Vishay Intertechnology (VSH)

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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and supplies discrete semiconductors and passive components in the United States and internationally.

The company's semiconductor products include MOSFETs, such as low-and medium-voltage TrenchFET MOSFETs, high-voltage planar MOSFETs, high voltage Super Junction MOSFETs, power integrated circuits, and integrated function power devices; diodes comprising rectifiers, small signal diodes, protection diodes, thyristors/silicon-controlled rectifiers, and power modules; and optoelectronic components, including infrared (IR) emitters and detectors, IR remote control receivers, optocouplers, solid-state relays, optical sensors, light-emitting diodes, seven-segment displays, and IR data transceiver modules.

These semiconductor components are used for various functions, including power control, power conversion, power management, signal switching, signal routing, signal blocking, signal amplification, two-way data transfer, one-way remote control, and circuit isolation.

The company's passive components include resistors and inductors, such as film, wire wound, power metal strip, grid, dynamic braking, neutral grounding, variable, and non-linear resistors, as well as custom load banks, battery management shunts, chip fuses, networks/arrays, magnetics, and connectors.

These passive components are used to restrict current flow, suppress voltage increases, store and discharge energy, control alternating current and voltage, filter out unwanted electrical signals, and perform other functions.

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