Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company specializing in high performance analog integrated circuits for applications such as telecommunications, automotive electronics, factory automation, and process control. Founded in 1981 by Robert H. Swanson, Jr. and Robert C. Dobkin, the company served diverse markets including military and space systems. In July 2016, Analog Devices agreed to acquire Linear Technology for $14.8 billion, completing the acquisition in March 2017. Post-merger, the "Power by Linear" brand continues to market the combined power management portfolios, preserving Linear Technology's legacy within Analog Devices.
Products
As of August 2010, the company made over 7500 products,5 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.6
The company maintained LTspice, a freely downloadable version of SPICE that includes schematic capture.
Locations
Corporate headquarters were in Milpitas, California.7 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.8
The company's wafer fabrication facilities were located in Camas, Washington and Milpitas, California.9
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linear Technology.- Archive of Linear Technology website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 17, 2017)
- Business data for Analog Devices, Inc.:
References
"Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K". Internet FAQ Consortium. August 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.[dead link] http://www.linear.com/docs/39066 ↩
Analog Devices to Acquire Linear Technology for $14.8 Billion, The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2016 https://www.wsj.com/articles/analog-devices-to-acquire-linear-technology-for-14-8-billion-1469563887 ↩
Filing Detail, "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", March 11, 2017 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6281/000119312517078934/0001193125-17-078934-index.htm ↩
"Welcome to Power by Linear". Analog Devices. Retrieved 2022-03-13. https://www.analog.com/en/products/landing-pages/001/power-by-linear.html ↩
Brian Caulfield (August 20, 2010). "Long Live Analog". Forbes. Retrieved 2010-08-25. https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/19/linear-lothar-maier-intelligent-technology-analog.html?sh=393beebf7d9c ↩
"Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K". Internet FAQ Consortium. August 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.[dead link] http://www.linear.com/docs/39066 ↩
"Linear Technology Corporation". Hoover's. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved 2010-08-25. https://archive.today/20130125212215/http://www.hoovers.com/company/Linear_Technology_Corporation/ryskyi-1-1njea5.html ↩
"Home > Company > Careers > Design Centers". Linear Technology. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2010-08-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301091132/http://www.linear.com/company/careers/ ↩
"Linear Technology Corporation /CA/ - Form 10-K". Internet FAQ Consortium. August 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.[dead link] http://www.linear.com/docs/39066 ↩