Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
 Company Overview
 Products & Markets
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Corporate Profile
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
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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Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Corporate Profile
Allegro MicroSystems: Company Profile
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Semiconductor Manufacturer
Leader in Power Analog & Hall Effect Sensor ICs
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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
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2250 Employees Worldwide
Dedicated to a Total Quality Management Philosophy
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Concord, New Hampshire,, USA
ISO 9000 and QS 9000 Certified
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Markets served: automotive, power management, hard
copy, industrial, consumer, information storage
Balanced worldwide sales: U.S., Europe, Japan,
Asia-Pacific
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Sanken Electric
Manila, Philippines
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Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Allegro MicroSystems’ History
Massachusetts
Note: Sprague was founded in 1926
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1981
Worcester
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1986
1987
1990
Penn Central
Corp.
Penn Central
Corp.
Penn Central
Corp.
Penn Central
Corp.
Penn Central
Corp.
Penn Central
Corp.
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
General Cable
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Electric
Solid State
Scientific
Solid State
Scientific
Sales Rep.
Sales Rep. up to 1980
Sanken
Sanken
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Solid State
Scientific
Sprague
Electric
Sprague
Semiconductor
Group
Sprague
Semiconductor
Group
Allegro
Sanken
Sanken
Sanken
Sanken
Boston
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Allegro Technical Milestones
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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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Allegro Technical Milestones
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1975 Basic patent on MOS Threshold adjust by
Ion Implant
1978 First Hall Effect Sensor ignition application for
Harley Davidson
1979 First Monolithic smart power BICMOS IC offered
1980 Basic patent on polysilicon resistors with BICMOS
1983 First US manufacturer to receive IECQ* approval
*International Electrotechnical Quality Assessment System
1984 First monolithic subscriber line interface circuit
(SLIC) for Telecom
1986 First monolithic smart power motor driver
1987 First monolithic smart power sensor
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Allegro Technical Milestones
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1987 First inkjet print head driver
1989 First low-voltage BCD integrated brushless
motor driver
1990 First silicon gate BICMOS production
1994 ISO 9001 registration of Worcester facility
1995 QS9000 (automotive) registration of
Worcester facility
1995 European Design Center opened
1996 All Allegro facilities ISO registered
1996 First Hall magnetic subassemblies offered
1997 First product from new 150mm (6”) fab
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Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Allegro: Worldwide Organization
London, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland
European Design Center
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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Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Corporate Profile
Sanken Electric Co., Ltd: Company Profile
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Semiconductor Manufacturer
Leading Manufacturer of Semiconductors, Discretes, LEDs, Hybrids, MCM &
Switch Mode Power Supplies
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International Operation
Saitama, Japan, Headquarters & Design - Target December 1997 for
ISO 9001 certification
Tokyo, Japan; Sales & Marketing - ISO9002 - Target December 1997
Yamagata, Japan; Fab & Test - ISO9002 certified
Kashima, Japan; Assembly - ISO 9002 - Target December 1996
Fukushima, Japan; Assembly - ISO 9002 certified
Ishikawa, Japan; Assembly & Test - ISO 9002 certified
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Employees Worldwide, > 7,323
Top Five Customers: 1. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
2. Canon, Inc.
3. Sanshin Electric
4. Gold Star (LG) Group
5. NEC Corporation
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Served Markets
Automotive
Hard Copy &
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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