Company
Infineon Technologies focuses on the three central challenges facing modern society:
Energy Efficiency,
Communications and
Security and offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics, chip card and security applications as well as applications in communications.
Infineon’s products stand out for their reliability, their quality excellence and their innovative and leading-edge technology in analog and mixed signal, RF and power as well as embedded control.
With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the USA from Milpitas, California, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September 2008), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion.
Automotive
Infineon is one of the two market leaders in the automotive electronics market. Our sustained success in automotive electronics is attributed to a consistent focus on automotive applications and their requirements, a profound understanding of the automotive system based on 40 years of experience and a broad innovative product portfolio of outstanding quality.
Infineon serves automotive applications such as the car’s powertrain (comprising engine and transmission control for optimized fuel consumption and to meet government emission regulations addressing chips for emerging technologies, such as hybrids, starter alternators, and electromechanical valve-trains), body and convenience (including light control; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning HVAC; comfort locking; power windows; seat memory and keyless entry), safety management (e.g. electronic power steering, collision avoidance, anti-lock brake system, airbag, stability control, tire pressure monitoring) and infotainment (including e-call, information access, wireless communication and global positioning).
The Automotive Division supplies the automotive industry with sensors, microcontrollers and power semiconductors that contribute to a more sustainable mobility in terms of reduced fuel consumption/emissions, improved safety and affordability.
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Industrial & Multimarket
Efficient generation and transmission and reliable distribution are vital for an environmentally-friendly electricity support. Infineon is the only company to offer power semiconductors and power modules for the entire electrical energy generation, transmission and conversion chain. Our products are enormously important for future energy supplies in terms of both exploiting renewables and using energy efficiently. Infineon components manage the power supply for electrical drives, home appliances and lighting, and the company is the world number one in power semiconductors.
The portfolio of products offered by the Industrial & Multimarket Division is as diverse as the range of market segments in which its components are used: power semiconductors and modules, custom ICs, and small-signal discrete semiconductors appear in medical and consumer electronics, computing and communication products as well as in the traditional industrial segments mentioned above.
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Chip Card & Security
Infineon provides security components for passports, identity cards and contactless payment cards and is the leading supplier of chips for credit cards, access cards and trusted computing solutions worldwide. Our company has been the world market leader in chips for card applications for eleven years in a row and continues to pioneer new technologies in the field of chip-based security. Our focus on security-critical fields allows us to make the most of our expertise in high-security applications as security requirements become more stringent.
Our Chip Card & Security Division is helping to improve data security in today’s information society. As users become ever more mobile, advanced security solutions are very much in demand. Consistent deployment of security products has the potential to act as a pacesetter for cutting-edge applications in communication, transport and IT infrastructure. Infineon has the industry’s largest portfolio of chips and interfaces to meet the relevant security requirements in these areas.
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Wireless Solutions
Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Division develops, manufactures and markets end-to-end leading edge semiconductor products and solutions for wireless communications to enable the smooth transmission of voice and high-speed data from the backbone of the telecommunication network infrastructure to the end user’s equipment. Infineon offers a mature and fully developed portfolio in Mobile Phone Platforms. This displays a comprehensive portfolio from ultra low cost platforms, to entry and modem solutions for smart phones.
The Wireless Solutions Division is well prepared to serve the growing trends in the mobile communication market. The company leverages its unique advantages in the areas of RF and mixed signal expertise, monolithic integration capabilities and excellent know-how in cellular software and systems.
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