2000 customers across diverse sectors
  ranging from telecommunications, transportation,
  industrial, medical, consumer and renewable
  energy companies
• Broad product portfolio sold in North America,
  Europe and Asia through direct sales, independent
  representatives and distributors

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
IXYS RD, Manufacturing, Sales
Distribution Principal External Foundry (Samsung,
Korea)
SERVING CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE Products cover
entire power spectrum Focused direct sales force
Broad sales representative and distributor
relationships
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MAJOR LOCATIONS - Headquarters
IXYS Headquarters Milpitas, CA Relocated from
Santa Clara January 2008

• Corporate Headquarters
• IXYS Power
• High volume automated test (2200 ft² test floor)
• Wafer sort (over 2000 ft²)
• QA and Failure Analysis Support
• FET and IGBT Design
• Applications Engineering

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MAJOR LOCATIONS - GmbH
IXYS European Headquarters Lampertheim,
Germany 50 Km South of Frankfurt 140K ft²
Facility with 20K ft² Assembly Area 28K
ft² Wafer Fabrication 7K ft² Clean
Room 32K ft² Stockroom

• Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing,
  Finance Management
• 500 Employees
• 5/6 Bipolar Wafer Fab / Clean Room Facilities
• Semiconductor RD focused on Diodes, SCRs and
  IGBTs
• Module assembly
• High Speed Automated Test
• IsoPlus Package Manufacturing Development

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MAJOR LOCATIONS Clare Beverly
CLARE DIVISIONAL HQ Beverly, Massachusetts 20
miles Northeast of Boston

• Division Offices
• Sales and Marketing
• Applications Engineering
• Design Center
• Wafer FAB
• Test Center
• Proto Assembly
• Failure Analysis

• 91K Sq. Feet
• Cadence Design Tools
• High-Voltage BCDMOS Process
• 14K Sq. Ft. Wafer Fab
• Class 10 and 0.8u Capable
• 5 6 inch wafer size
• Bonded Wafer SOI Capability
• Probe and Final Test
• ISO9001 Certified

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MAJOR LOCATIONS Clare Aliso Viejo
Clare Aliso ViejoAliso Viejo, California 27K
ft². facility w/clean room ISO 90012000 Certified
Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design
Application Support Center

• In-House
• Wafer Probing
• Final Test
• Inspection
• Sawing and Picking
• Burn-In

• Out-Sourced
• Wafer Fab
• Production Packaging
• Failure Analysis

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MAJOR LOCATIONS IXYS Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado Home of IXYS RF
DEI IXOLAR

• Integrated System Design Application Support
  Center
• 8000 ft² facility
• System Design
• Evaluation and Application Support
• Research Development
• Test Characterization
• Outsourced Manufacturing Low Level Testing

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Alternative Energy
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MAJOR IXYS PRODUCT GROUPS

• IXYS POWER
• Discrete IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar
  Transistor)
• Discrete MOSFETs (Metal Oxide Semiconductor
  Field Effect Transistors)
• Discrete Diodes Rectifiers
• Power Modules
• IXOLAR
• Solar Cells
• Solar Bits
• Solar Bulbs
• CLARE
• Solid State Relays
• Optocouplers
• Telephone Line Interface Integrated Circuits
• High Voltage Integrated Circuits
• High Voltage Gate Drivers

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IXYS POWER Discrete IGBTs

• IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
• Wide Voltage Range 600V to 4000V
• Wide Current Capability 3.5A to 200A
• Fast - up to 200KHz switching frequency
• TECHNOLOGIES
• Trench,
• POLAR
• BiMOSFET.   
• NPT, PT, and SCSOA type parts.
• XPT (soft punch thru for motor control) new
• APPLICATIONS 
• Medical Defibrillator
• Industrial Motor Drive, Lighting, Inverters,
  SMPS
• Consumer White Goods
• Mil Aero Apache Helicopter

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IXYS POWER Discrete IGBTs (page 2)

• IXYS Advantages
• IXYS Pioneered IGBT Technology
• POLAR technology
• thin die,
• lower Collector-Emitter saturation voltage -
  Vce(sat)
• lower RthJC, etc
• ISOPlus Packaging
• Electrically Isolated
• Superior Thermal Performance
• Wider range of products and packages than
• competition

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IXYS POWER Discrete MOSFETs

• MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field
  Effect Transistor
• Wide voltage range 55V to 1200V
• Wide current capability 0.1A to 350A
• On resistance (Rds) as low as 1.9mOhm
• Rise time (Trr) as low as 80nS
• TECHNOLOGIES
• Trench
• POLAR HT
• POLAR HV
• HiPerFET
• Depletion mode
• Linear
• CoolMOS.
• APPLICATIONS 
• Medical MRI power supply
• Automotive Electric/Hybrid Vehicles, Golf Carts

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IXYS POWER Discrete MOSFETs (page 2)

• IXYS Advantages
• POLAR technology Thinner Die providing
• Lower on Resistance
• Lower Capacitive Load
• Lower Thermal Mass (better heat dissipation)
• Higher Reliability/More Rugged
• ISOPlus Packaging
• Electrically Isolated
• Superior Thermal Performance
• Wider Range of Specifications, Packages
  Products

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IXYS POWER Discrete Diodes Rectifiers

• High Frequency Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Silicon
  Carbide (SiC)
• Wide Voltage Range 180V to 600V
• Wide Current Capability 3A to 23A
• Low Capacitance Cj as low as 9pF
• Schottky Schottky Gen2, FRED, HiPerFRED,
  SONIC-FRED
• Wide Voltage Range to 1800V
• Wide Current Capability to 120A
• Rectifier Diodes (standard avalanche)
• Wide Voltage Range to 1800V
• Wide Current Capability to 160A
• APPLICATIONS 
• Medical MRI, Ultrasound
• Industrial Solar Panels

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IXYS POWER Diodes Rectifiers (page 2)

• IXYS Advantages
• Multiple technologies
• single source for widest range of product
• ISOPlus Packaging
• Electrically Isolated
• Superior Thermal Performance
• Wider range of packaging

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IXYS POWER Modules

• MODULE defined as Multiple Power Discretes
  Assembled
• and Interconnected in a Single Package
• Module Components may include
• IGBT
• MOSFET
• Rectifier
• Thyristor
• Passives (Resistors, Capacitors)
• Many common configurations are available.
• APPLICATIONS 
• Medical Defibrillators
• Industrial Soft start motor control
• Consumer White Goods
• Mil Aero. Bradley Fighting Vehicle

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IXYS POWER Modules (page 2)

• IXYS Advantages
• DCB (Direct Copper Bond) Ceramic Substrates
• Electrically isolated
• Excellent thermal properties
• Interconnect etched on internal surface
• ISOPlus Packaging
• Includes ISODIL (dual in line)
• example 55V, 120A Six-Pack Trench MOSFET
• I4 and I5 Single in Line ISOPlus Packages
• Up to 5 leads and multiple components
• All the advantages of ISOPlusWider range of
  functionality available

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IXYS Advantages in Power Conversion

• GenX3TM 300V C3-Class IGBTs
• Remarkably fast switching performance (hard
  switching capabilities up to 150Khz)
• Offers designers a lower cost alternative to
  power MOSFETs. Comparable performance to MOSFET
  equivalent
• Low saturation voltage, low switching
  conduction losses due to PT (Punch-Through)
  structure
• Square RBSOA gt allowing device to safely
  operate in a snubberless hard switching
  application
• Offered in co-packed versions, further improving
  switching capabilities

• TrenchPTM P-Channel MOSFETs
• Lowest Rdson for P-Channel MOSFETs in the 50V to
  150V range in the market!
• Meets and exceeds market demands for low loss,
  highly rugged PMOS in 50V to 150V voltage arena
• Low gate charge intrinsic gate resistance
  provides for an extremely efficient and reliable
  device
• Cost effective solution to high side switching
  applications 50V to 150V. Enables designers to
  reduce component count thereby improving drive
  circuit simplicity and over-all component cost
  structure
• Rugged design thanks to an extended FBSOA and
  excellent avalanche capabilities

TrenchPTM P-Channel MOSFET Comparison
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IXYS Advantages in Power Conversion (cont.)

• PolarPTM P-Channel MOSFETs
• Cost effective solution to high side switching
  applications from 100 to 600V
• Currently no P-Channel MOSFET in the market
  above 200V to compete
• Reduction in component count, promoting cost
  savings and circuit simplification for designers
• Low Rdson and Gate Charge characterization
• Rugged design gt dynamic dV/dt and avalanche
  rated

• Trench / TrenchT2TM Power MOSFETs
• Ultra-low Rdson
• Fast switching performance
• Low package inductance
• Junction operating temp of 175C
• UIS rated

• HiperFREDTM Sonic-FRD Diodes
• High performance fast recovery diode
• Low loss and soft recovery
• Very short recovery times
• Improved thermal behavior
• Low Irm values
• Avalanche voltage rated

TrenchT2TM Power MOSFET Comparison
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IXOLAR Product Portfolio

• Solar Cell Bondable Dies
• Solar Cell Bondable Wafers
• Solar Bit Products
• Solar Bulb Products
• (Clare)

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IXolar High Efficiency Solar Cells
IXYS Solar Products are Single Crystal Float Zone
Silicon resulting in

• Higher Efficiency Over Thin Film, Amorphous or
  Polycrystalline Cells
• Typically 20 more efficient for same surface
  area
• Conversion of a Wider Frequency Range of Light
• Provides usability under most lighting
  conditions
• Indoors and outdoors
• Incandescent, fluorescent, etc.
• Consistent Performance Over Time
• No degradation of power output
• No loss of frequency response
• Extended Industrial Temperature Range
• Higher Reliability / Longer Life

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CLARE Solid State Relays

• Up to 5000V Optically Isolated Form A, Form B
  Combination, and Multiple Relays in One Package 
  - AC DC switching
• POWER Solid State Relays available up to 1000V
  blocking, 32A, and 2500V isolation
• APPLICATIONS
• Telecom Switching,
• Medical Instrumentation
• Industrial Automated Test Equipment
• Consumer White Goods, Security, Utility Meters
• Military and Aerospace HVAC Control

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CLARE Solid State Relays (page 2)

• Clare Competitive Advantages
• Versus EMRs
• SSRs offer no susceptibility to electromagnetic
  fields
• No click
• No contact bounce
• No spark
• Smaller footprint
• Higher reliability
• Lower power
• Broadest range of SSRs among all suppliers
• Domestic fabrication.
• ISOPlus Packaging Self Isolated, large thermal
  surface area, lower overall junction to case
  temperature rating
• Excellent applications support and Aggressive
  pricing!

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CLARE Optocouplers

• Low Cost Single and Dual Optocouplers for
  signal switching
• Linear Optocouplers and Isolation Amplifiers
  (analog couplers)
• Error Amplifiers
• APPLICATIONS 
• Telecom Modems
• Medical Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Industrial Isolated Controls, Power Supplies
• Consumer Security, Set Top Box
• Military and Aerospace Vehicles

Linear Optocoupler
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CLARE Optocouplers (page 2)

• Clare Competitive Advantages
• High isolation voltages
• Broad range of products
• Applications support with specific Telecom
  expertise
• Aggressive pricing

Medical ECG application with LOC110 Isolation
Amplifier
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CLARE Telephone Line Interface ICs

• LiteLink IIITM Silicon DAA for CPE (Customer
  Premises Equipment)
• Single chip telephone line interface for use in
  modems, handsets, set-top boxes, etc.
• Integrated optical isolation
• LCAS Line Card Access Switch for CO (Central
  Office)
• Five versions offering from 4 to 10 integrated
  switches
• Two package styles (SOIC, or Micro
  Leadframe Package MLP)
• xDSL Termination ICs
• sealing/wetting current sources and terminations
  for CPE and CO applications
• Two package styles (SOIC, or MLP)
• Tone Signaling Products
• Call Progress, MF Trunk Signaling, etc.
• APPLICATIONS
• Any product that touches an analog telephone line

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CLARE Line Interface ICs (page 2)

• Clare Competitive Advantages
• LiteLink Eval Board golden optimized layout
• Highest level of telecom applications expertise
• LiteLink offers
• Optical Isolation
• Extreme Noise Immunity
• Highly Integrated into Single Package
• Few External Active Devices Required
• 10s of Millions LiteLink LCAS working in the
  field
• Worldwide telephone line compatibility
• Lowest priced solutions

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Clare Gate Driver ICs

• Ultra fast IGBT MOSFET Gate Drivers
• Applications 
• Medical
• Industrial (Windmill control)
• Consumer (high end audio )
• Mil Aero
• Clare Advantages
• Higher drive current.
• Smaller packaging
• Wider range of product from a single source
• Lower pricing

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Clare High Voltage Universal HB LED Drivers
MXHV9910 General Purpose LED Driver Description
Inductive Buck DC/DC Converter Features 8V-450V
Operation, Peak Current Control, Linear or PWM
Brightness Control, On-chip Voltage
Regulator Applications Street Lighting, Traffic
Signaling, Signage Decorative Lighting,
Flat Panel Display Lighting
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Clare Hall Effect Sensors
MX887D/P µPower Hall Effect Switch Description
General Purpose Omni-Directional Hall Effect
Switch Features Very Low Supply Current
Required 2.5 to 3.5 V Battery
Operation Small Size Manufacturability
with magnet pole independence
Applications Battery Powered Hand Held Devices
(cell phone, PDAs) Reed Switch
Replacement Security Systems
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IXYS Colorado RF Products

• RF Power MOSFETs Drivers
• Linear (to 550W _at_175MHz) Switch Mode series
  (4nS Tr) Z-MOS FETs
• MOSFET Laser Diode Driver ICs
• GaAs Schottky Diodes
• Switch Mode MOSFETs up to 1800W, up to 1000V

• IXYS RF Competitive Advantages
• Broad range of RF products
• Domestic fabrication
• Awesome applications support
• ISOPlus Packaging Electrically Isolated with
• Superior Thermal Properties

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IXYS Colorado Instruments

• DEI Systems Products
• High voltage pulse generators and
  modulators
• Digital delay and low voltage pulse
  generators
• Pulsed, Quasi-CW and CW laser diode drivers
  and pulsed current sources

• Applications
• High Power Semiconductor Testing
• Laser Diodes (in Mfg Applications)
• Mass Spectroscopy
• Acoustic Transducers
• Dielectric/Insulation Test Instruments
• Magnetron manufacturing
• High Power Thyratron Drivers
• RF Power Generation
• High Frequency Power Conversion

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SUMMARY

• IXYS Makes You SUCCESSFUL!
• Broad Range of Products
• IGBT, MOSFET, DIODE, ICs, MODULES.
• TELECOM, OPTO, SSR, SOLAR, SPECIALTY
• Broad Range of Technologies
• POLAR
• Gallium Arsinide (GaAs)
• Silicon Carbide (SiC)
• Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI)
• Epitaxial
• Optically Isolated products
• PACKAGING LEADERSHIP
• We fit into almost any product being designed
• Telecom, Industrial, Automotive, Consumer,
  Medical, Mil Aero

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CONTACT US!

• www.ixys.com
• IXYS/Clare Area Sales Managers
• West Scott Lodor [phone]
  s.lodor_at_ixys.net
• Central Neil LeJeune [phone]
  n.lejeune_at_ixys.net
• East Warren Hafner [phone]
  wgh_at_ixys.net

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