1. Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Company Overview
Products & Markets
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2. Mission Statement
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc., is dedicated to becoming the industry’s most responsive supplier of mixed-signal analog integrated circuits.
Fundamental to our mission are continual quality and cost improvements to the products and services we provide to our customers.
Total customer satisfaction, the only true measurement of our success, will result in above-average market growth and solid profitability which conforms to the high expectations of our customers, employees, and shareholders.
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3. Allegro MicroSystems: Company Profile
Semiconductor Manufacturer
Leader in Power Analog & Hall Effect Sensor ICs
International Operation, HQ in Massachusetts, USA
Worcester, MA, USA: Design, Manufacturing, Test, Marketing, Customer Service
Concord, NH, USA: Design, Assembly, Test
Willow Grove, PA, USA: Design, Manufacturing, Test
Manila, Philippines: Assembly, Test
Edinburgh, Scotland - Design
2250 Employees Worldwide
Dedicated to a Total Quality Management Philosophy ISO 9000 and QS 9000 Certified
Markets served: automotive, power management, hard copy, industrial, consumer, information storage
Balanced worldwide sales: U.S., Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Sanken Electric
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Concord, New Hampshire,, USA
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
Manila, Philippines
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4. Allegro MicroSystems’ History
Worcester
Boston
Massachusetts
Note: Sprague was founded in 1926
1976
1981
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1986
1987
1990
Penn Central
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Penn Central
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General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Semiconductor
Group
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Solid State
Scientific
Solid State
Scientific
Solid State
Scientific
Sprague
Semiconductor
Group
Sanken
Allegro
Sales Rep.
Sales Rep. up to 1980
Sanken
Sanken
Sanken
Sanken
Sanken
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5. Allegro Technical Milestones
R&D Center formed for semiconductors
First germanium transistor offered
Basic IC patent on junction isolation
R&D on planar transistors and ICs
Basic IC patents on ion-implantation
R&D on linear ICs
Integrated FM detector patented
Industry’s first Automotive IC (2113)
Integrated Hall Effect sensor developed
First monolithic power IC offered
General Motors seat belt interlock IC developed
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6. Allegro Technical Milestones
Basic patent on MOS Threshold adjust by Ion Implant
First Hall Effect Sensor ignition application for Harley Davidson
First Monolithic smart power BICMOS IC offered
Basic patent on polysilicon resistors with BICMOS
First US manufacturer to receive IECQ* approval *International Electrotechnical Quality Assessment System
First monolithic subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) for Telecom
First monolithic smart power motor driver
First monolithic smart power sensor
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7. Allegro Technical Milestones
First inkjet print head driver
First low-voltage BCD integrated brushless motor driver
First silicon gate BICMOS production
ISO 9001 registration of Worcester facility
QS9000 (automotive) registration of Worcester facility
European Design Center opened
All Allegro facilities ISO registered
First Hall magnetic subassemblies offered
First product from new 150mm (6”) fab
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8. Allegro: Worldwide Organization
Edinburgh, Scotland
European Design Center
London, UK
European Admininstration
Concord, NH
Design, Assembly, Test
Tokyo, Japan
Sales & Marketing
Worcester, MA
Headquarters, US Sales & Mktg
Design, Fab, Test
Willow Grove, PA
Design, Fab, Test
Manila, Philippines
Assembly & Test
Buenos Aires, Argentina
South American Design Center
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9. Sanken Electric Co., Ltd: Company Profile
Semiconductor Manufacturer
Leading Manufacturer of Semiconductors, Discretes, LEDs, Hybrids, MCM & Switch Mode Power Supplies
International Operation
Saitama, Japan, Headquarters & Design - Target December 1997 for ISO certification
Tokyo, Japan; Sales & Marketing - ISO Target December 1997
Yamagata, Japan; Fab & Test - ISO9002 certified
Kashima, Japan; Assembly - ISO Target December 1996
Fukushima, Japan; Assembly - ISO 9002 certified
Ishikawa, Japan; Assembly & Test - ISO 9002 certified
Employees Worldwide, > 7,323
Top Five Customers: 1. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Canon, Inc Sanshin Electric Gold Star (LG) Group NEC Corporation
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10. Served Markets Hard Copy & Automotive Information Storage
Communication
Information Storage
Magnetic Field Sensors
Print Head Drivers
Spindle Motor Controller / Drivers
Power/Motor Driver ICs
Display Drivers
Servo / Voice-Coil Motor Drivers
Signal Processing ICs
Paper Transport Motor Drivers
Combination Drivers
ASICs
Telecommunication ICs
Power Conversion
Industrial & Consumer
Quasi-Resonant Flyback Conv.
Display Drivers
Automatic Voltage Switches
Hazard Detection ICs
Multi-Resonant Half-bridge Conv.
Fan Controllers
DC - DC Converters: Step Up/Down
White Good ICs
Linear Regulators: Conventional & LDD
Power/Motor Driver ICs
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