Vicor Corporation is a manufacturer of

power module A power module or power electronic module provides the physical containment for several power components, usually power semiconductor devices. These power semiconductors (so-called dies) are typically soldered or sintered on a power electronic ...

s headquartered in

Andover, Massachusetts Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 387. As of th ...

History and overview

Vicor Corporation, incorporated in 1981 in Andover, Massachusetts, designs, manufactures, and markets modular power components and complete power systems. These are used in electronic products to convert power from a primary power source (typically either

alternating current Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction. Alternating current is the form in whic ...

from a mains outlet or

direct current Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through semiconductors, insulators, or eve ...

from a battery) into the specific direct current required by electronic circuits. Vicor sells its products in North and South America, as well as internationally through independent distributors, to business-to-business (B2B) customers in computing, industrial equipment and automation, robotics, vehicles and transportation,

unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controll ...

s, satellites, and aerospace and defense. Patrizio Vinciarelli is Vicor's chair of the board, president, and

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...

. As of 2022, Vicor had 11 subsidiaries, legally domiciled as follows: Vicor GmbH (Germany); VICR Securities Corporation (Massachusetts, USA); Vicor France SARL (France); Vicor Italy SRL (Italy); Vicor Hong Kong Ltd. (Hong Kong); Vicor U.K. Ltd. (United Kingdom); Vicor Japan Company Ltd. (Japan); Vicor KK (Japan); Vicor Trading (Shanghai) Limited (China); Vicor Development Corporation (Delaware, USA), including Freedom Power Systems, Inc. (Delaware, USA) and Northwest Power,Inc. (Delaware, USA); 560 Oakmead LLC (California, USA).

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Vicor Corporation
Computer companies of the United States Manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts Companies established in 1981 Companies listed on the Nasdaq Power supply manufacturers