International Rectifier

International Rectifier Corp

Type	Public (NYSE: IRF)
Industry	Semiconductor Integrated Circuits
Founded	1947
Headquarters	El Segundo, California, USA
Key people	Eric Lidow, Founder Richard Dahl, Chairman Oleg Khaykin, CEO Daniel Bendshadler
Revenue	$1.203 billion US$ (2007)
Operating income	$114 Million US$ (2007)
Net income	$78 million US$ (2007)
Employees	3,939 (2009)
Website	www.irf.com

International Rectifier Corp. (NYSE: IRF) is a manufacturer of power semiconductors (Integrated Circuits, MOSFET, and IGBTs) located in El Segundo, California, USA. It has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion USD and is listed on the S&P Midcap 400.

Currently employing over 4900 employees, it is a global leader in power management technology^{[citation needed]}, with products found in a very diverse range of devices, such as calculators and airplanes. With aggressive funding in research and development, their proprietary products are used by many computer manufacturers worldwide.

History

• 1954: commercialization of germanium rectifiers
• 1959: creation of the first silicon-based rectifier
• 1974: first power and Darlington transistors which used glass passivation
• 1979: first hexagonal MOSFET
• 1983: first intelligent power ICs
• 2000: FlipFET^TM wafer packaging
• 2002: DirectFET^R, a MOSFET packaging technology developed to address thermal limitations found in advanced computing, consumer and communications applications

Manufacturing

International Rectifier is a major semiconductor manufacturer with wafer fabrication and assembly facilities throughout the world. The locations are:

• El Segundo, California
• Santa Clara, California
• Temecula, California
• Leominster, Massachusetts
• Mesa, Arizona
• Newport, Wales
• Swansea, Wales
• Tijuana, Mexico

External links

• International Rectifier official website