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. IXYS focuses on power

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(RF) power semiconductors, and digital and analog integrated circuits (ICs).

History

Dr. Nathan Zommer founded IXYS Corporation in 1983 in Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, California. IXYS was originally a

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power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device is a semiconductor device used as a switch or rectifier in power electronics (for example in a switch-mode power supply). Such a device is also called a power device or, when used in an integrated circuit, a power I ...

company. In 1989, IXYS provided

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. IXYS provided high-power

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high-speed train. In 2001, the company acquired the British semiconductor manufacturer Westcode. In December 2009, IXYS Corporation announced that it will buy

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, which is now the company's wholly owned subsidiary. In July 2013, IXYS Corporation finished acquiring

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' 4- and 8-bit microcontroller business, and the 4- and 8-bit microcontrollers acquired from Samsung will be offered by Zilog, Inc. In August 2017, IXYS Corporation was acquired by

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in exchange for $750 million in cash and stocks. In January 2018, Littelfuse finished acquiring IXYS Corporation and IXYS was delisted from NASDAQ.

Products

Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7270 - IXYS Litelink CPC5621A-3340

IXYS Corporation's production of power semiconductor consists of Power MOS (metal–oxide–silicon) transistors and power bipolar. These series of products convert high voltage or current electricity to regular power. The company's production of integrated circuits are used for analog, mixed-signal and digital interface solutions in communication, such as solid-state relays (SSRs), line card access switch (LCAS), Litelink

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. The RF Power Semiconductors convert high rates electricity for amplification or reception. In addition, IXYS provides laser diode drivers, direct copper bond (DCB).

References

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External links

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IXYS UK Westcode Ltd.
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. Electronics companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in California Companies based in Silicon Valley Companies based in Milpitas, California Semiconductor companies of the United States Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq 2017 mergers and acquisitions