Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analogintegrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook and desktop computers, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, automotive electronics, factoryautomation,process control, military and space systems. The company was founded in 1981 by Robert H. Swanson, Jr. andRobert C. Dobkin.[1]
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| Founded | 1981[1] |
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| Founder | Robert H. Swanson, Jr. Robert C. Dobkin |
| Defunct | March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10) |
| Fate | Acquired byAnalog Devices |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 12 (10 U.S. design centers,Munich andSingapore) |
Key people | Lothar Maier (CEO), Robert H. Swanson, Jr. (Chairman), Robert C. Dobkin (CTO) |
| Products | Over 7500 products[2] |
| Revenue | |
| Total assets | |
| Total equity | |
Number of employees | 4,865 (June 2015)[1] |
In July 2016,Analog Devices agreed to buy Linear Technology for 14.8 billion dollars.[5] This acquisition was finalized on March 10, 2017.[6] The Linear name survives as the "Power by Linear" brand that is used to market the combined power management portfolios of Linear Technology and Analog Devices.[7]
Products
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As of August 2010, the company made over 7500 products,[2] which they organized into seven product categories:data conversion (analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters),signal conditioning (operational amplifiers, comparators, voltage references),power management (switching regulators, linear regulators, battery management, LED drivers), interface (RS232, RS485),radio frequency (mixers, quadrature modulators),oscillators, and space and military ICs.[1]
The company maintainedLTspice, a freely downloadable version ofSPICE that includesschematic capture.
Locations
editCorporate headquarters were inMilpitas, California.[8] In the United States, the company had design centers inPhoenix, Arizona;Grass Valley, California;Santa Barbara, California;Colorado Springs, Colorado;North Chelmsford, Massachusetts;Manchester, New Hampshire;Cary, North Carolina;Plano, Texas; andBurlington, Vermont. It also had centers inMunich andSingapore.[9]
The company'swafer fabrication facilities were located inCamas, Washington and Milpitas, California.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abcde"Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K". Internet FAQ Consortium. August 19, 2010. Retrieved2010-08-25.[dead link]
- ^abBrian Caulfield (August 20, 2010)."Long Live Analog".Forbes. Retrieved2010-08-25.
- ^abcdefgh"LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ 2015 Annual Report Form (10-K)"(XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. August 19, 2015.
- ^ab"LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ 2016 Q2 Quarterly Report Form (10-Q)"(XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Feb 11, 2016.
- ^Analog Devices to Acquire Linear Technology for $14.8 Billion,The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2016
- ^Filing Detail, "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", March 11, 2017
- ^"Welcome to Power by Linear".Analog Devices. Retrieved2022-03-13.
- ^"Linear Technology Corporation".Hoover's. Archived fromthe original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved2010-08-25.
- ^"Home > Company > Careers > Design Centers". Linear Technology. Archived fromthe original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved2010-08-25.
External links
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- Archive of Linear Technology website at theWayback Machine (archived February 17, 2017)
- Business data for Analog Devices, Inc.: