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ON Semiconductor Corporation (stylized and doing business as onsemi) is an American semiconductor supplier company, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Products include power and signal management, logic, discrete, and custom devices for automotive, communications, computing, consumer, industrial, LED lighting, medical, military/aerospace and power applications. onsemi runs a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. Based on its 2016 revenues of $3.907 billion,[2] onsemi ranked among the worldwide top 20 semiconductor sales leaders,[3] and was ranked No. 483 on the 2022 Fortune 500 based on its 2021 sales.[4][5]

Trade name

onsemi

1999 (1999)

Worldwide

Alan Campbell
(Chairman)
Hassane El-Khoury
(President & CEO)
Thad Trent
(Executive VP & CFO)

Intelligent power and sensing technologies
Power & signal management
Logic, discrete, & custom solutions

Decrease US$8.25 billion (2023)

Increase US$2.54 billion (2023)

Increase US$2.19 billion (2023)

Increase US$13.2 billion (2023)

Increase US$7.80 billion (2023)

≈ 30,000 (December 2023)

In April 2000, onsemi completed the acquisition of Cherry Semiconductor Corp. (CSC) for $250 million. CSC was founded in 1972 as Micro Components Corporation (MCC). CSC was headquartered in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA.

In 2003, onsemi acquired TESLA SEZAM (manufacturer of semiconductor chips) and TEROSIL (production of silicon) in the Czech Republic. Both of these companies were the successors of the former state-owned company .[8]

TESLA

In May 2006, onsemi completed the acquisition of Gresham, Oregon Design & Manufacturing Facility.

LSI Logic

In January 2008, onsemi completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from , Inc., for $184 million.

Analog Devices

In March 2008, onsemi completed the acquisition of AMI Semiconductor for $915 million.

[9]

On July 17, 2008, onsemi and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. announced the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. by onsemi for $115 million. On October 9, 2008, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. announced the approval of the acquisition.[11][12] On October 10, 2008, onsemi announced the completion of the acquisition.[13]

[10]

In November 2009, onsemi completed the acquisition of PulseCore Semiconductor for $17 million.

In December 2009, onsemi announced the acquisition of .[14]

California Micro Devices

In June 2010, onsemi completed the acquisition of Sound Design Technologies, Ltd., for $22 million.

In January 2011, onsemi completed the acquisition of Semiconductor.

SANYO

In February 2011, onsemi completed the acquisition of the Image Sensor Business Unit from Cypress Semiconductor, for $31.4 million.

CMOS

In May 2014, onsemi completed the acquisition of Truesense Imaging, Inc.

[15]

In June 2014, onsemi announced a $400 million deal to acquire California-based Imaging Corp.[16]

Aptina

In July 2014, onsemi and Fujitsu Semiconductor announced Strategic Partnership (including foundry services agreement and the definitive agreement pursuant to which onsemi will become a 10% shareholder of Fujitsu's 8-inch wafer fab in , Japan)[17]

Aizuwakamatsu

In July 2015, onsemi completed the acquisition of Axsem AG.

[18]

In November 2015, onsemi announced the acquisition of for $2.4 billion.[19][20]

Fairchild Semiconductor

In August 2016, onsemi has entered into a definitive agreement with respect to the divestiture of the ignition business to Littelfuse and has also entered into a separate definitive agreement with Littelfuse to sell its transient voltage suppression diode and switching thyristor product lines, for a combined $104 million in cash.[21]

IGBT

In September 2016, onsemi completed the acquisition of .[22]

Fairchild Semiconductor

In March 2017, onsemi announced that it would acquire and license technology for automotive radar applications developed by IBM's Haifa, Israel, research team. It included staff, equipment, research facilities and intellectual property.[23]

mmWave

In May 2018, onsemi acquired Ireland-based company, SensL Technologies Ltd.

[24]

In June 2019, onsemi acquired Quantenna Communications for about $1 billion. In October 2021, Bloomberg News reported that onsemi was looking to sell off Quantenna's assets.[26] After failing to find a buyer, onsemi shut down the division in 2022.[27]

[25]

In April 2019, onsemi agreed to acquire 300mm wafer fabrication facility in East Fishkill, New York.[28][29] In February 2023, it was announced the acquisition had been completed.[30]

GlobalFoundries

In August 2021 onsemi agreed to acquire GT Advanced Technologies.

[31]

Custom: ; Custom Foundry Services; Custom ULP Memory; Custom CMOS Image Sensors; Integrated passive devices

ASICs

Discrete: Bipolar Transistors; Diodes & Rectifiers; IGBTs & FETs; Thyristors

Power Management: AC/DC Controllers & Regulators; DC/DC Controllers, Converters, & Regulators; Drivers; Thermal Management; Voltage & Current Management

Logic: Clock Generation; Clock & Data Distribution; Memory; Microcontrollers; Standard Logic

Signal Management: Amplifiers & Comparators; Analog Switches; Audio/Video ASSP; Digital Potentiometers; EMI/RFI Filters; Interfaces; Optical, Image, & Touch Sensors

onsemi manufactures products in the following areas:


In 2013, the company introduced the industry's highest resolution optical image stabilization (OIS) integrated circuit (IC) for smartphone camera modules.[32]

Analog and Mixed-Signal Group (AMG)

Intelligent Sensing Group (ISG)

Power Solutions Group (PSG)

[33]

The company has three segments:

United States: , California; Portland, Oregon; Detroit, Michigan; Nampa and Meridian, Idaho

San Jose

Germany:

Munich

South Korea:

Seoul

China: , Shenzhen

Shanghai

Taiwan:

Taipei

Japan: , Tokyo

Osaka

Slovakia:

Piešťany

In 2000, onsemi won the Advertising Excellence best in category Industrial Machinery/Electrical Components.

Forbes

onsemi won the Hot 100 Electronic products of 2009 and 2012 by magazine.[35]

EDN

In 2012, onsemi won the IR Magazine U.S. Awards in three fields, Best IR by a CEO or chairman for mid cap; No. 56 best company in the U.S. in terms of Investor Relations; No. 3 in Best Investor Relations in technology sector for mid/small cap companies.

[36]

In 2012 the company won the "Large Company of the Year Award" from the .[37]

IEEE

In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, onsemi was named in World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute.

[38]

The company's subsidiary AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has also won many awards, such as President's Award and Preferred Supplier from Rockwell Collins, Strategic Supplier Award from Emerson Rosemount, Inc., Outstanding Technical Support in New Product Development from Alliant Techsystems.[37]

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