Nexperia has announced an expansion of its energy management product portfolio with energy harvesting solutions. Energy can indeed be harvested from light, vibration, radio waves, or temperature gradients and used to replace batteries in low-power applications such as smart wearable devices and autonomous wireless sensor nodes.
Nexperia is a leading expert in high-volume manufacturing of essential semiconductors and has a broad portfolio of solutions including diodes, bipolar transistors, ESD protection devices, MOSFETs, GaN FETs, and analog and logic integrated circuits. More than 100 billion products are shipped worldwide by the Dutch company each year.
The announced range expansion was made possible by the acquisition of Nowi, completed on November 11. Nowi is a PMIC maker based in the Netherlands, founded in 2016. "Nowi represents a strategically important investment because power harvesting is the perfect complement to Nexperia's existing power management capabilities," says Dan Jensen, general manager Business Group Analog & Logic ICs at Nexperia. "This decision means that Nexperia can now offer customers a sustainable alternative to battery power for their products, which will soon be available in the marketplace. The Nowi team has built a solid foundation on which we are just looking to build and facilitate the ability to scale."
Simon van der Jagt, CEO of Nowi, adds, "Having access to the manufacturing, sales and marketing infrastructure of a large semiconductor manufacturer will enable us to bring better products to market much more quickly."
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