Maxim
Maxim Integrated (→ WikiData), founded in 1983, designs and manufactures analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has design centers, manufacturing facilities, and sales offices worldwide.
In 1994, Tektronix sold its internal IC fab (called the Integrated Circuits Operation, ICO) to Maxim while keeping it located on the Beaverton campus. This deal provided Maxim with its first own fabrication facility and important bipolar design expertise, and Tektronix with better utilization of the fab.
On August 26, 2021, the company was acquired by Analog Devices.
John Addis says,
[When] Maxim bought the Tektronix IC facility (Building 59), part of the purchase agreement was support for the Tektronix IC processes, including SH3, SHPi (that included p-channel JFETs), and CPi (included high speed complementary PNPs). I cannot speak with authority about these later years.
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There was some friction between Maxim and Tektronix as Maxim was bound by contract to supply legacy parts. Eventually (about 1997) the Tektronix processes went out of production.
Links
- Interview: Maxim Integrated CTO Pirooz Parvarandeh Discusses Analog/Digital Integration (2013)
- Maxim Integrated @ Wikipedia
People affiliated with Maxim
| Name | Birth date | Death date | Countries | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Foley | Tektronix • Maxim | |||
| Wink Gross | 1947-04-29 | USA | Harvard • Tektronix • MIT • Maxim |
Components made by Maxim
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