M&A Deal Summary

Broadcom Acquires Infineon - Bulk Acoustic Wave Business

On September 30, 2008, Broadcom acquired technology hardware company Infineon - Bulk Acoustic Wave Business from Infineon Technologies for 22M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Broadcom’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Broadcom’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Broadcom’s 4th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-09-30
Target Infineon - Bulk Acoustic Wave Business
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Broadcom
Sellers(s) Infineon Technologies
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 22M EUR

Target

Infineon - Bulk Acoustic Wave Business

Munich, Germany
Infineon’s bulk acoustic wave (BAW) business is a provider of high precision RF filtering for wireless applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Broadcom

Palo Alto, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1961
Sector Semiconductors
Employees37,000
Revenue 51.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog semiconductor devices with a focus on III-V based products. Broadcom was founded in 1961 and is based in Palo Alto, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 17
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-02 Infineon - Polymer Optical Fiber Business

Regensburg, Germany

Infineon’s Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) operates in the market for automotive multimedia infotainment networks and transceivers for safety systems. This business unit also provides transmitters and receivers for transportation switching and home broadband services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-11 CyOptics

Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, United States

CyOptics is a provider of optical components to the communications, defense and aerospace industries. The company designs, fabricates and packages a broad portfolio of optical components including lasers, detectors, transmitters, receivers and modulators, as well as integrated solutions such as photonic integrated circuits.

Buy $400M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Infineon Technologies

Neubiberg, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Semiconductors
Employees56,371
Revenue 15.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Infineon Technologies offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics and chip card and security applications. Infineon Technologies was founded in 1999 and is based in Neubiberg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 18
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 6 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 13 of 18
Country: Germany M&A 11 of 14
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-28 Primarion

Torrance, California, United States

Primarion is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of digital power ICs for computing, graphics and communication applications. Primarion is a fabless company, headquartered in Torrance, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-01 LS Power Semitech Co.

Cheonan, South Korea

LS Power Semitech is a Korea-based supplier of IPMs With its headquarter and development activities based in Seoul and its manufacturing site located at Cheonan, Korea, LS Power Semitech is well positioned to serve the large domestic Korean, Chinese and global consumer white goods markets, serving all major brands in home appliances.

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