QP Semiconductor, based in California, and now an e2v group company, was founded in 1985. The company today is the largest fabless semiconductor firm serving the military, aerospace and high reliability industries. During the past decade, the company has evolved into the leading semiconductor company that designs, re-engineers and provides a full range of manufacturing capabilities to extend the life of classic ICs for a host of mission-critical programs. The company focuses on providing replacement hermetic parts for DMS (Diminished Manufacturing Sources) and EOL (End of Life) products.
QP Semiconductor is the largest fabless manufacturer of high-reliability hermetic ICs for military and aerospace systems. The company provides over 11% of all QML part numbers listed by the Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC).
QP Semiconductor is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with sales representation throughout the world.
Products
QP Semiconductor provides a broad array of DSCC certified standard products as well as custom solutions for military and high reliability applications. QP Semiconductor offers QML, SMD and MIL-STD-883 compliant products as well as full support for customer source controlled drawings (SCD's) and ASIC conversions. Our products are manufactured from wafers purchased from the original manufacturer or from products that we re-engineer to the original manufacturers specifications and technology to provide exact form, fit and function drop-in replacements.
Our custom products consist of integrated circuit solutions we provide to customers in search of DMS or obsolete parts. We provide solutions by locating die/wafers from the original manufacturer and building the product to your package, electrical and reliability requirements. Additionally, QP Semiconductor manages a die banking program wherein discontinued products can be stored in wafer or die form at a fraction of the finished part cost and then can be built on-demand in any package or reliability option.
Manufacturing
QP Semiconductor, now a "fabless semiconductor company", has complete capability for the design, development and production of integrated circuits. From product design to finished product, QP Semiconductor has the systems, procedures, qualifications and expertise to provide product on time to your requirements.
Design
QP Semiconductor utilizes state of the art CAD tools to replicate DMS/obsolete products. We have design capability in-house and have established a design and engineering center in Europe.
Wafer Fab
QP Semiconductor has established partnerships and qualified key wafer foundries to support our replacement product designs. Foundries and process technology are carefully chosen in order to duplicate the original process as closely as possible.
Assembly
QP Semiconductor has QML certified internal and offshore assembly capability. Internal assembly is located in Santa Clara, CA, in our class 1,000 QML certified clean room. Assembly operations are performed at class 100 laminar flow stations to the exacting requirements of military standards. Both gold eutectic and silver glass die attach are utilized, including gold braze in the SST High Vacuum system. Wire bonding can be either gold or aluminum. In-process monitors (die shear or stud pull and bond pull) ensure that the die attach and wire bond processes remain within control limits. Our SST High Vacuum chamber can support glass frit and solder seal in a highly repeatable, temperature, atmosphere and vacuum controlled process. Most hermetic package types are supported for all of the major technologies (Digital, Analog, Mixed Signal, ASIC, etc).
Offshore assembly is performed at Millennium Microtech (formerly Alphatec) in Bangkok, Thailand. Millennium Microtech is a QML certified facility for hermetic packages and has capability for high volume manufacturing.
Test and Burn-in
QP Semiconductor has both internal and offshore QML certified test and burn-in capability. Internal test and burn-in is located in Santa Clara, offshore test and burn-in is performed at Millennium Microtech (formerly Alphatec) in Bangkok, Thailand. QP Semiconductor's hardware/software and engineering staff support a wide range of device types, technologies, and complexities. Automated and semi-automated test hardware systems are used to electrically test devices for compliance to military and customer specifications. Temperature Forcing Systems permit replication of operating temperatures. Our IEEE Bench, which incorporates special purpose instruments connected via LAN, permits read and record capabilities for highly specialized tasks not ordinarily tested on ATE (Automated Test Equipment). Our in-house technical staff design and produce DUT (Device Under Test) cards, load boards, and other specialized circuitry. Wafer probing and other processing of die-in-wafer form are supported.
Quality Systems
As a QML Class Q and Class V certified supplier, QP Semiconductor has implemented a fully integrated quality system. Our policies and procedures meet the requirements of MIL-I-45208, MIL-Q-9858 and MIL-PRF-38535. From receipt of raw materials through delivery of finished parts, including all interim steps, the Customer is assured of rigid quality controls including proactive protection against ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) damage to components. Recall and Calibration procedures are per ANSI/NCSL Z540-1. For every QP Semiconductor employee, Total Quality Management (TQM), ESD, and Statistical Quality Control (SPC) training and implementation are on-going activities.
Corporate Information
Corporate Address
QP Semiconductor
2945 Oakmead Village Court
Santa Clara, CA 95051
CAGE Code
QP Semiconductor CAGE code is: 0C7V7
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