Peregrine Semiconductor Extends RF Performance to Test Equipment Applications

New SPDT Switch Delivers Ultra-Linear, Ultra-Fast Settling Time at
DC - 7.5GHz
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a supplier of the industry's
most advanced RF-CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, today
announced the new PE42552 SPDT 50-Ohm RF Switch, designed for use in
Test and Measurement (T&M) applications requiring ultra-linear RF
performance and ultra-fast settling time, such as Automated Test
Equipment (ATE), RF/IF transceiver signal switching, filter bank
switching and discrete DSA stages. Integrated CMOS control logic,
driven by a single-pin, low-voltage CMOS control input, features a
novel user-defined logic table. Further, the device includes a
logic-select pin which inverts logic polarity for back-to-back
switching applications, changing the logic definition of the control
pin. The PE42552, designed on Peregrine's HaRP(TM)-enhanced UltraCMOS
silicon-on-sapphire process technology, maintains excellent broadband
RF performance from 9 kHz up to 7.5 GHz without gate lag and phase
drift, and ensures fast switch-settling time. This innovative feature
of the UltraCMOS process provides best-in-class linearity and superior
performance to GaAs with the economy an integration of conventional
CMOS.

"The PE42552 delivers the industry's fastest settling time and the
highest linearity performance available in a RF broadband solid state
switch," stated Mark Schrepferman, product marketing director for
commercial and industrial products. "These attributes make the PE42552
a tremendous tool for extreme performance environments such as the
test equipment market," he added.

The PE42552 exhibits outstanding isolation of 47 dB (3.0 GHz) and
approaching 30 dB at 7.5 GHz; high ESD tolerance of 1.0 kV HBM on all
ports; and IIP3 of +65 dBm. The device, offered in the RoHS-compliant
16-lead 3x3x0.75mm QFN package, is available for sampling in July 2008
and is priced in volume at $3.34 (100Ku).

About UltraCMOS(TM) Technology and the HaRP(TM) Technology
Invention

UltraCMOS(TM) mixed-signal process technology is a proprietary,
patented variation of silicon-on insulator (SOI) technology on a
sapphire substrate providing with high yields and competitive costs.
It combines the RF, mixed-signal, and digital capabilities of any
other CMOS process, yet tolerates the high power required for
high-performance wireless applications. The Company's revolutionary
HaRP(TM) technology enables dramatic improvements in harmonic results,
linearity and overall RF performance; specifications required by the
3GPP standards body for GSM/WCDMA applications which are unmatched in
the industry. In particular, long-awaited accomplishments in
Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) handling are now available
monolithically to multi-band front-end module and handset
manufacturers. These significant performance advantages exist over
competing processes such as GaAs, SiGe, BiCMOS and bulk silicon CMOS
in applications where RF performance, low power and integration are
paramount.

About Peregrine Semiconductor

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation designs, manufactures, and
markets high-performance communications ICs for the wireless
infrastructure and mobile wireless; broadband communications; space,
defense and avionics markets. Manufactured on the Company's
proprietary UltraCMOS(TM) silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) process
technology, Peregrine products are uniquely poised to meet the needs
of the global RF design community in high-growth applications such as
WCDMA and GSM digital cellular, broadband, DTV, DVR and rad-hard space
and defense programs. Peregrine, headquartered in San Diego,
California, maintains global manufacturing and technical sales support
worldwide. Additional information is available on the web at
psemi.com.

Visit Peregrine at Booth #1606

IEEE MTT Intl Microwave Symposium

June 17-19, 2008 - Atlanta, GA

The Peregrine Semiconductor name and logo are registered
trademarks and UltraCMOS and HaRP are trademarks of Peregrine
Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
Rodd Novak, V.P., Marketing & Business Development
858-731-9464
or
Cindy Trotto, Marketing Communications Manager
602-750-7203
www.psemi.com
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