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

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT

SERVING CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE

Products cover entire power spectrum

Focused direct sales force

Broad sales representative and distributor relationships

IXYS R&D, Manufacturing, Sales & Distribution

Principal External Foundry (Samsung, Korea)

MAJOR LOCATIONS - Headquarters

• 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

IXYS HeadquartersMilpitas, CA

Relocated from Santa Clara January 2008

MAJOR LOCATIONS - GmbH

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

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

MAJOR LOCATIONS – Clare Beverly

• 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

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

CLARE DIVISIONAL HQBeverly, Massachusetts

20 miles Northeast of Boston

MAJOR LOCATIONS – Clare Aliso Viejo

Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design & Application Support Center

Clare Aliso ViejoClare Aliso ViejoAliso Viejo, California

27K ft². facility w/clean roomISO 9001:2000 Certified

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

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

MAJOR LOCATIONS – IXYS Colorado

Integrated System Design & Application Support Center

• 8000 ft² facility• System Design

• Evaluation and Application Support • Research & Development• Test & Characterization

• Outsourced Manufacturing & Low Level Testing

Fort Collins, Colorado

Home of: IXYS RF DEI IXOLAR

IXYSIXYS Delivering Power ExcellenceDelivering Power Excellence

Elements of Power Conversion

DiodesRectifiersThyristorsModules

DiodesRectifiersThyristorsModules

Control ICsOpto Feedback

Control ICsOpto Feedback

IGBTsPower MOSFETsBiMOSFETsThyristorsModules

IGBTsPower MOSFETsBiMOSFETsThyristorsModules

Schottky andFast DiodesModulesOpto

Schottky andFast DiodesModulesOpto

IXYS ProductsIXYS Products

Input Control Switching Output

Low VoltageLow VoltageHi VoltageHi Voltage

RawElectricityRawElectricity

RefinedElectricity RefinedElectricity

Alternative Energy

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

IXYS RF / DEI• RF Power MOSFETs & Drivers • DEI Instruments

MAJOR IXYS PRODUCT GROUPS

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

IXYS POWER: Discrete IGBTs

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

IXYS POWER: Discrete IGBTs (page 2)

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•Industrial: Inductive heating, SMPS•Consumer: Audio, Solar Inverters•Mil & Aero: Hummer voltage regulator

IXYS POWER: Discrete MOSFETs

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

IXYS POWER: Discrete MOSFETs (page 2)

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, UltrasoundIndustrial: Solar PanelsConsumer: Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)Mil & Aero. Field Power Inverters

IXYS POWER: Discrete Diodes & Rectifiers

IXYS Advantages:• Multiple technologies –

• single source for widest range of product•ISOPlus Packaging

• Electrically Isolated• Superior Thermal Performance

•Wider range of packaging

IXYS POWER: Diodes & Rectifiers (page 2)

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

IXYS POWER: Modules

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

IXYS POWER: Modules (page 2)

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 => 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

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 => dynamic dV/dt and avalanche rated

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

IXOLAR™ Product Portfolio

Solar Cell Bondable Dies

Solar Cell Bondable Wafers

Solar Bit Products

Solar Bulb Products (Clare)

IXYS Solar Products are Single Crystal Float Zone Silicon resulting in:

IXolar High Efficiency Solar Cells

• 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

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

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!

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

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

CLARE: Telephone Line Interface IC’s

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

CLARE: Line Interface IC’s (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

• 10’s of Millions LiteLink & LCAS working in the field• Worldwide telephone line compatibility• Lowest priced solutions

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

Clare: Gate Driver ICs

Clare: High Voltage Universal HB LED Drivers

MXHV9910 General Purpose LED DriverDescription Inductive Buck DC/DC ConverterFeatures 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

Clare: Hall Effect Sensors MX887D/P µPower Hall Effect SwitchDescription General Purpose Omni-Directional Hall

Effect SwitchFeatures Very Low Supply Current Required

2.5 to 3.5 V Battery OperationSmall SizeManufacturability with magnet pole

independence Applications Battery Powered Hand Held Devices (cell

phone, PDAs) Reed Switch ReplacementSecurity Systems

IXYS Colorado: RF Products

RF Power MOSFETs & Drivers• Linear (to 550W @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

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

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

– Our prices are competitive!

CONTACT US!

www.ixys.com

IXYS/Clare Area Sales Managers:• West: Scott Lodor (858) 792-1101 s.lodor@ixys.net• Central: Neil LeJeune (724) 836-8530 n.lejeune@ixys.net• East: Warren Hafner (508) 528-6883 wgh@ixys.net

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