About VTC Semiconductor Components / Polar Semiconductor, Inc.

Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Polar Semiconductor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanken Electric Company, Ltd. They operate a 200,000 square-foot facility that includes 62,000 square feet of cleanroom space for wafer fabrication. Their manufacturing facilities consist of a six-inch (150mm) and an eight-inch (200mm) wafer fab, which gives them the ability to process more than 4,000 wafers a week. They also have the capability to expand our fab to accommodate future customer and industry growth.

Every Polar Semiconductor employee knows that their organizational success requires a solid commitment to the highest quality in every task they undertake and to satisfying their customers—every project, every time. To ensure top quality, they provide employees with extensive training and use statistical process control, failure mode effect analysis, and other quality tools as standard practice. Their state-of-the-art facilities have also earned quality and environmental certifications, including:

• ISO/TS 16949 (Quality Management System)
• ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System)
• Sony Green Partner Certification (Environmental Management System)

Their total wafer fabrication clean room area of 62,000 square feet means high productivity and excellent quality for their customers—and an excellent work environment.

Fab 1: 150mm
• 3500 IC wafer starts per week (20-layer process)
• Ceiling-to-wall airflow
• Air turnover (north & central, 10 exchanges/minute, class 10)
• 100% ionizer coverage, CLiMET real-time particle monitor (OCA)
• Paperless in 2008, SPC control, PM scheduler
• Automatic recipe selection in 2008 (for tools with capability)
Fab 2: 200mm
• 600 wafer starts per week (20-layer process)
• Capable of 1,600 wafers/week with additional tools
• 100% ULPA, raised floor, 7.5 air exchanges/minute
• 100% ionizer coverage, CLiMET real-time particle monitor (OCA)
• Paperless in 2008, SPC control, PM scheduler
• Automatic recipe selection

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. VTC Semiconductor Components / Polar Semiconductor, Inc. is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.