ON Semiconductor

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ON Semiconductor

ON Semiconductor
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: ONNN
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Key people	Keith Jackson, CEO John Nelson, COO Donald Colvin, CFO
Revenue	$3.442 billion USD (2011)
Employees	20,000 (approx)
Website	www.onsemi.com

ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN), is a Fortune 1000 semiconductors supplier company. 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. ON Semiconductor runs a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, ON boasts revenues of $3.442 Billion (2011)^[1] which puts it among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

ON Semiconductor designs and manufactures:

• Power Management Devices: AC-DC Controllers & Regulators; DC-DC Controllers, Converters, & Regulators; Drivers; Thermal Management; Voltage & Current Management
• Signal Management Devices: Amplifiers & Comparators; Analog Switches; Digital Potentiometers; DSP Systems; EMI / RFI Filters; Interfaces
• Logic Devices: Microcontrollers; Clock Generation; Clock & Data Distribution; Memory; Standard Logic
• Discrete Devices: Bipolar Transistors; Diodes & Rectifiers; IGBTs & FETs; Thyristors
• Custom Devices: ASICs; Custom Foundry Services; Custom ULP Memory

History

ON Semiconductor was founded in 1999. The company was originally a spinoff of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector. It continues to manufacture Motorola's discrete, standard analog and standard logic devices.

Products

ON Semiconductors manufactures a variety of products in the following areas:

• Custom
• Discrete
• Power Management
• Logic
• Signal Management

Solution Engineering Centers

• United States: San Jose, California; Portland, Oregon
• Germany: Munich
• South Korea: Seoul
• China: Shanghai
• Taiwan: Taipei
• Japan: Osaka, Tokyo

Design Centers

• United States: Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Clara, California; Longmont, Colorado; Pocatello, Idaho; Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Plano, Texas; American Fork, Utah
• Canada: Burlington; Waterloo
• Belgium: Mechelen; Oudenaarde; Vilvoorde
• Czech Republic: Brno; Roznov
• France: Toulouse
• Germany: Munich
• Ireland: Limerick
• Romania: Bucharest
• Slovak Republic: Bratislava
• Switzerland: Marin
• China: Shanghai
• India: Bangalore; Noida
• Japan: Aizu; Gifu; Gunma
• South Korea: Seoul
• Philippines: Tarlac City
• Taiwan: Taipei

Manufacturing Facilities

• Canada: Burlington
• United States: Pocatello, Idaho; Gresham, Oregon
• Belgium: Oudenaarde
• Czech Republic: Roznov
• China: Leshan; Shenzhen
• Japan: Aizu, Gifu; Gunma; Hanyu; Niigata
• Malaysia: Seremban
• Philippines: Carmona; Tarlac City
• Thailand: Bangkok
• Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City

Acquisitions

In April 2000, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of Cherry Semiconductor.

In January 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from Analog Devices, Inc., for $184M.

In March 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of AMI Semiconductor for $915M.[1]

In October 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor for $115M.[2]

In November 2009, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of PulseCore for $17M.

In January 2010, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of California Micro Devices.

In June 2010, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of Sound Design Technologies, Ltd., for $22M.

In January 2011, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of SANYO Semiconductor.

In February 2011, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit from Cypress Semiconductor, for $31.4M

See also

• Freescale Semiconductor, another Motorola semiconductor spinoff
• List of semiconductor fabrication plants

External links

• ON Semiconductor website

References

1. ^ 2011 Annual Report

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