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IXYS Corporation is an American company based in Milpitas, California. IXYS focuses on power semiconductors, radio-frequency (RF) power semiconductors, and digital and analog integrated circuits (ICs).[2]

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History

Dr. Nathan Zommer founded IXYS Corporation in 1983 in Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, California. IXYS was originally a fabless power semiconductor device company. In 1989, IXYS provided power MOSFETs for the General Motors EV1.[3]

IXYS provided high-power IGBTs for the KTX-II high-speed train.[4]

In 2001, the company acquired the British semiconductor manufacturer Westcode.[5]

In December 2009, IXYS Corporation announced that it will buy Zilog, which is now the company's wholly owned subsidiary.[6][7]

In July 2013, IXYS Corporation finished acquiring Samsung Electronics' 4- and 8-bit microcontroller business, and the 4- and 8-bit microcontrollers acquired from Samsung will be offered by Zilog, Inc.[8]

In August 2017, IXYS Corporation was acquired by Littelfuse Inc in exchange for $750 million in cash and stocks.[9][10]

In January 2018, Littelfuse finished acquiring IXYS Corporation and IXYS was delisted from NASDAQ.[11]

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Products

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Litelink CPC5621A, a phone line interface IC (DAA)

IXYS products included MOSFETs like a 2000V N-Channel power MOSFET, designed to be used in high voltage applications as well as integrated circuits used in Solid State Relays and Line Card Access Switches.[12][13][14] The RF Power Semiconductors convert high rates electricity for amplification or reception. In addition, IXYS provides laser diode drivers, direct copper bond (DCB).[15]

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