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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Background:

Irvine Sensors Corporation is the inventor of three-dimensional (3D) semiconductors and the SIRComm™ technology used for wireless infrared (IR) communications. Founded in 1980, the company pioneered the development of advanced signal processing and image stabilization technologies for focal planes. Today, Irvine Sensors continues to develop advanced technologies for 3D stacked integrated circuits (ICs), IR and general signal processing, smart sensors, image processing and recognition, low-power analog and mixed signal ICs, digital imaging, high density interconnections, photonics communications, and image stabilization for electronic systems. The company has been manufacturing products since 1994, and holds over 40 US and foreign patents.


Financial:

Irvine Sensors is a publicly-held company, trading on NASDAQ: IRSN and the Boston Stock Exchange ISCB.


Subsidiaries:

NOVALOG, INC. was founded in 1995 as a subsidiary of Irvine Sensors Corporation. The Company designs and manufactures low power analog and mixed signal-circuitry wireless IR communications products, with a focus on IrDA-equipped applications. The award-winning SIRComm™ SIR2 receiver enables point-to-point wireless IR data transfer between computers, peripherals and other electronic devices with compatible ports. Compliant with the IrDA 1.0 standard, well over 1½ million units have been shipped to a diverse group of OEMs world-wide, including AST Research and NEC. SIR2 is a 1996 Laser Focus World Commercial Technology Achievement award winner. NOVALOG also sells the MiniSIR™ Transceiver Modules, the world's smallest IrDA-compliant modules; BayBeamer™, for adding an IrDA port to desktop PCs; and the SIRFIR™ MiniSIR4™ 4Mbps Transceiver which meets the IrDA 1.1 standard and enables wireless IR communications over a wide voltage range and at a speed up to 4 Mbps.

MicroSensors, Inc. is focused on designing, developing and producing micromachined sensors and sensor readout circuits for MEMS applications. Founded in 1997 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Irvine Sensors Corporation, the company is responsible for the Silicon MicroRing Gyro™ for motion sensing and inertial navigation and the Universal Capacitive Readout™ ASIC for interfacing and controlling a variety of MEMS devices. The company also provides design services for MEMS devices, mixed-signal and analog circuits, precision readout interfaces, and low power, low noise, and neural integrated circuits.


Products:

The company provides systems-level technology in new-generation components which have broad applications in commercial and military markets. Products are based on the company's core technologies: 3D semiconductors, low-power analog and mixed signal circuits, and image processing electronics. 3D semiconductor products include DRAM, Flash and SRAM versions of the Memory Short Stack™. DRAM is also available in "Tall Stack" and "Mini-Cube" configurations. A 256 Megabit Flash Memory module is also available. In addition, the company's 3D stacking process is being considered for smart sensors, microprocessors, and micromachined sensors. A real-time image processing board for high performance 2D mathematical operations and a 3D neural processor with human-level recognition capabilities are also available. Digital imaging products are planned for digital photography and miniature cameras.


Awards:

Memory Short Stack: 1993 NASA Tech Briefs Technology Innovation Award and 1994 R&D 100 Award; SIRComm SIR2: 1996 Laser Focus World Commercial Technology Achievement Award


Industry Affiliations:

IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), AEA (American Electronics Association), EIA (Electronics Industry Association), JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), IMAPS (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society), IrDA (Infrared Data Association), and CFA (Compact Flash Association).


Executive Management Team:

James D. Evert, President and Chief Executive Officer

John C. Carson, Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and ATD General Manager

John J. Stuart, Jr., Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David Pinto, Treasurer

Floyd K. Eide, Vice President and MPD General Manager

J. Bruce Totty, Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Sales



Locations:


Corporate Headquarters

3001 Redhill Avenue, Building 3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: 1-714-549-8211 FAX: 1-714-557-1260


Advanced Technology Division (ATD) and Microelectronics Products Division (MPD)

3001 Redhill Avenue, Building 3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: 1-714-549-8211 FAX: 1-714-557-1260


Computer Products Operations

21 Gregory Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403

Telephone: 1-802-860-6800 FAX: 1-802-860-4959


NOVALOG, INC.

151 Kalmus Drive, Suite K-1, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: 1-714-429-1122 FAX: 1-714-549-5711

www.novalog.com


MicroSensors, Inc.

3001 Redhill Avenue, Building 3, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Telephone: 1-714-549-8211 FAX: 1-714-540-6712

www.microsensors.com


Company Contact: Lynn O'Mara, Director, Corporate Communications, Irvine Sensors Corporation, 1-714-444-8718


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