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Organization and Business Description
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Organization and Business Description  
Organization and Business Description

(1) Organization and Business Description

 

AmpliTech Group, Inc. (“AmpliTech” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on December 30, 2010. On August 13, 2012, the Company acquired AmpliTech, Inc., by issuing 833,750 shares of the Company’s common stock to the shareholders of AmpliTech, Inc., in exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of AmpliTech Inc. (the “Share Exchange”). After the Share Exchange, the selling shareholders owned 60,000 shares of the 889,250 shares of Company common stock outstanding, resulting in a change in control. Accordingly, the transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition in which AmpliTech, Inc., was deemed to be the accounting acquirer, and the operations of the Company were consolidated for accounting purposes. The capital balances have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse acquisition.

 

AmpliTech designs, engineers and assembles microwave component-based low noise amplifiers (“LNA”) that meet individual customer specifications. Application of the Company’s proprietary technology results in maximum frequency gain with minimal background noise distortion as required by each customer. The Company has both domestic and international customers in such industries as aerospace, governmental, defense and commercial satellite.

 

On September 12, 2019, AmpliTech Group, Inc., acquired the assets of Specialty Microwave Corporation (“Specialty”), a privately held company based in Ronkonkoma, NY. The purchase included all inventory, orders, customers, property and equipment, and intellectual property.  The assets also included all eight team members of Specialty.

 

Specialty designs and manufactures passive microwave components and related subsystems that meet individual customer specifications for both domestic and international customers for use in satellite communication ground networks.

 

On February 17, 2021, the Company priced its underwritten public offering of 1,371,428 units at $7.00 per unit. Each unit issued in the offering consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant. Concurrently, AmpliTech effected a 1-for-20 reverse split of its outstanding common stock and uplisted to the Nasdaq Capital Market, where its common stock and warrants trade under the symbols “AMPG” and “AMPGW,” respectively.

 

In 2021, the Company opened AGMDC, a monolithic microwave integrated circuits (“MMIC”) chip design center in Texas and has started to implement several of its proprietary amplifier designs into MMIC components. MMICs are semiconductor chips used in high-frequency communications applications. MMICs are widely desired for power amplification solutions to service emerging technologies, such as phased array antennas and quantum computing. MMICs carry a smaller footprint enabling them to be incorporated into a broader array of systems while reducing costs.  AGMDC designs, develops and manufactures state-of-the-art signal processing components for satellite and 5G communications networks, defense, space and other commercial applications, allowing the Company to market its products to wider base of customers requiring high technology in smaller packages.

On November 19, 2021, AmpliTech Group, Inc., entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Spectrum Semiconductor Materials Inc. (the "Seller" or “SSM”), pursuant to which AmpliTech acquired substantially all the assets of the Company (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition was completed on December 15, 2021.

 

Spectrum Semiconductor Materials ("SSM”), located in Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA), is a global authorized distributor of integrated circuit ("IC") packaging and lids for semiconductor device assembly, prototyping, testing, and production requirements.

 

In August 2022, the AmpliTech Group True G Speed Services (“TGSS”) division was formed to provide “true G speeds” to the industry. TGSS’ main function will be to plan and configure 5G radio systems and make them Open Radio Access Network compatible. TGSS will implement AmpliTech’s low noise amplifier devices in these systems to promote greater coverage, longer range and faster speeds.