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MERIX CORPORATIONYOUR COMPLETE CIRCUIT BOARD SOLUTION

October 2008October 2008

Merix Quick-Turn Support

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Merix is a Leading Supplier of QTA in NA $50M in <=10 days work in FY08 (25% NA Sales)

The Merix Business Model relies on QTA and NPI Work

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Merix-San Jose is Quick-Turn Focused

• Prototype & Production Quick Turn Fabrication• 45,000 SQFT of Manufacturing, 225 employees

– Future Expansion to 58,000 SQFT

• 24 Hour / 7 Days a week support.– Manufacturing, Customer Service & Engineering Support 24/7

• Expertise in Fast QTA (24 – 72 hour turn times)– No Order Cut-Off for Hourly Turns

• Competitive HDI Turn Times– Non-Conductive Via-Fill = 4 days– Type 1 Micro-vias = 4 days– Type 2 Sequential Lam (BBV) = 5 days

San Jose, CA

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Merix-Forest Grove is Quick-Turn Focused

• Prototype & Production Quick Turn Fabrication• 250,000 SQFT of Manufacturing, 1000 employees• 24 Hour / 7 Days a week support• 25+% Capacity Reserved for QTA• Expertise in High Technology QTA

– Type 1, 2, 3 HDI; Via-Fill– Cu filled/Epoxy Filled Stacked Micro-vias– High Performance Materials – Thermal Management Solutions i.e. cavity, coin attach, press-fit

• Other Differentiators:– FG has bandwidth/capacity to run larger quantities in quick turn – Experienced DFM team can provide feedback to reduce cost and

ease transition to production in US or Asia

Forest Grove, OR

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What makes us different in QTA Market?

(1) Ability to support all types of QTA in SJ or Oregon– Small volume to High volume– Commercial And Military– Advanced technology to Standard Technology– ‘QTA only’ to ‘QTA with Production to Follow’

(2) Sophisticated Global ERP/MRP System (Oracle)– Improved Data Collection – Mat’ls, WIP Tracking, Quality, FGI...

– Automatic order entry and shipping confirmations

(3) State of the Art Tooling Systems– Sophisticated Global Genesis CAM Tooling Integration

(4) Available Tooling Capacity – Capacity to tool 130 new QTAs per week in North America

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What makes us different in QTA Market?

(5) Raw Material Stocking– Merix global laminate spend brings leverage and availability

• 900 material PNs in inventory (140K panels) including hi-performance materials such as Rogers 4000

• 300+ PNs on safety stock or consignment programs• 24 hour QTA from Isola, Nelco and Rogers on most material types

– Ability to do ‘inter-company’ material transfers

(6) Load and Capacity Planning– Capacity planning tools are based on constraint areas – Capacity reserved by turn times, i.e. for Merix-San Jose,

• 24–72 Hours (25% Reserved Capacity), 4–5 Day (50%), 6+ Day (25%)

(7) Service Level Focus– Fast, accurate and experienced DFM Support– ‘Face to Face’ Field Applications Support (when necessary)– Commitment to shipping quality product on-time

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FAE & DFM Engineering Goals• Eliminate surprises.• Control development costs.• Maximize manufacturability of the design.• Seek ways to reduce cost.

• Proto – Production Transition Support.

Impedance CalculationSingle Ended, Broadside DifferentialHorizontal Differential, Mixed Technology

Board Stack-Up DefinitionBalanced Dielectric Heights Balanced Copper WeightsBlind and Buried Vias/uViasSequential Lamination

Panel Utilization and Array drawingsMaximize array panel for AssemblyOptimize panel utilization

Develop New TechnologiesEngineering Development to meet future

customer requirements.

Central Corporate ContactKnowledgeable Staff with over 15 years

experience each.Field Support for On-Site MeetingsAvailable 24 / 7

Manufacturing CapabilitiesPublish Process CapabilitiesFinish Requirements

Design Reviews & ReportsPre ECO Design ReviewsComprehensive Tooling Review (ECR)Post Fabrication Review

Material SelectionSurface Finish Selection

Provide “solutions” to optimize our customer’s success.Provide “solutions” to optimize our customer’s success.

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Merix Front End – We have an extensive and experienced Staff to service QTA

719223North America

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Software

Development

871Merix-SJ

11152Merix-OR

Pre-Production Engineering

CAM ToolingMGT

Merix-US Front End enables 130+ new QTA tools/week

$50M in Merix Quick-Turn Sales last year

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Customer Communication - DRNs

To:

Fax:

Phone:

Date: 4/24/02

PLEASE COPY ALL OF BELOW ON ALL CORRESPONDENCESPrimary Secondary Field Application Engineer

Ann SpechtPhone: (503)359-2603e-mail:

Brenda DeMarcoPhone: (503)359-2613e-mail:

DESIGN REVIEW NOTICE

500-02281-02 A

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Merix wold like to resolve the following issues with the manufacturing of this part:

Issue # Order Status Issue Proposed Resolution Customer Response1 Not Started Layer 8 & 9, 8 places of .0005

same net spacing Bridge together or connect closer to the top of the pad.

2 Not Started .055 unplated hole to copper spacing of .0069-.0084, which is below Merix minimum of .0085 and preferred .010 hole to copper space. See attached sample graphic.

Move traces to provide a .0085 minimum space or reduce the hole size to .050 +/-.002

Customer Service

|1521 Poplar Lane

P.O. Box 3000, F4-374Forest Grove, Oregon 97116

Rev #:

Merix P/N:

Customer P/N: PlurisCustomer Name

Technical Support

(503) 359-2683 (Fax)

Merix Contacts

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Automatic PO Confirmation

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Automatic Shipping Notification

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Summary

• Quick turn as fast as 24 hours• A Focus on All Types of Quick-Turn

– >50% of Merix customers do not require follow-on production

• Mil Spec Quick-Turn– MIL-PRF-31032, MIL-P-55110

• Quick-Turn support for Volume Production.– Same materials– Same stackup– Same company building your boards in China

• World class engineering support