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Corporate

Quality System Manual

Document 001-0001

Revision 12

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Scope

2 Corporate Overview

2.1 Scope of the QMS

2.2 Overview

3 Management Responsibility

3.1 Top Management Organization

3.2 Management Responsibility

3.3 Quality Policy

3.4 Management Review

3.5 Responsibility and Authority

4 Peregrine Quality Management System (QMS)

4.1 QMS Overview

4.2 QMS Process Map

4.3 AS9100C/ISO9001:2008 QMS Documentation Matrix

4.4 TS16949:2009 QMS Documentation Matrix

5 Revision History

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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

The purpose of this quality manual is to define Peregrine Semiconductor’s quality management system and policies. This manual acts as the foundation of Peregrine’s quality management system which is based upon and complies with the international standard AS 9100C, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO/TS16949:2009.

1.2 Scope

This quality manual applies to all Peregrine Semiconductor facilities and operations worldwide.

2 Corporate Overview

2.1 Scope of the QMS (Quality Management System)

The scope of the QMS is the design, development, manufacture, and test of high-performance communications RFICs for the wireless infrastructure, mobile wireless; broadband communications and infrastructure; and high-reliability markets. These ICs are manufactured on the company’s proprietary UltraCMOS™ mixed-signal process technology.

2.2 Overview

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation products are uniquely poised to meet the needs of a global RF design community in high-growth applications such as LTE, HSDPA and WCDMA digital cellular and mobile TV; broadband communications such as DTV/PCTV/DVR; and in high-reliability applications such as telecom infrastructure, industrial, automotive, military and satellite systems. Peregrine UltraCMOS™ devices are manufactured under licensed foundry partnerships with CMOS semiconductor manufacturers located throughout the world. The Company, headquartered in San Diego, California, maintains global sales support operations and a worldwide technical distribution network. See Figure 1 for global design, manufacturing and sales support locations. Additional information is available on the web at www.psemi.com.

UltraCMOS™ mixed-signal process technology is a patented advancement of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology on a sapphire substrate providing high yields, competitive costs and a viable alternative to compound semiconductor technologies. UltraCMOS™ delivers significant performance advantages over competing processes such as GaAs, SiGe, BiCMOS and bulk silicon CMOS in applications where RF performance, low power and high levels of integration are paramount. These measurable power and size savings offer advantages for both manufacturers and consumers, including longer battery life, smaller batteries, lower power consumption and bills, less electronic waste…and a greener RF solution. Further, the company’s revolutionary HaRP™ and DuNE™ technologies further exploit the fundamental benefits of silicon-on-sapphire, enabling dramatic improvements in harmonic results, linearity, power handling and overall RF performance which today remain unmatched by any other RF process technology.

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Figure 1: Peregrine global design, manufacturing and sales support locations


3.1 Top Management Organization

Chief Executive OfficerChief Executive Officer

Chief FinancialOfficer

Chief TechnicalOfficer

Chief MarketingOfficer

VP QualityVP HPS

Business UiitVP MWS

Business Unit

VP Operations

VP RFTechnologySolutions

VP RFInfrastructure

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3.2 Management Responsibility

3.2.1 Management Commitment

Top management has the overall responsibility for developing, implementing and maintaining a quality management system that meets the needs of our customers as well as any statutory or regulatory requirements. They are responsible for defining the quality policy and objectives of the company and ensuring these are communicated, implemented and monitored throughout the organization.

3.2.2 Customer Focus

The business units will ensure that customer requirements are understood and communicated effectively throughout the organization and to the top management team. Top management will ensure customer requirements are met in such a way as to improve customer satisfaction.

3.3 Quality Policy

Peregrine’s quality policy is defined below. The Vice President of Quality is responsible for reviewing the quality policy with Top Management at least yearly to ensure the quality policy is aligned with key business goals and objectives. Any changes to the quality policy are reviewed and approved by the Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Quality.

Peregrine Semiconductors Quality Policy:

Peregrine Semiconductor is committed to providing quality products and services that meet or exceed our customers’ requirements the first time, every time.

Peregrine will achieve this by:

• Fully understanding our customers’ requirements and expectations

• Providing products utilizing proven designs and manufacturing processes

• Developing a highly trained workforce that is motivated, empowered and fully accountable

• Establishing strong relationships with world class suppliers

• Continually improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our business processes and quality management system


The quality management system is reviewed by top management at planned intervals to ensure it is effective in achieving Peregrine’s quality objectives. During these reviews the top management team will review at a minimum the following criteria:

• Results of audits

• Customer feedback

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• Effectiveness of corrective and preventative action system

• Field returns and field failure rates

• Any changes or potential changes that could impact the quality management system

• Process performance and process efficiency for manufacturing

• Cost of poor quality

• Design and development project status

• The Quality Policy

• Recommendations for changes to the quality policy or quality management system

• Action items from prior management review

3.5 Responsibility and Authority

3.5.1 Management Representative: The Vice President of Quality is the top management team representative and ISO/TS16949 management representative responsible for establishment, implementation, and monitoring of the QMS and the quality policy as well as reviewing all decisions impacting and changes to the quality management system. The management representative is responsible for reporting the performance of the QMS to the top management and promoting awareness of customer requirements.

3.5.2 Customer Representative: The Vice President of Quality in conjunction with the Business Unit and Operations Vice Presidents are responsible for ensuring customer requirements are met throughout the product realization process.

4 Peregrine Quality Management System (QMS)

4.1 The quality manual defines the quality policy the quality management system Peregrine has implemented to ensure compliance to the AS9100C,

ISO9001:2008 and ISO/TS16949:2009 international standards. The quality management system is further defined by a series of operating procedures, instructions, forms and checklists as defined in Figure 2.

Level 1

Quality Manual

Level 2

Operating Procedures

Level 3

Work Instructions

Level 4

Forms & Checklists

Quality Policy & Overview of QMS

Top level description of critical process

flows

Detailed instructions of

process

Document used

to record results

Figure 2: Peregrine Document Control System Pyramid

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4.2 Peregrine QMS Process Map

Peregrine QMS System Map

Executive Management

Business Plan Development

Management Review

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Quality Records

Human Resources

Document Control

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Resource Requirements Business Metrics

Environmental Mgmt

Financial Statement

Preparation

ResourceControl

Training

InformationTechnology

Failure Analysis

Corrective Action

Internal Audit

Customer Satisfaction

ContinualImprovement

Measurement SystemAnalysis

Product Change

Control

Control ofNonconforming

Product

Product

Marketing

Sales

Product

DevelopmentManufacturing

Order Review

& Acceptance

Planning /

Purchasing

Internal & Subcontractors

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4.3 AS9100C/ISO 9001:2008 QMS Documentation Matrix

# AS9100C / ISO 9001:2008 Requirement Procedures

4 Quality Management System

4.1 General Requirements 001-0001

4.2 Documentation Requirements

4.2.1 General Requirements 001-0001

4.2.2 Quality Manual 001-0001

4.2.3 Control of Documents 002-0002

4.2.4 Control of Records 002-0013

4.3 Configuration Management 006-0005


5.1 Management Commitment 003-0001

5.2 Customer Focus/Satisfaction 007-0003, 001-0001

5.3 Quality Policy 001-0001

5.4 Planning

5.4.1 Quality Objectives 001-0001

5.4.2 QMS Planning 003-0001

5.5 Responsibility, Authority and Communication

5.5.1 Responsibility and Authority 003-0001

5.5.2 Management Representative 003-0001

5.5.3 Internal Communication 003-0001


5.6.1 General 003-0002

5.6.2 Review Input 003-0002

5.6.3 Review Output 003-0002

6 Resource Management

6.1 Provision of Resources 003-0001

6.2 Human Resources

6.2.1 General 003-0001

6.2.2 Competence, Awareness and Training 008-0001

6.3 Process Control 005-0001

6.4 Work Environment 005-0001

7 Product Realization

7.1 Planning of Product Realization 004-0001

7.2 Customer-Related Processes

7.2.1 Determination of Requirements Related to the Product 004-0001

7.2.2 Review of Requirements Related to the Product 007-0001, 007-0002,

004-0001

7.2.3 Customer Communication 007-0001

7.3 Design and Development

7.3.1 Design and Development Planning 004-0001

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# AS9100C / ISO 9001:2008 Requirement Procedures

7.3.2 Design and Development Inputs 004-0001

7.3.3 Design and Development Outputs 004-0001

7.3.4 Design and Development Review 004-0001

7.3.5 Design and Development Verification 004-0001

7.3.6 Design and Development Validation 004-0001

7.3.6.1 Documentation of Design and/or Dev. Verification & Validation 004-0001

7.3.6.2 Design and/or Development Verification & Validation Testing 004-0001

7.3.7 Control of Design & Development Changes 004-0001

7.4 Purchasing

7.4.1 Purchasing Process 006-0001

7.4.2 Purchasing Information 006-0001

7.4.3 Verification of Purchased Product 002-0003

7.5 Production and Service Provision

7.5.1 Control of Production and Service Provision 005-0001, 006-0004

7.5.1.1 Production Documentation 005-0001

7.5.1.2 Control of Production Process Changes 005-0001

7.5.1.3 Control of Production Equipment, Tools & Numerical Control (N.C.) Machine Programs 005-0001

7.5.1.4 Control of Work Transferred, on a Temporary Basis, Outside the Organization’s Facilities 005-0001

7.5.1.5 Control of Service Operations 007-0003

7.5.2 Validation of Processes for Production and Service Provision Not Applicable to PSemi

7.5.3 Identification and Traceability 006-0003

7.5.4 Customer Property Not Applicable to PSemi

7.5.5 Preservation of Product 006-0004

7.6 Control of Monitoring and Measurement Devices 002-0011

8 Measurement, Analysis & Improvement

8.1 General 003-0002

8.2 Monitoring and Measurement

8.2.1 Customer Satisfaction 007-0003

8.2.2 Internal Audit 002-0015

8.2.3 Monitoring and Measurement of Processes 002-0015

8.2.4 Monitoring and Measurement of Product 002-0003

8.2.4.1 Inspection Documentation 002-0003

8.2.4.2 First Article Inspection Not Applicable to PSemi

8.3 Control of Nonconforming Product 002-0009

8.4 Analysis of Data 005-0001; 003-0002

8.5 Improvement

8.5.1 Continual Improvement 003-0001, 01-0001

8.5.2 Corrective Action 002-0010

8.5.3 Preventive Action 002-0010

Note: Not Applicable: Appearance Items, Customer Property & Customer-Owned Tooling

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4.4 ISO/TS16949:2009 QMS Documentation Matrix

Business Process – Executive Management

Process Name Document Number

Peregrine Business Plan Development 003-0003

Management Review 003-0002

Customer Oriented Processes

Research Procedure 004-0005

Process Development Flow 006-0024

Product Marketing Process 007-0010

Product Development Process 004-0001

Configuration Management Process 006-0022

Sales Procedure 007-0008

Order Review and Acceptance Procedure 007-0007

Planning and Purchasing Procedure 006-0023

Manufacturing Process 006-0020

Application Support Procedure 76-0004

Customer Sales Order Shipping Process 006-0021

Support Processes – Resource Management and Resource Control

Human Resources Process 008-0002

Facilities Management 92-0008

Information Technology Procedure 94-0013

Document Control 002-0002

Quality Records 002-0013

Equipment Maintenance Process 10-0312

Failure Analysis Procedure 02-0001

Training 008-0001

Environmental Management Procedure 01-0105

Finance Statement Preparation 008-0003

Corrective Action Procedure 002-0010

Internal Audits Procedure 002-0015

Customer Satisfaction 007-0003

Continual Improvement Procedure 002-0008

Measurement Systems Analysis Process 002-0012

Product Change Control 002-0005

Control of Nonconforming Product 002-0009

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5 Revision History

DCN # Revision Date Originator Description of Change

03593 01 2004/05/21

B. Givens &

J. Greenwood First revision of PSA & PSC Quality System Manual merger.

03685 02 2004/10/17

B. Givens &

J. Greenwood

All document references on Pages 19-28 updated. Building photo changed to new building.

03977 03 2005/08/04 Gene Lyons

Footer changed to show revision All new document references accepted, where still not resolved replaced with ‘TBA’. Removed product information. Quality organization and ISO registration information updated.

04197 04 2006/02/27 P. Nunnelley

Revise to current practices, update document references and corporate overview section.

04463 05 2006/08/22 Gene Lyons Minor revision to document number references

005039 06

2006/11/17

2007/04/10

L. Witsell

L. King

Added ‘Not Applicable to PSemi’ on page 23, sections 7.5.2 & 8.2.4.2 for clarification

Peregrine spelled incorrectly

005506 07 2007/09/18 P. Nunnelley

1) PSA Document numbers that were converted from Lotus Notes to Arena, Document System.

2) Update PSC Headquarters street address due to move and remove Test Faculity (Kenamar) address, now under PSC Headquarters.

3) Remove President from CEO title pg, 5

005970 08 2008/1/23 G. Lyons Updated quality policy and photo for PSC

006248 09 2008/3/25 C. Villarreal Remove business processes from manual.

006661 10 2008/11/26 P. Nunnelley

1) At the bottom of page 9, added the following note: Note: Exclusions: Appearance Items, Customer Property & Customer-Owned Tooling 2) Remove Peregrine Semiconductor Australia/Wafer Fab from Corporate reference, Add as manufacturer

3) Update page 4 Corporate Overview 4) Remove page 3 faculities map & Process Interrelationship map page 8 5 Remove Operations & Sales Offices

009629 11 2010/10/21 G. Lyons

1)Updated introduction 2)Updated corporate profile 3) Added management responsibility 4) Added QMS process map 5) Update operational procedure table 6)Re-formatted document

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DCN # Revision Date Originator Description of Change

010910 12 2011/09/23 P. Nunnelley

1) Replace Org chart 3.1 & Senior Mgmt with Top Mgmt throughout document, 2) Replace QMS System Map, 4.2. 3) Updated Peregrine locations Fig 1. 4) Aligned sections 3.2 & 3.3 with TS16949 5) Added TS16949 QMS Process List, page 11

011212 12 2011/10/06 P. Nunnelley Typo, formatting updates. Section fonts to be uniform within the document.