Trusted Solutions at National Semiconductor

National Semiconductor, the industry's premier analog company, creates high performance analog devices and subsystems. National's leading-edge products include power management circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers, communication interface products and data conversion solutions. National's analog expertise is the perfect fit for trusted products applications.

A GLOBAL COMPANY WITH U.S. ROOTS
National Semiconductor is a global company based in the U.S. that has served the American Military and Aerospace community for over 40 years.

The history of National Semiconductor is the history of the semiconductor industry. Founded in 1959 in Danbury, Connecticut, and headquartered today in Santa Clara, California, National has grown into one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers based in the U.S. with over 8,000 employees worldwide. National has three wafer processing plants in the United States and the United Kingdom, including the South Portland, Maine fab (NSME), the company's most advanced microelectronics facility.

NSME employs engineers, technicians and operators who are U.S. citizens with security clearances that enable them to work on critical government work. With NSME and the Maryland-based Trusted Solutions Business Unit, National offers the experienced personnel, technical expertise and the manufacturing muscle that form a perfect partnership for trusted solutions for government ICs.

AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EXCELLENCE
The Trusted Solutions Business Unit and NSME are located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast corridors with the extensive infrastructure needed to design, manufacture and ship leading-edge products.

When it comes to trusted solutions for government applications, few companies offer National Semiconductor's breadth of technical and manufacturing expertise. National is one of the world's most experienced suppliers of trusted solutions.

The Department of Defense has recently placed renewed emphasis on the use of trusted suppliers for critical systems parts. National's South Portland, Maine site (NSME) has attained accreditation as a DoD Trusted Source for Category I Microelectronics.

NSME has demonstrated its manufacturing capabilities from 0.65 micron down to 0.18 micron levels where yield and speed performance require exacting process control. NSME combines innovative factory automation and advanced process control techniques to ensure maximum flexibility, quality and the delivery of critical products on time every time.

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST
National Semiconductor has an enviable history in the Military/Aerospace field:

• Aegis
• Amraam
• Apache (attack helicopter)
• AWACS
• Cruise missile
• F22
• F16
• GPS satellites
• Hellfire
• Hornet (F18)
• HS-601 (Hughes Communication Satellite)
• HS-702
• Hubble (telescope)
• Iridium
• JStars
• Lantirn (Low Altitude Night & Targeting Radar)
• Longbow (target for Apache helicopter)
• Mark-45
• Mars Observer
• MLRS
• MSEX (Small Explorer)
• M1A2 (tank)
• RADARSET
• Patriot
• Peacekeeper
• Phalanx (shipboard systems – rapid fire)
• Singcars (radio)
• Space Shuttle
• Trident
• TDRS (Tracking Data Relay Satellite)

National offers both trusted custom designs and commercial products from the South Portland site, which has been designed with leading-edge automation and tools that ensure world class manufacturing excellence.

FACILITIES

• 70,000 square feet of state-of-the-art manufacturing clean room
• 41,000 square foot chemical storage facility
• 179,000 square foot administration facilities & failure analysis center
• Full N+1 redundancy on major facility systems
• State-of-the-art chemical, gas and life safety systems

PROCESSES
200mm CMOS & BiCMOS 0.65µm to 0.18µm

CAPACITY
100K wafer starts per quarter

CERTIFICATIONS

• ISO 9002
• QS 9000
• ISO 9001:2000
• QML
• MIL PRF 38535
• ISO/TS16949
• Trust Levels
  • DoD Microelectronics Trusted Source Category 1
  • International Traffic and Arms Regulation (ITAR)
  • Best commercial standard

ANALYTICAL & TEST SERVICES
NSME features the world's leading analytical tools, methodologies and personnel for materials inspection, quality control, device characterization, failure analysis and research and development. Capabilities include:

• Field Emission Transmission Electron Spectroscopy (FE TEM)
• Field Emission Scanning Electron Spectroscopy (FE SEM)
• Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectometry (EDS)
• Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• Photo Emission Spectrometry (PEM)
• Focused Ion Beam Technology (FIB)

NSME features a comprehensive quality system fully integrated into the day-to-day operation of the facility to ensure the integrity of product manufactured on site. Real-time statistical process control charts and corrective action plans are utilized at all critical processing operations. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) techniques provide risk assessment of critical operations.

For more information on National Semiconductor's Trusted Solutions, email trusted.solutions@nsc.com.