International Rectifier

International Rectifier Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1947
resolution	2014
Reason for dissolution	takeover
Seat	El Segundo , California , United States
Number of employees	4.165
sales	1,107,000,000 US dollars
Branch	electronics
Website	www.irf.com
As of June 29, 2014

The International Rectifier Corporation was an American manufacturer of power semiconductors and integrated circuits . The headquarters were in the small town of El Segundo in the state of California . In 2014 it was taken over by the German company Infineon .

Company history

The company was founded in 1947 in Inglewood ( Los Angeles County / California) by Eric Lidow and moved to El Segundo in 1962. In the early years of the company's activities was in the then emerging rectifier (Engl. Rectifier ) based on semiconductors , also the company name of which is derived. Significant developments included:

• 1954: Mass production of the first commercial rectifier from the semiconductor material germanium .
• 1959: Invention of the silicon- based rectifier .
• 1974: Development of the glass passivation process for power transistors .
• 1979: Start of production of the first hexagonal MOSFET (Hexfet)
• 1983: First commercial IC for intelligent voltage regulation
• 2000: FlipFET production technology is ready for the market
• 2002: DirectFET design
• 2014: Contract signed for acquisition by Infineon for $ 3 billion, which was closed in January 2015.

Production sites

• El Segundo , California (headquarters of administration and development)
• Leominster , Massachusetts
• Mesa , Arizona
• Newport , United Kingdom (Integrated Circuits)
• San Jose , California
• St. Paul , Minnesota
• Singapore
• Temecula , California
• Tijuana , Mexico

Web links

• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Form -10K 2014
2. ↑ http://www.irf.com/ehs/
3. ^ Bernd Hops: Infineon Technologies AG successfully acquires International Rectifier. Infineon, January 13, 2015, accessed on July 16, 2015 .