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SimpleChips Technology Inc.Custom Analog & Mixed-Signal ASIC


Corporate Overview

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∗ SimpleChips was founded in 2002, initially in Quebec Canada, then re-incorporated in 2015 in San Diego CA

∗ Offering affordable end-to-end integrated circuit development and manufacturing

∗ Focused on providing innovative analog integrated circuit technology and products

About SimpleChips…

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SimpleChips’ Principals

Stephen J. Swift, CMO & CFOVisit Stephen’s profile on LinkedIn.

Alain R. Comeau, CEO & CTOVisit Alain’s profile on LinkedIn.

Stephen was educated in biomedical electronics at the University of New South Wales in Australia, and has a very strong background in medical

Alain was educated in semiconductor physics at Sherbrooke University in Quebec Canada. He began his career in yield engineering and then as

a Senior Process Integration Scientist. Alain has been successful at high level technical and management roles within various organizations. Alain combines semiconductor process engineering and manufacturing with circuit design expertise, giving him the ability to design semiconductor structures and circuits for any demanding application.

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device engineering, including ultra low-power integrated circuit design. He has over 40 years experience designing ultra-low power, mixed signal (analog and digital) CMOS integrated circuits (ICs). He is highly versed in the development, deployment and maintenance of world-class quality systems for highly regulated industries such as implantable devices.


Bertrand Irissou, Board ChairmanVisit Bertrand’s profile on LinkedIn.

assisted many consumer, automotive and space companies integrate their systems on custom ASICs. Bertrand was Co-founder of Asic Advantage Inc., a fabless semiconductor company in Sunnyvale CA, where he served as V.P. Business development until 2010 and then CEO until it was successfully acquired in 2011 by Microsemi Corporation.

Pierre Irissou, Advisor to the BoardVisit Pierre’s profile on LinkedIn.

SimpleChips’ Directors

Pierre holds an Aeronautical Engineering Degree from ESMA and a MS in Metallurgy from MIT with emphasis on Materials Science and

Semiconductors. He has over 45 years of experience in Analog and Mixed-Signal ASIC design for Industrial, Commercial, MIL-Aerospace, Medical & Low-Orbit Satellites requiring Radiation-Hardness. He is the Founder of Custom Arrays Corp. (acquired by X-Fab), Integration Associates Inc. (acquired by Silicon Labs) and Asic Advantage Inc. (acquired by Microsemi)

Bertrand holds a BS and a MS from UC Berkeley in EECS. With over 25 years of industry experience in mixed signal chip design, he

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∗ Low barrier to entry chip development

∗ Use lower-cost mature processes

∗ Absorb engineering cost; profit on customers’ success

∗ Low volume production threshold

∗ Use Multi-Project-Wafers (MPW) to share cost

∗ Use innovative dicing technology for die separation

∗ Secure Strategic Inventory

∗ Provide off-site strategic inventory for security of supply

Affordable Approach

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∗ High voltage wafer process & chip design

∗ Optoelectronic wafer process & chip design

∗ Integrated circuit sensor design

∗ Ultra low-power wafer process & chip design

Specialty Technology Capabilities

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∗Exceed our customers’ expectations of product quality

∗Provide our customers with security of supply

∗Provide world-class technical support.

Core Values

Quality Policy

ServiceIntegrityInnovation Quality

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Focused Innovation in End-Markets

Implanted

Medical

Industrial

Protection

High-Voltage

Resistive Divider

High-Voltage

IGBT DriverHigh-Voltage

Current Limiter

GFCI Controller

Solid State Relay

Optical Detector

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∗ Monolithic high-voltage circuits

∗ Direct-coupled 1kV IGBT/MOSFET gate driver

∗ 20mA/250V current limiter

∗ Direct-coupled 1kV current limiter

∗ Direct-coupled 1kV resistive divider/filter

∗ Light Sensors

∗ RGB filter compatible with BiCMOS process and clear plastic packaging insensitive to IR

∗ Near-perfect human eye response in silicon

Helping Customers Solve Problems

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Direct-Coupled HV IGBT Driver

∗ Problem

∗ HV transformer coupling

∗ Large overall footprint

∗ High component count

∗ Solution

∗ Monolithic HV driver

∗ No external components

∗ Functional alpha- silicon

1075V peak, 15mSec duration,

τ = 30mSec, every 10sec

Case Study

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Near-Perfect Human Eye Response

∗ Problem

∗ Sensitive to infra-red (IR)

∗ Solution

∗ Integrated optical IR filter

∗ No external components

Responsivity measurement

-2.0E-01

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2.0E-01

4.0E-01

6.0E-01

8.0E-01

1.0E+00

1.2E+00

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Case Study

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∗ Principals have deep technical knowledge of:

∗ CMOS devices & process physics

∗ Analog integrated circuit design

∗ Successful track record of innovation

∗ Collectively authored 20+ patents

∗ Customer-focused business model

∗ Engaged with medical device OEMs

∗ Engaged with specialty electronics OEMs

Strategic Advantages

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∗ SimpleChips is well positioned to provide compelling products and technologies to satisfy customers’ requirements, with:

∗ Innovative circuit design and process technology

∗ Affordable approaches to IC projects

∗ Secure Supply via strategic inventory

∗ High-quality outcomes with world-class support

Key Takeaways

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