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International Rectifier: History, Art, Technology & Measurement
International Rectifier was an American power management technology company manufacturing analog and mixed-signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated power systems, and high-performance integrated components for computing. On 13 January 2015, the company became a part of Infineon Technologies.
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International Rectifier topic overview
The analysis highlights History, Art, Technology and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around International Rectifier.
Related topics
11
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
14
Extracted relationships
90
Concept neighborhoods
7
Bridge connections
14
What this topic covers Research coverage
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Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Founded
1947; 79 years ago (1947)
Industry
Semiconductor Integrated circuits
Headquarters
El Segundo, California
Defunct
2015
Fate
Acquired by Infineon Technologies
Key people
Eric Lidow, Founder Robert LeFort, President
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
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How International Rectifier connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around International Rectifier shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, International Rectifier → AC, America, August, Berlin, By, California, DC, Eric Lidow, Eric Lidow’s, IR, IRF, Leon Lidow, Lidow, Lidows, Lithuania, Los Angeles, New York Stock Exchange, Operating, Prior, Rachelle Laboratories Another extracted example is International Rectifier → AC/DC, CHiL, COOLiRIGBTs, Darlington, DirectFET, FlipFET, GaN, HEXFET, ICs, In, MOSFET, November, PowIRstage, September, SmartRectifier ICs, SupIRBuck, The, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
International Rectifier
Top relations
related to history· 29
International Rectifier → AC, America, August, Berlin, By, California, DC, Eric Lidow, Eric Lidow’s, IR, IRF, Leon Lidow, Lidow, Lidows, Lithuania, Los Angeles, New York Stock Exchange, Operating, Prior, Rachelle Laboratories
related to Technological innovations (1950s–2012)· 18
International Rectifier → AC/DC, CHiL, COOLiRIGBTs, Darlington, DirectFET, FlipFET, GaN, HEXFET, ICs, In, MOSFET, November, PowIRstage, September, SmartRectifier ICs, SupIRBuck, The, This
related to Pfizer patent litigation· 17
International Rectifier → Additionally, Believing, California, In August, Inc, IR, Italian, Long Beach, Pfizer, Pfizer's, Pfizer’s, Rachelle Laboratories, Rachelle Laboratories Italia, The, Through, United States, Vibramycin
related to Historical manufacturing infrastructure· 6
International Rectifier → Following, Infineon, Infineon Technologies, International Rectifier's, Rather, The
related to Acquisition by Infineon (2014–2015)· 5
International Rectifier → German, In August, Infineon Technologies, January, The
related to External links· 4
International Rectifier → Archive, International Rectifier Corporation History, January, Wayback Machine
Defunct· 1
International Rectifier → 2015
Fate· 1
International Rectifier → Acquired by Infineon Technologies
Founded· 1
International Rectifier → 1947; 79 years ago (1947)
Headquarters· 1
International Rectifier → El Segundo, California
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
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International Rectifier relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 90 structured relationships around International Rectifier. Examples in this analysis include International Rectifier → Defunct → 2015 and International Rectifier → Fate → Acquired by Infineon Technologies. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
International Rectifier
Defunct
2015
1.00
infobox
International Rectifier
Fate
Acquired by Infineon Technologies
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infobox
International Rectifier
Founded
1947; 79 years ago (1947)
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infobox
International Rectifier
Headquarters
El Segundo, California
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infobox
International Rectifier
Industry
Semiconductor Integrated circuits
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infobox
International Rectifier
Key people
Eric Lidow, Founder Robert LeFort, President
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infobox
International Rectifier
Number of employees
4,200 (13th January 2015)
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infobox
International Rectifier
Parent
Infineon Technologies
1.00
infobox
International Rectifier
Revenue
US$1.1 billion (June 2014)
1.00
infobox
International Rectifier
Type
Public
1.00
infobox
International Rectifier
Website
Defunct
1.00
infobox
International Rectifier
related to Acquisition by Infineon (2014–2015)
In August
0.60
section
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around International Rectifier bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Rectifier, Semiconductor and Integrated. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
International Rectifier
Rectifier
Semiconductor
Integrated
Technologies
August
January
Manufacturing
Facility
Infineon
Pfizer
Devices
Acquisition
international rectifier
Rectifier
Semiconductor
August
Integrated
January
Technologies
Facility
Manufacturing
Pfizer
Infineon
Devices
Acquisition
infineon technologies
Infineon
Technologies
Acquisition
January
Manufacturing
Integrated
Part
International
Semiconductor
Following
August
Core
historical manufacturing infrastructure
Infineon
Acquisition
High-volume
California
Facility
Following
Power
Technologies
Electronics
Rectifier
Specialized
Packaging
power mosfet
Systems
Management
Established
Manufacturing
Facility
Semiconductor
Rectifier
Core
High-volume
Plant
Following
Specialized
vishay semiconductor italiana
Eric
August
Began
Facility
Technologies
Ir
Lidow
Acquisition
Core
Established
High-volume
Plant
pfizer, inc.
August
California
Laboratories
Rachelle
Rectifier
Ir
Eric
Lidow
Began
Following
Subsidiary
Semiconductor
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For International Rectifier, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects International Rectifier with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
International Rectifier
Nodes15
Edges14
Triples90
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around International Rectifier to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art, Technology & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
