Microsemi buys DC/DC converter vendor Nexsem

Microsemi has signed agreement with Nexsem to acquire its business. Nexsem designs and makes high voltage DC/DC conversion devices for applications such as LCD-TV, Set Top Box, Notebook and Netbook, and other high-volume commercial applications.

"In Nexsem we have found an excellent complement to our existing power management offerings," stated James J. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation. "Focusing on higher power 5 to 40 watt applications, Nexsem's impressive technology nicely supplements our industry-leading low power product offering, while increasing our total dollar content per application in several high-growth markets. Not only is this strategic for our Analog Mixed Signal product offering, but it demonstrates our continued focus on a balanced growth model at Microsemi; one which augments the steady nature of our High-Reliability markets with the traditionally high growth opportunities found in the commercial marketplace."