Peregrine Quality Systems
Quality Overview 
Peregrine quality management system (QMS) 
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Five elements of quality 
Green initiative
Peregrine’s quality 
management system (QMS)
Commitment to Quality 
Peregrine Semiconductor is committed to providing 
quality products and services that meet or exceed our 
customers’ requirements the first time, every time. 
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Jim Cable 
Chief Executive Officer 
Mark Miscione 
VP, RF Technology 
Solutions and Quality 
Assurance
Peregrine Quality Organization 
CEO 
VP Quality 
Failure 
Analysis 
Reliability 
Engineering 
Quality 
Systems 
Customer 
Quality 
Supplier 
Quality 
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Peregrine Quality Management System Certifications 
AEC-Q100 
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Peregrine Quality Management System (QMS) Map
Quality Management System Documentation 
• All processes and procedures 
documented and controlled 
• Agile electronic document & 
change control system used 
• Online access to all internal 
procedures 
• Electronic routing and review of 
engineering changes 
• All documents accessible 
electronically at every work station 
• Four tiered document control 
system based on Quality System 
Manual 
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Management Review Process 
Monthly Business Review 
Weekly 
Weekly 
Performance 
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Annual Mgmt. Review 
Business Objectives 
Quality 
Initiatives 
Business 
Effectiveness 
Strategic 
Alignment 
Quality Management 
System 
Company 
KPI 
Process KPI 
VPs 
VP/ 
Directors 
Directors/ 
Managers 
Individuals 
Process KPI 
Process KPI 
Process KPI 
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Process KPI 
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Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Metrics 
Corporate KPI 
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Five Elements of Quality
Five Key Points of Focus 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
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requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system
Five Key Points of Focus: Customer Support 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system 
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Customer Support 
• Customer quality engineer assigned to every 
customer 
• Support for customer returns or quality questions/issues 
• Full failure analysis (FA) capability in house 
• Preliminary report within 2 business days 
- Failure verification & containment plan 
• Full report within 10 business days 
- Root cause & corrective action plan 
• Full 8D response to quality issues 
• 3D response within 2 business days 
• 8D plan within 10 business days 
• Customer satisfaction metrics tracked 
• Scorecards, response time, FA cycle time, field PPM, etc. 
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Customer Scorecards 
• Customer scorecards solicited 
quarterly from key customers 
• Quality 
• On time delivery 
• Pricing 
• New product performance 
• Customer support 
• Used to drive continuous 
improvement & customer satisfaction 
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Five Key Points of Focus: Process Control 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
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requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system
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Product Development Flow 
• Stage-Gate process to ensure predictability and quality of new 
product launches 
• Design FMEA’s, critical design and tape-out reviews to ensure design 
is robust
Manufacturing Control 
• Manufacturing controls 
implemented on all critical 
process steps 
• SPC 
• Control Plans 
• Process FMEA’s 
• MSA (Gage R&R) 
• Production Change Control 
Board Established 
• All manufacturing changes 
reviewed and approved 
• Reviewed by senior 
engineering, manufacturing & 
quality team 
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Five Key Points of Focus: Top Employees 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system 
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Highly Trained Workforce 
• New Employee Training 
• Quality Management System 
• Manufacturing Operator Training 
• Trained & certified at each operation 
• Annual re-certification 
• Corporate Wide Quality Training 
• 8D Methodology 
• Poke Yoke, 5S, Six Sigma 
• FMEA 
• ESD 
• Management & Leadership Training 
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Five Key Points of Focus: Robust Supply Chain 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system 
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Strong Partnerships with Quality Suppliers 
• Peregrine critical suppliers certified to stringent automotive 
and environmental industry standards 
Supplier Name Service Provided 
ISO 9001 
Certification 
TS 16949 
Certification 
ISO 14001 
Certification 
Global Foundries Wafer Fab 
Lapis Wafer Fab 
Magna Chip Wafer Fab 
Amkor Bumping 
FCI Bumping 
Amkor Assembly & Test 
Hana-AYT Assembly & Test 
Unisem Assembly & Test 
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Supplier Quality Management System 
• Robust new supplier qualification & audit 
process 
• Suppliers audit frequency performance based 
• Critical supplier scorecards provided 
quarterly 
• Delivery & Service 
• Quality 
• Technology 
• Partnership & Flexibility 
• Continuous improvement plans required 
for suppliers not exceeding expectations 
Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 
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Performance 
Trend 
Overall Weighted Score 88.03 87.07 90.31 91.00 91.00 0.0% 
Cost (30%) 85.00 79.98 87.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter A 92.50 85.00 92.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter B 92.50 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter C 70.00 70.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Delivery and Service (20%) 87.81 90.63 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter A 85.00 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter B 88.75 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter C 85.00 85.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter D 92.50 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Flexibility (10%) 86.88 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter A 88.75 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter B 85.00 
Quality (30%) 91.75 94.00 86.88 92.50 92.50 0.0% 
Parameter A 92.50 92.50 77.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter B 81.25 92.50 70.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% 
Parameter C 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter D 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% 
Parameter E 85.00 85.00 
Partnership and Technology (10%) 87.50 82.53 95.00 92.50 92.50 0.0% 
Parameter A 85.00 85.00 92.50 92.50 92.50 0.0% 
Parameter B 92.50 77.50 100.00 92.50 92.50 0.0% 
Parameter C 85.00 85.00 92.50 92.50 92.50 0.0% 
Index for Scores Score 
Exceeds Expectations 92.5 - 100 
Meets Expectations 85 - 92.4 
Does Not Meet Expectations 77.5 - 84.9 
Customer A
Five Key Points of Focus: Continuous Improvement 
• Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ 
requirements and expectations 
• Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven 
designs and manufacturing processes 
• Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that 
is motivated, empowered and fully accountable 
• Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with 
world class suppliers 
• Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the 
efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and 
quality management system 
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Continuous Improvement 
• 8D problem solving method utilized 
• Focus on Preventative actions 
• Used company wide 
• Lessons Learned 
• Post mortem reviews held on new 
product developments 
• Lessons incorporated into FMEA’s 
• Design lessons learned database 
• Corporate continuous improvement 
program established 
• “The Power of One” 
• Corporate continuous improvement 
programs launched annually 
D1 •Form Team 
D2 •Define Problem 
D3 • Implement Containment 
D4 •Determine Root Cause 
D5 •Determine Corrective Actions 
D6 • Implement Corrective Actions 
D7 •Prevent Reoccurrence 
D8 •Congratulate Team 
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Small changes 
can create significant 
impact and ripple effect
• Ongoing reliability monitoring program 
established 
• Monitoring report published quarterly 
• Monitoring performed by: 
• Product Family 
• Technology 
• Package Family 
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Reliability Monitoring
Green initiative
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Peregrine’s Corporate Environmental Policy 
Peregrine is committed to providing products that 
enable commercially and environmentally superior 
solutions, minimizing the impact of our operations on 
the environment and ensuring a healthy and safe 
work environment for our employees.
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) 
• Peregrine’s EH&S System Policies 
• Culture: Promoting a corporate culture committed to providing 
environmentally superior products and services 
• Product Composition: Eliminating the use of banned or hazardous 
substances in our products 
• Reuse/Recycle: Continuously looking for ways to reduce, reuse and 
recycle in our manufacturing operations 
• Robust Systems: Maintaining a robust environmental, health and 
safety management system 
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with applicable local, state, 
federal and industry standards and regulations. 
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Peregrine Green Product Information 
• Peregrine commercial 
products compliant to: 
• RoHS (2011/65/EU) 
• REACH (SVHC) 1907/2006 
• PFOS Free 2006/122/EC 
• Halogen Free IEC 61249-2-21 
• JIG-101 Ed. 4.0 
• Antimony Trioxide (Sb2O3) Free 
• Arsenic Free (Unlike GaAs) 
• Sony Green Partner 
Restricted Chemical Listing 
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Peregrine Material Declaration Sheet 
• Material declaration sheets generated and provided for 
every product 
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Peregrine's Quality Presentation

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    Quality Overview Peregrinequality management system (QMS) Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 2 Five elements of quality Green initiative
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    Commitment to Quality Peregrine Semiconductor is committed to providing quality products and services that meet or exceed our customers’ requirements the first time, every time. Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 4 Jim Cable Chief Executive Officer Mark Miscione VP, RF Technology Solutions and Quality Assurance
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    Peregrine Quality Organization CEO VP Quality Failure Analysis Reliability Engineering Quality Systems Customer Quality Supplier Quality Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 5
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    Peregrine Quality ManagementSystem Certifications AEC-Q100 Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 6
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    Quality Management SystemDocumentation • All processes and procedures documented and controlled • Agile electronic document & change control system used • Online access to all internal procedures • Electronic routing and review of engineering changes • All documents accessible electronically at every work station • Four tiered document control system based on Quality System Manual Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 8
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    Management Review Process Monthly Business Review Weekly Weekly Performance Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 9 Annual Mgmt. Review Business Objectives Quality Initiatives Business Effectiveness Strategic Alignment Quality Management System Company KPI Process KPI VPs VP/ Directors Directors/ Managers Individuals Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Process KPI Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Metrics Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI Corporate KPI
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 11 requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus: Customer Support • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 12
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    Customer Support •Customer quality engineer assigned to every customer • Support for customer returns or quality questions/issues • Full failure analysis (FA) capability in house • Preliminary report within 2 business days - Failure verification & containment plan • Full report within 10 business days - Root cause & corrective action plan • Full 8D response to quality issues • 3D response within 2 business days • 8D plan within 10 business days • Customer satisfaction metrics tracked • Scorecards, response time, FA cycle time, field PPM, etc. Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 13
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    Customer Scorecards •Customer scorecards solicited quarterly from key customers • Quality • On time delivery • Pricing • New product performance • Customer support • Used to drive continuous improvement & customer satisfaction Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 14
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus: Process Control • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 15 requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system
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    16 Product DevelopmentFlow • Stage-Gate process to ensure predictability and quality of new product launches • Design FMEA’s, critical design and tape-out reviews to ensure design is robust
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    Manufacturing Control •Manufacturing controls implemented on all critical process steps • SPC • Control Plans • Process FMEA’s • MSA (Gage R&R) • Production Change Control Board Established • All manufacturing changes reviewed and approved • Reviewed by senior engineering, manufacturing & quality team 17
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus: Top Employees • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 18
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    Highly Trained Workforce • New Employee Training • Quality Management System • Manufacturing Operator Training • Trained & certified at each operation • Annual re-certification • Corporate Wide Quality Training • 8D Methodology • Poke Yoke, 5S, Six Sigma • FMEA • ESD • Management & Leadership Training Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 19
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus: Robust Supply Chain • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 20
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    Strong Partnerships withQuality Suppliers • Peregrine critical suppliers certified to stringent automotive and environmental industry standards Supplier Name Service Provided ISO 9001 Certification TS 16949 Certification ISO 14001 Certification Global Foundries Wafer Fab Lapis Wafer Fab Magna Chip Wafer Fab Amkor Bumping FCI Bumping Amkor Assembly & Test Hana-AYT Assembly & Test Unisem Assembly & Test Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 21
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    Supplier Quality ManagementSystem • Robust new supplier qualification & audit process • Suppliers audit frequency performance based • Critical supplier scorecards provided quarterly • Delivery & Service • Quality • Technology • Partnership & Flexibility • Continuous improvement plans required for suppliers not exceeding expectations Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 22 Performance Trend Overall Weighted Score 88.03 87.07 90.31 91.00 91.00 0.0% Cost (30%) 85.00 79.98 87.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter A 92.50 85.00 92.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter B 92.50 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter C 70.00 70.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% Delivery and Service (20%) 87.81 90.63 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter A 85.00 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter B 88.75 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter C 85.00 85.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter D 92.50 92.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Flexibility (10%) 86.88 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter A 88.75 85.00 85.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter B 85.00 Quality (30%) 91.75 94.00 86.88 92.50 92.50 0.0% Parameter A 92.50 92.50 77.50 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter B 81.25 92.50 70.00 85.00 85.00 0.0% Parameter C 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter D 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.0% Parameter E 85.00 85.00 Partnership and Technology (10%) 87.50 82.53 95.00 92.50 92.50 0.0% Parameter A 85.00 85.00 92.50 92.50 92.50 0.0% Parameter B 92.50 77.50 100.00 92.50 92.50 0.0% Parameter C 85.00 85.00 92.50 92.50 92.50 0.0% Index for Scores Score Exceeds Expectations 92.5 - 100 Meets Expectations 85 - 92.4 Does Not Meet Expectations 77.5 - 84.9 Customer A
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    Five Key Pointsof Focus: Continuous Improvement • Customer Support: Fully understanding our customers’ requirements and expectations • Process Control: Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes • Top Employees: Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable • Robust Supply Chain: Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers • Continuous Improvement: Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 23
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    Continuous Improvement •8D problem solving method utilized • Focus on Preventative actions • Used company wide • Lessons Learned • Post mortem reviews held on new product developments • Lessons incorporated into FMEA’s • Design lessons learned database • Corporate continuous improvement program established • “The Power of One” • Corporate continuous improvement programs launched annually D1 •Form Team D2 •Define Problem D3 • Implement Containment D4 •Determine Root Cause D5 •Determine Corrective Actions D6 • Implement Corrective Actions D7 •Prevent Reoccurrence D8 •Congratulate Team 24 Small changes can create significant impact and ripple effect
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    • Ongoing reliabilitymonitoring program established • Monitoring report published quarterly • Monitoring performed by: • Product Family • Technology • Package Family Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 25 Reliability Monitoring
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    27 Peregrine’s CorporateEnvironmental Policy Peregrine is committed to providing products that enable commercially and environmentally superior solutions, minimizing the impact of our operations on the environment and ensuring a healthy and safe work environment for our employees.
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    Environmental Health &Safety (EH&S) • Peregrine’s EH&S System Policies • Culture: Promoting a corporate culture committed to providing environmentally superior products and services • Product Composition: Eliminating the use of banned or hazardous substances in our products • Reuse/Recycle: Continuously looking for ways to reduce, reuse and recycle in our manufacturing operations • Robust Systems: Maintaining a robust environmental, health and safety management system • Compliance: Ensuring compliance with applicable local, state, federal and industry standards and regulations. Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 28
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    Peregrine Green ProductInformation • Peregrine commercial products compliant to: • RoHS (2011/65/EU) • REACH (SVHC) 1907/2006 • PFOS Free 2006/122/EC • Halogen Free IEC 61249-2-21 • JIG-101 Ed. 4.0 • Antimony Trioxide (Sb2O3) Free • Arsenic Free (Unlike GaAs) • Sony Green Partner Restricted Chemical Listing Peregrine Semiconductor Proprietary 29
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    Peregrine Material DeclarationSheet • Material declaration sheets generated and provided for every product 30 psemi.com website
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    Thank You NASDAQ:PSMI psemi.com