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Peregrine Will Use Cascade Microtech Pyramid Probes to Test UltraCMOS(TM) High-Power Antenna Switches BEAVERTON, Ore., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCD) today announced that Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation has placed a multi-million dollar order for Cascade Microtech's Pyramid Probe(R) cards for its advanced RF CMOS integrated circuit production. The probe cards, which have begun to ship to Peregrine, will be used to test Peregrine's latest generation UltraCMOS(TM) high-power antenna switches. According to Peregrine, Cascade Microtech was selected due to the high quality advanced RF performance and reliability of its production probe card solutions. "With mobile wireless and broadband applications driving much of today's demand for our communication ICs, it is important that we are able to cost- effectively manufacture and test large volumes of RF CMOS devices," said Vince DeMaioribus, director of assembly and test operations, Peregrine Semiconductor. "Cascade Microtech has been a valued supplier in providing high-performance probe cards and dedicated support to help enable testing of our advanced RF CMOS integrated circuits." "Our Pyramid Production Probe solution is engineered to address the fundamental challenges associated with high-performance RF CMOS device probing. Our production probe cards provide our customers with state-of-the- art electrical and mechanical performance, global support and short lead times to reduce time-to-market and lower total cost of test," said Cascade Microtech CEO, Eric Strid. "We are pleased that Peregrine has chosen to work with us in testing their newest generation UltraCMOS(TM) antenna switches." About Peregrine Semiconductor Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance communications ICs for the wireless infrastructure and mobile wireless; broadband communications; space, defense and avionics markets. Manufactured on the Company's proprietary UltraCMOS(TM) mixed-signal process technology, Peregrine products are uniquely poised to meet the needs of a global RF design community in high-growth applications such as WCDMA and GSM digital cellular, broadband, DTV, DVR and rad-hard space and defense programs. Peregrine 0.25um and 0.5um UltraCMOS devices are manufactured in its 6" CMOS facility located in Sydney, Australia and in Tokyo, Japan through an alliance with OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. The Company, headquartered in San Diego, California, maintains global sales support operations and a worldwide technical distribution network. Additional information is available on the Web at psemi.com. Contact Peregrine's worldwide distribution partner, Richardson Electronics, for sales information at 1-800-737-6937. About Cascade Microtech Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCD) is a worldwide leader in the precise electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs) and other small structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions who need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers access to, and extraction of, electrical data from wafers, integrated circuits (ICs), IC packages, circuit boards and modules, MEMs, biological structures, electro- optic devices and more. Cascade Microtech's highly reliable production wafer test solutions provide the semiconductor industry with leading-edge probe cards that reduce manufacturing costs of complex semiconductors. Information about Cascade Microtech can be found on the Web at http://www.cascademicrotech.com/. DATASOURCE: Cascade Microtech, Inc. CONTACT: Debra Seifert of McClenahan Bruer Communications, +1-503-546-1000, or ; or Cali Sartor of Cascade Microtech, Inc., +1-503-601-1000, or Web site: http://www.cascademicrotech.com/

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