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IXYS Completes Acquisition of LED, Display Driver IC Business from Leadis

The acquired LCD display driver ICs are incorporated in the smart-phone handsets of Nokia and Sony Ericsson

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

IXYS Corporation, a market leader in power semiconductors, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the LED driver IC and LCD display driver IC business units from Leadis Technology, Inc. IXYS expects to pay about $4 million in current and deferred funds in exchange for the combined business units, including the respective units’ products, intellectual property, technologies and key employees. The newly acquired LED driver products include capacitor based DC-DC (charge pump), induc...

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