Business Overview

The Company develops and markets industry performance leading, power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (“MOSFETs”) that reside in power management applications.

SSC’s strategy is to position itself as the leader in high performance, high margin power management products providing advantages in major industry benchmarks.

Power management is an enabling technology as all electronic devices require not only power, but also management of power to multiple components within a product. The power management of such products is extremely important as companies push technological bounds and innovate smaller, faster and cheaper electronic products (e.g., notebook computers). The constant innovation creates a significant market push towards new products (e.g., Intel’s Centrino processor) matched by the market pull from consumers and businesses for these advanced, smaller and cheaper products.

World Renowned Founder

SSC’s product platform is based on the patented work of its founder and world-renowned semiconductor expert, Dr. B. Jayant (“Jay”) Baliga. Dr. Baliga is one of the most accomplished scientific minds in the industry. He has been awarded over 110 patents, written 10 books and co-authored over 550 publications. Scientific American magazine named Dr. Baliga one of the “eight heroes of the semiconductor revolution.” While an executive at General Electric, he invented the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (“IGBT”), a device that generates annual worldwide revenues of over $800 million. Dr. Baliga is also a member of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (U.S. & Europe).

Products & Technology

SSC has focused its core, silicon platform to introduce the Company’s initial fourteen (14) power management semiconductors, led by its revolutionary Junction Barrier controlled Schottky field effect transistor (“JBSFET^TM”), a monolithic power MOSFET and Schottky diode solution for high-current, microprocessor and communication power applications.

SSC’s power management product line allows a reduction in resistance per unit area (mΩ -cm²), and charge per unit area (nC/cm²), as well as the elimination of undesirable parasitic devices (e.g., MOSFET body diode). The combination of dramatic improvements in resistance and charge reduction makes both the JBSFET^TM as well as the standard SSC power MOSFET performance leading products by a significant margin.

These products enable substantial power conversion improvements and makes it possible for notebooks, servers, portables and other electronic devices to significantly advance speed, functionality and form factor.

Competitive Advantages

The primary Power MOSFET performance advantages of the Company’s initial products include:

Significantly faster switching speeds which improve efficiency, support faster microprocessor speeds and reduce the size of passive components and overall equipment size;
Dramatically improved Figure of Merit (FOM) of the JBSFET^TM that allows manufacturers to place more components in the same unit area and utilize next generation processors for performance improvements; and
Standard industry-wide accepted packages such as the S08, MLF, TSSOP, DPAK and TO220 packages allow for quick starts at targeted customers.

Substantial Intellectual Property Portfolio

SSC has developed broad intellectual property rights covering the Company’s unique, high performance power semiconductor technologies, power devices and innovative packaging.

Fabless Production Model

The Company’s fables production model accelerates product delivery and significantly reduces capital expenditures and related investment while allowing SSC to focus on its core strength in design and commercialization of semiconductor devices.

Commercially Available Manufacturing Process

SSC’s power products are manufactured on a commercially available silicon platform using standard fabrication equipment. SSC’s traditional silicon process enables ready transfer to other foundries providing dual sourcing and redundancy, thereby avoiding reliance on a single custom foundry or line. This flexible approach allows SSC to have a cost advantage over competitor’s products that are produced using more complex manufacturing processes.