onsemi (ON Semiconductor) is a major player in the semiconductor industry. Here is an introduction:
Company profile: Established in 1999 as a spin-off from Motorola and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It has since completed a series of acquisitions — CATALYST Semiconductor, AMI Semiconductor and Sanyo Semiconductor — progressively completing its product line and establishing a strong position in high-efficiency power and signal management, logic and discrete devices. Global footprint: operations, manufacturing plants, sales offices and design centres across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, with a global logistics network forming a world-class value-added supply chain.
Application areas
Automotive: the world's number one supplier of automotive image sensors, used in ADAS, surround-view systems and reversing cameras, and number one in ultrasonic sensors for parking assist, as well as an emerging leader in automotive LiDAR. It also supplies silicon carbide and IGBT for electric and hybrid vehicles, plus power management and semiconductor solutions for LED lighting and body electronics.
Industrial: MV (medium voltage) MOSFETs, HV (high voltage) MOSFETs, silicon carbide and IGBT power devices for high energy efficiency across industrial applications. Industrial image sensors focus on machine vision, robotics and factory automation, and onsemi also provides SiC and IGBT modules for industrial use.
Other areas: consumer electronics including Smart TV, AR/VR/MR; medical devices; and broad use in communications, computing, LED lighting, military/aerospace and power applications.
Product categories
- Image sensors: the PYTHON, XGS and Hyperlux SG families. The PYTHON series spans 1.3MP to 25MP; the XGS series spans 25MP to 45MP with size-compatible 30fps operation; Hyperlux SG offers high value for general machine vision, scanning and biometrics, and the Hyperlux ID family reduces motion artefacts with integrated depth mapping.
- Power devices: MOSFETs, IGBTs and silicon carbide families, including MV and HV MOSFETs and SiC/IGBT power modules for automotive, charging infrastructure and alternative energy.
- Other devices: diodes and rectifiers, analog switches, thyristors and logic gates — for example the NC7SZ08, a TinyLogic high-speed two-input AND gate — as well as voltage and current management devices, optoelectronics and touch sensors.
