Linear Technology

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::summary American semiconductor manufacturer ::

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Field	Value
name	Linear Technology Corporation
founder	Robert H. Swanson, Jr.
Robert C. Dobkin
defunct
fate	Acquired by Analog Devices
key_people	Lothar Maier (CEO), Robert H. Swanson, Jr. (Chairman), Robert C. Dobkin (CTO)
products	Over 7500 products
revenue
operating_income
net_income
assets
equity
num_employees	4,865 (June 2015)
foundation	1981
location_city	Milpitas, California
location_country	U.S.
locations	12 (10 U.S. design centers, Munich and Singapore)
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Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook and desktop computers, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, military and space systems. The company was founded in 1981 by Robert H. Swanson, Jr. and Robert C. Dobkin.

In July 2016, Analog Devices agreed to buy Linear Technology for 14.8 billion dollars. This acquisition was finalized on March 10, 2017. 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.

Products

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As of August 2010, the company made over 7500 products, 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.

The company maintained LTspice, a freely downloadable version of SPICE that includes schematic capture.

Locations

Corporate headquarters were in Milpitas, California. In the United States, the company had design centers in Phoenix, Arizona; Grass Valley, California; Santa Barbara, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; North Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire; Cary, North Carolina; Plano, Texas; and Burlington, Vermont. It also had centers in Munich and Singapore.

The company's wafer fabrication facilities were located in Camas, Washington and Milpitas, California.

References

References

1. (August 19, 2015). "LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ 2015 Annual Report Form (10-K)". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
2. (Feb 11, 2016). "LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP /CA/ 2016 Q2 Quarterly Report Form (10-Q)". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
3. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/analog-devices-to-acquire-linear-technology-for-14-8-billion-1469563887 Analog Devices to Acquire Linear Technology for $14.8 Billion], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', July 26, 2016
4. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6281/000119312517078934/0001193125-17-078934-index.htm Filing Detail], "[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]", March 11, 2017
5. "Welcome to Power by Linear". [[Analog Devices]].
6. Brian Caulfield. (August 20, 2010). "Long Live Analog". [[Forbes]].
7. "Linear Technology Corporation". [[Hoover's]].
8. "Home > Company > Careers > Design Centers". Linear Technology.
9. (March 2022). "Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K". Internet FAQ Consortium.

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