Burr-Brown Corporation
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductor |
| Founded | 1 January 1956 in Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Founder | Page Burr, Thomas R. Brown Jr. |
| Defunct | September 1, 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by Texas Instruments |
| Headquarters | Tucson , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Thomas R. Brown Jr. (founder) |
| Products | Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits |
Number of employees | 1300+ |
| Parent | Texas Instruments (from 2000) |
The Burr-Brown Corporation was a U.S.-based technology firm located in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in the development, production, and distribution of proprietary, high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) designed for electronic signal processing. Its product portfolio catered to a wide array of industries such as industrial process control—including nuclear power—telecommunications, test and measurement, medical and scientific instrumentation, medical imaging, digital audio and video, personal computing, and multimedia applications.
In September 2000, Burr-Brown was acquired by Texas Instruments in a transaction valued at US$7.6 billion.
History
Established in Tucson in 1956 by Page Burr (Princeton class of 1944) and Thomas R. Brown Jr. (holding a BS from MIT 1949 and an MBA from Harvard 1952), the company initially concentrated on commercializing semiconductor transistors and reached its first profitable year in 1959. Subsequently, Brown purchased Burr’s stake in the enterprise.
The corporation reincorporated in Delaware in 1983 and launched its initial public offering on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol BBRC.
With a workforce exceeding 1,300 employees worldwide, Burr-Brown operated manufacturing and engineering centers in Tucson, Arizona; Atsugi, Japan; and Livingston, Scotland. The company’s headquarters remained situated in Tucson.
As a prominent provider of precision analog and data acquisition solutions within the electronics sector, Burr-Brown was instrumental in advancing key analog semiconductor technologies including active laser-trimming.
On June 21, 2000, Texas Instruments finalized its $6.1 billion purchase of Burr-Brown.