company type public industry semiconductor integrated circuits founded 1947 headquarters el segundo california key people eric lidow founder robert lefort president revenue 1.1 billion june 2014 1 number of employees 4 200 june 2014 1 parent infineon technologies website www.irf.com international rectifier was an american power management technology company manufacturing analog and mixed signal ics advanced circuit devices integrated power systems and high performance integrated components for computing . on 13 january 2015 the company became a part of infineon technologies . 1 ir s products as a part of infineon technologies overall semiconductor portfolio continue to be used in many applications including lighting automobile satellite aircraft and defense systems ; as well as key components in power supply systems in electronics based products that include especially microcomputers servers and networking and telecommunications equipment . contents 1 history 2 manufacturing 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 1983 lost a patent infringement lawsuit over the rights to doxycycline to pfizer inc. resulting in a judgment of 55 million to pfizer . to avoid bankruptcy the international rectifier gave pfizer its animal health and feed additive businesses . 2 3 2000 developed flipfettm wafer packaging 2002 developed directfetr a mosfet packaging technology developed to address thermal limitations found in advanced computing consumer and communications applications 2003 developed imotiontm integrated design platform for motor control applications 2006 introduced smartrectifiertm ic for ac dc applications 2007 launched supirbuckr integrated voltage regulators 2008 introduced revolutionary gan based power device platform 2011 introduced powirstager devices and chilr digital controllers 2012 launched micro integrated power modules for motor control applications and coolirigbtsr for automotive . 2014 bought by infineon technologies for 3 billion . 4 2015 officially becomes a part of infineon technologies manufacturing edit international rectifier also has wafer fabrication and assembly facilities around the world . the locations include el segundo california temecula california leominster massachusetts mesa arizona san jose california newport wales tijuana mexico references edit a b c infineon technologies ag successfully acquires international rectifier . rectifer re emphasizes electronics . new york times late edition east coast ed.aug 02 1983 . proquest . web . 14 nov. 2015 . amernick burton patent law for the nonlawyer . springer science and business media 2012 . page 2 . http dealbook.nytimes.com 2014 08 20 infineon to buy international rectifier a chip maker for 3 billion php true & type blogs & r 0 infineon to buy international rectifier a chip maker for 3 billion external links edit international rectifier official website this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title international rectifier & oldid 727978882 categories companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangeelectronics companies of the united statessemiconductor companiesequipment semiconductor companiescompanies based in los angeles county californiaunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2013all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 09 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view