Diodes Incorporated
Encyclopedia
Diodes Incorporated is a global manufacturer and supplier of application-specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor markets. Its headquarters is located in Plano
, Texas
, United States
.
Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFET
s, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparator
s, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage reference
s along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controller
s. The Company’s corporate headquarters, logistics center, and Americas’ sales office are located in Plano, Texas
.
Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in
The Company’s wafer fabrication facilities are located in
with manufacturing facilities located in
and two joint venture facilities located in Chengdu, China.
Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei, Hong Kong
, Manchester, and Munich, Germany, with support offices located throughout the world.
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Introduction
Diodes Incorporated serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets.Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFET
MOSFET
The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. The basic principle of this kind of transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925...
s, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparator
Comparator
In electronics, a comparator is a device that compares two voltages or currents and switches its output to indicate which is larger. They are commonly used in devices such as Analog-to-digital converters .- Input voltage range :...
s, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage reference
Voltage reference
A voltage reference is an electronic device that produces a fixed voltage irrespective of the loading on the device, power supply variations, temperature changes, and the passage of time. Voltage references are used in power supply voltage regulators, analog-to-digital converters and...
s along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controller
Motor controller
A motor controller is a device or group of devices that serves to govern in some predetermined manner the performance of an electric motor. A motor controller might include a manual or automatic means for starting and stopping the motor, selecting forward or reverse rotation, selecting and...
s. The Company’s corporate headquarters, logistics center, and Americas’ sales office are located in Plano, Texas
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
.
Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in
- Plano, Texas
- San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Manchester, England
- Neuhaus, GermanyNeuhaus am RennwegNeuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld.-References:...
The Company’s wafer fabrication facilities are located in
- Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
- Manchester, England
with manufacturing facilities located in
- Shanghai, China
- Neuhaus, GermanyNeuhaus am RennwegNeuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld.-References:...
and two joint venture facilities located in Chengdu, China.
Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Manchester, and Munich, Germany, with support offices located throughout the world.