Micrel, Inc.

Micrel, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of advanced, high-performance communications, clock management, mixed signal, analog and power ICs. These products include devices for fiber-optic telecommunications and networking, cellular telephones, servers, portable computer systems, computer peripherals, process control systems, consumer electronics and power supplies.

Founded in 1978, Micrel has a portfolio of world-class wafer fabrication processes that provide the ability to produce new products faster than our competition. We use singularly or in combination CMOS, Bipolar and DMOS technologies in our analog products. We also have high-speed bipolar capability in the form of our ASSET (All Spacer Separated Element Transistor) process. This proprietary, patented bipolar technology employs a narrow deep-trench isolation technique allowing for electrical isolation between adjacent circuit elements. This allows multiple analog and digital functions to be incorporated onto the same IC without the various functions causing interference found in alternate techniques.