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Vishay Semiconductor
Drive for Customer Satisfaction and
New Advanced Technologies
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is one of the
world’s largest manufacturers of discrete
semiconductors and passive electronic
components. They are used in virtually
all types of electronic devices and power
electronics. Vishay‘s innovations in tech-
nology, successful acquisition strategy,
product customization, and “one-stop-
shop” service have made the Company a
global industry leader. Modern electron-
ic components need to incorporate high
power densities in more and more com-
pact designs – which Vishay focuses on
both in semiconductors and passive com-
ponents.
Semiconductors
Vishay’s breadth of semiconductor tech-
nologies, paired with its own foundry
and packaging operations including high-
power semiconductor packaging, provide
an ongoing source of innovative compo-
nents for the power electronics industry.
The portfolio includes MOSFETs (low-
voltage and high-voltage), ICs (power
and analog), a wide range of diodes and
rectifiers (fast and super-fast, single, tan-
dem, and bridge), power semiconductor
modules (MOSFETs, IGBTs, diodes, SCRs),
and many different types of optoelec-
tronic products such as sensors, couplers,
and solid-state relays – many of which
are automotive AEC-Q qualified. Vishay is
a market and technology leader in power
rectifiers, low-voltage power MOSFETs,
and infrared sensors and components.
Passive Components
Robustness and reliability mark the pas-
sive components of Vishay. The Company
offers a wide range of power and very
high-power electronic components and
customized parts, including high-power
HVAC capacitors; film-RFI, DC-link, and
electrolytic capacitors; and ceramic single-
layer, multilayer, high-Q, RF, tantalum,
and polymer capacitors for power con-
verters, small and large drives, and power
transmission. Resistive products manufac-
tured by Vishay include a wide range of
power ratings up to 4 MW for dynamic
braking and high-power safety applica-
tions including forced air and
liquid-cooled assemblies. The Vishay re-
sistor portfolio includes an almost com-
plete range of technologies, including
thin and thick film, metal oxide, carbon,
polymer film, MELF, and wirewound
and Power Metal Strip
®
technologies, as
well as non-linear resistors, resistor net-
works, and arrays. High-power inductors,
chokes, planar transformers, and custom-
ized magnetics complete the product of-
fering. The portfolio is completed by a
wide range of sensors and transducers
for industrial and off-road applications.
Going Forward to New Horizons
Many innovations come from Vishay,
including Power Metal Strip
®
resistors,
thick film power resistors, IHLP
®
induc-
tors; TrenchFET
®
MOSFETs, TMBS
®
rectifi-
ers, wet tantalum capacitors, and capaci-
tors for power electronics. Our breadth
of component and packaging technolo-
gies, paired with our ability to custom-
ize, enable us to participate in technology
trends such as Industry 4.0 and support
alternative energy generation and trans-
mission projects, drives and inverters for
wind and photovoltaic systems, smart
grids, meters, and power distribution in-
frastructure such as on- and off-board
chargers, hybrid and fully electric vehi-
cles, and autonomous driving. IoT is the
ongoing challenge for more efficient and
small form factor products including en-
ergy storage devices such as ENYCAP
®
hybrid supercapacitors.
Selected Vishay components for assisted and auto-
nomous driving, EV, HEV, and charging infrastructure.
Selected Vishay components for INDUSTRY 4.0
power conversion applications.
