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onsemi (stylized in lowercase; legally ON Semiconductor Corporation; formerly ON Semiconductor until August 5, 2021) is an American
semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way ...
supplier company, based in Phoenix, Arizona and ranked #483 on the 2022 ''Fortune'' 500 based on its 2021 sales. 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, onsemi ranked among the worldwide top 20 semiconductor sales leaders.


History

onsemi was founded in 1999. The company was originally a spinoff of
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorola ...
's Semiconductor Components Group. It continues to manufacture Motorola's discrete, standard analog, and standard logic devices. In February 2022, it was announced that BelGaN Group BV had completed the acquisition of all shares of ON Semiconductor Belgium BV from the onsemi group.


Acquisitions

* In April 2000, onsemi completed the acquisition of Cherry Semiconductor. * 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 TESLA. * In May 2006, onsemi completed the acquisition of
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Gresham, Oregon Design & Manufacturing Facility. * In January 2008, onsemi completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from
Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), also known simply as Analog, is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion, signal processing and power management technology, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The ...
, Inc., for $184 million. * In March 2008, onsemi completed the acquisition of AMI Semiconductor for $915 million. * 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. On October 10, 2008, onsemi announced the completion of the acquisition. * In November 2009, onsemi completed the acquisition of PulseCore for $17M. * In December 2009, onsemi announced the acquisition of 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
SANYO , stylized as SANYO, is a Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the ''Fortune'' Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo had over 230 subsidiaries and affiliates, and was founded by ...
Semiconductor. * In February 2011, onsemi completed the acquisition of the CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit from
Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It offered NOR flash memories, F-RAM and SRAM Traveo microcontrollers, PSoC programmable system-on-chip solutions, analog and PMIC Power Management ICs, Ca ...
, for $31.4 million * In May 2014, onsemi completed the acquisition of Truesense Imaging, Inc. * In June 2014, onsemi announced a $400 million deal to acquire California-based
Aptina Aptina Imaging Corporation was a company that sold CMOS imaging products. Their CMOS sensors were used in Nikon V1 (10.1 MP, CX format, 16.9x17.9 mm), Nikon J1, Nikon V2. By 2009 year Aptina had a 16% share of the CMOS image sensors m ...
Imaging Corp. * 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 Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan) * In July 2015, onsemi completed the acquisition of Axsem AG. * In November 2015, onsemi announced the acquisition of
Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of int ...
. * In August 2016, onsemi has entered into a definitive agreement with respect to the divestiture of the Ignition IGBT business to Littelfuse and has also entered into a separate definitive agreement with Littelfuse to sell its transient voltage suppression ("TVS") diode and switching thyristor product lines, for a combined $104 million in cash. * In September 2016, onsemi completed the acquisition of
Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of int ...
. * In March 2017, onsemi announced that it would acquire and license mmWave technology for automotive radar applications developed by IBM's Haifa, Israel, research team. It included staff, equipment, research facilities and intellectual property. * In May 2018, onsemi acquired Ireland-based company, SensL Technologies Ltd. * 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. *In April 2019, onsemi to acquire
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300mm Fabrication Facility in East Fishkill, New York. *In August 2021 onsemi to acquire GT Advanced Technologies.


Products

onsemi manufactures products in the following areas: * Custom: ASICs; Custom Foundry Services; Custom ULP Memory; Custom CMOS Image Sensors; Integrated passive devices * 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 In 2013, the company introduced the industry's highest resolution optical image stabilization (OIS) integrated circuit (IC) for smartphone camera modules.


Operations

The company has three segments: * Advanced Solutions Group (ASG) * Intelligent Sensing Group (ISG) * Power Solutions Group (PSG)


R&D

There are several Solution Engineering Centers (SEC) and Design Centers around the world.


Solution engineering centers

* United States: San Jose, California; Portland, Oregon; Detroit, Michigan; Nampa and Meridian, Idaho * Germany:
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* South Korea:
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* China:
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* Taiwan:
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* Japan:
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,
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* Slovakia:
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Design centers

* United States: Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Clara, California; Sunnyvale, California; Longmont, Colorado; Pocatello, Idaho; Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; East Greenwich, Rhode Island; Austin, Texas; Plano, Texas; Lindon, Utah; South Portland, Maine; Bedford, New Hampshire * Canada: Burlington; Waterloo * Belgium:
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Oudenaarde Oudenaarde (; french: Audenarde ; in English sometimes ''Oudenarde'') is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, H ...
* Czech Republic:
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Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; german: Rosenau unter dem Radhoscht) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is made up of one administrativ ...
* France:
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* Germany:
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
* Ireland:
Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2 ...
* Romania:
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* Slovakia:
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* Switzerland: Marin; Dübendorf * India: Bangalore * Israel:
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* Japan:
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;
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Gunma is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima P ...
* South Korea:
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;
Bucheon Bucheon () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Bucheon is located away from Seoul, of which it is a satellite city. It is located between Incheon and Seoul. Bucheon is the second most densely populated city in South Korea after Seoul, ...
* Taiwan:
Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...
* Australia: Epping, New South Wales * Russia:
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Manufacturing facilities

* Canada: Burlington * United States: Pocatello, Idaho; South Portland, Maine; Mountain Top, Pennsylvania; Gresham, Oregon; Nampa, Idaho; Rochester, New York; Fishkill, New York (in process) * Belgium: Oudenaarde (for sale) * Czech Republic: Rožnov pod Radhoštěm * China:
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; Shenzhen; Suzhou * Japan: Gunma; AIZU; Niigata (exploring sale) * Malaysia: Senawang, Negeri Sembilan (2 Plants) * South Korea: Bucheon * Philippines: Carmona; Tarlac City; Cebu * Vietnam: Thuan An, Binh Duong; Bien Hoa, Dong Nai


Awards

* In 2000, onsemi won the ''
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'' Advertising Excellence best in category Industrial Machinery/Electrical Components. * onsemi won the Hot 100 Electronic products of 2009 and 2012 by '' EDN'' magazine. * 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. * In 2012 the company won the "Large Company of the Year Award" from the
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. * In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, onsemi was named in World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute. The company's subsidiary AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has also won many awards, such as President's Award and Preferred Supplier from
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, Strategic Supplier Award from Emerson Rosemount, Inc., Outstanding Technical Support in New Product Development from
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.


See also

*
Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. was an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focused their integrated circuit products on the automotive, em ...
, another Motorola semiconductor spinoff *
List of semiconductor fabrication plants This is a list of semiconductor fabrication plants. A semiconductor fabrication plant is where integrated circuits (ICs), also known as microchips, are manufactured. They are either operated by Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs) who design a ...


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