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Power Integrations, Inc. Description

Power Integrations, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), and other electronic components and circuitry used in high-voltage power conversion. The company offers AC-DC conversion products, including TOPSwitch, TinySwitch, and LinkSwitch that address power supplies ranging from less than 1 watt of output up to approximately 50 watts of output for mobile-device chargers, consumer appliances, utility meters, liquid crystal display monitors, standby power supplies for desktop computers and televisions, and other consumer and industrial applications. It also provides various products for use in applications up to approximately 500 watts of output, including main power supplies for desktop computers, televisions, and game consoles, as well as light emitting diode street lights and other applications. These products include Hiper family power-conversion and power-factor-correction products; CapZero and SenZero products that reduce standby consumption in high-power applications by eliminating power waste; and high-voltage diodes. In addition, the company offers IGBT-driver products under the SCALE and SCALE-2 product-family names; and monolithic high-voltage DC-DC power conversion ICs for use in power-over-Ethernet powered devices, such as voice-over-Internet protocol phones and security cameras, as well as network hubs, line cards, servers, digital PBX phones, DC-DC converter modules, and industrial controls. It serves consumer, communications, computer, and industrial electronics markets. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and merchant power supply manufacturers directly and through a network of independent distributors worldwide. Power Integrations, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductors
Keywords: Integrated Circuits Electromagnetism Electrical Engineering Camera Ethernet Electric Power Electronic Components Power Supplies Light Emitting Diodes Diodes Liquid Crystal Display Power Electronics Power Inverter Power Supply Street Light Electric Power Conversion Power Applications Conversion Products Rectifier Pbx AC Adapter Dc To Dc Converter Industrial Electronics Internet Protocol Phones Standby Power