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This section provides an overview for multiplexers as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 37 multiplexer manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked multiplexer companies as of December, 2024: 1.National Instruments Corp., 2.Broadcom, 3.RTS intercom systems.
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Multiplexers are switching devices that selectively route multiple input signals to a single output signal.
Multiplexers in digital circuits allow digital signals (bits) to pass through selectively, aggregating data into a single channel. Multiplexers in analog circuits, on the other hand, selectively pass analog signals (voltages or currents) through them, thus consolidating information from diverse signal sources into a single channel.
Thus, multiplexers can be a powerful tool for increasing the efficiency and sophistication of circuit design.
Multiplexers are widely used in many digital and analog circuit design applications. Multiplexers, especially in digital ICs, are used in a variety of systems as the key component in digital circuits for selecting and switching data.
Multiplexers select one of multiple data inputs for output. For this reason, it is used as a data selector to select data to be transferred between the CPU and memory, etc. Since necessary data can be selected by addressing, multiplexers play an important function in data transfer circuits.
Multiplexers are used to select analog inputs in AD converters that convert analog inputs to digital data.
Multiplexers are used in wired and wireless communications equipment to combine multiple channels of data into a single transmission line. Multiplexers provide time-division multiplexing of data and improve transmission efficiency.
Multiplexers are used to aggregate multiple channels of data from sensors and other devices. Multiplexers simplify the measurement system.
Multiplexers are used for both digital and analog measurements, but the basic mechanism is the same.
Digital multiplexers are devices that selectively connect multiple digital inputs to a single digital output. It acts like a digital switch. There are multiple input lines, each with a corresponding control signal.
The control signal allows any input line to be connected to an output line. The selection of the input line is done by a control signal with a binary value (0 or 1). For example, in 2-input Multiplexers, a 1-bit control signal can be used to select which input is connected to the output. If the control signal is 0, the first input is selected; if the control signal is 1, the second input is selected.
Analog multiplexers select one of several analog inputs for analog output. The main internal components are an analog switch and an address decoder.
The address decoder takes a digital address as input that specifies the input channel to be selected. Based on this address signal, the address decoder generates a control signal for the corresponding analog switch. The analog switch uses this control signal to output the specified analog input in analog form.
Thus, analog multiplexers can also select any analog input by digital addressing. Because of their ability to switch analog signals at high speed, they are utilized in communication equipment.
When selecting multiplexers, the following points should be considered
Multiplexers are available in analog, digital, and high-frequency types, depending on the application. It is important to select a type that matches the application and required characteristics.
The number of inputs and outputs of multiplexers should be selected according to the scale of the system. The larger the number of inputs, the larger the system configuration.
The switching speed of multiplexers may be especially important in some applications. For applications that require high-speed switching, check the speed characteristics.
For analog multiplexers, the frequency range over which they can operate determines their performance. It is necessary to confirm that the frequency range is compatible with the frequency band used.
The power consumption of multiplexers is another aspect to check specifications. Selecting a low-power device can contribute to system power savings.
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Patton Electronics Co., a manufacturer incorporated in 1984 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, specializes in UC, cloud, and IoT-enabling solutions for carrier, enterprise, and industrial networks. The extensive product range includes VoIP gateways, eSBCs, Ethernet extenders, and interface converters. These offerings serve diverse applications like business VoIP, cloud telephony, video conferencing, IoT, and industrial automation. To connect with local-market requirements, Patton operates training and support centers in Switzerland, Hungary, Lebanon, India, Vietnam, and the USA.
Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Austin, TX, National Instruments Corporation provides a software-centric platform and systems to engineers and scientists worldwide. NI’s software is used for automated test and measurement applications in manufacturing environment for configuring real-time testing application, sensor configuration and data logging of mixed signals, and monitoring ancillary rotating equipment. NI’s software also enables the mass coordination of connected devices, software deployments, and data communications throughout distributed systems. Recently, NI has begun to develop test systems and solutions for autonomous driving software and hardware validation.
Qorvo, established in 2015, is a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, that specializes in providing RF (Radio Frequency) solutions. Their range of product offerings includes RF chips, modules, amplifiers, discrete transistors, and integrated circuits, designed to enable wireless communication, enhance defense systems, support automotive applications, facilitate aerospace operations, and enable connectivity in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Qorvo is certified with ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management.
Microchip Technology Incorporated was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. The company is a developer and manufacturer of control solutions for global markets including the automotive, industrial, communications, human-machine interface, and connectivity industries. The company’s products include microcontrollers, field-programmable gate array products, MOSFET and radio frequency products, and both wired and wireless communications products. The company’s services include wafer foundry and assembly services, test subcontracting manufacturing services, development tools for enabling system designers to program microcontrollers and processors, and timing system products.
Moog Inc. was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in East Aurora, New York. The company designs manufactures and integrates precision motion and fluid controls and control systems for customers including OEMS in industries such as aerospace, defense, industrial machinery, motorsports, and construction. The company’s product offerings include both systems and components. Examples of systems include actuation systems, naval systems, turreted weapon systems, and space vehicles. Examples of components include manifolds, slip rings, actuators, and servo actuators.
Incorporated in 1965, Analog Devices, Inc. designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems that leverage analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing technologies. The company provides data converter products, power management and reference products for power conversion, driver monitoring, sequencing, and energy management applications in the automotive, communications, industrial, and high-end consumer markets. In addition, the company provides digital signal processing and system products for high-speed numeric calculations. It serves clients in the industrial, automotive, consumer, instrumentation, aerospace, and communications markets.
Broadcom Inc., established in 1961, and headquartered in San Jose, California, is a manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor and connectivity solutions. The company specializes in producing products, such as semiconductors, infrastructure software, networking products, storage products, wireless products in which their products cater to industries such as telecommunications, data centers, and consumer electronics. Their products are used for various applications, including wireless communication, networking equipment, data storage, and multimedia devices, providing components for advanced technologies in numerous industrial and commercial sectors.
ACCES I/O Products, Inc. was established in 1987 and is based in San Diego, California as a manufacturer and supplier of sensor and I/O solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes analog, digital, serial, isolated, wireless, and computer-on-module products, among others. The sensor and I/O products offered by the company are vital components in measurement and feedback systems, enabling accurate and dependable sensing. The products are used in various industries such as aerospace, automotive, industrial, medical, and motorsport.
Gamry Instruments, established in 1989 and based in Warminster, PA, USA, is a manufacturer and supplier of electrochemical instrumentation and accessories. The company's product lineup includes CV - Cyclic Voltammetry Technique, Electrolysis, Electrochemical Corrosion, Battery Testing, and Biological Electrochemistry. These tools serve the appliances, electrical, and electronics manufacturing sectors. They are employed in various applications such as battery assessment, electrochemical synthesis, and corrosion analysis. Additionally, the company offers services like technical support and electrolysis.
Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc. established in 1992 and based in Irvine, California, USA, is a manufacturer and distributor of fiber optic connectivity products. The company's product range includes media converters, network interface devices (NIDs), ethernet switches, power-over Ethernet media converters, and multiplexers. These products play a crucial role in facilitating the delivery of next-generation network services and are vital in both local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN). Serving industries like telecommunications, data centers, government agencies, and utilities, its offerings ensure efficient and ideal fiber connectivity.
iC-Haus GmbH, established in 1984, is a German-based manufacturer of standard and customized integrated circuits (ICs), microsystems and system-on-chip solutions used in automotive, medical and industrial applications. The company’s integrated circuit product segment consists of I/O iCs, power management iCs, sensor iCs, safety light curtain iCs, and encoder iCs. They also offer laser diode and LED drivers used in industrial sensors, laser leveling, laser printers, laser pointers, and barcode scanners. iC-Haus has a Linear Functions iCs product line which is composed of ultra-fast comparators, four-quadrant multipliers, and OPAMPs used in demodulators, signal conditioners, measurement amplifiers, and voltage-controlled amplifiers.
Renu Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian manufacturer of electronic automation products that was established in 1991 and is based in Pune, Maharashtra. The company’s specialized product lineup includes industrial I/O modules for analog and digital signals, protocol converters for communication between different systems, and operator interfaces for human-machine interaction (HMI) or data visualization applications. Aside from its products, the company also offers product customization, technical support, and maintenance services to its clients.
Nexperia is based in the Netherlands and is a designer, manufacturer, and global supplier of semiconductors. Their stock includes Bipolar Transistors, Diodes, MOSFETs, GaN FETs, and various ICs that are used as basic components in electronic systems and devices and have multiple applications. These parts are supplied to the automotive, computing, power, and electronic industries as parts of a system or as essential tools for various gadgets and devices. They are also used by manufacturers of consumer appliances such as smartphones, batteries, aerial vehicles, fire detectors, and more.
NXP was established in 2006 as a spinoff from Phillips and is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The company is a co-founder of NFC communication and designs and manufactures semiconductors that serve the automotive, industrial, mobile, and smart home industries. The company’s automotive products include driver assistance transceivers, sensors, and security systems. For industrial markets, the company produces RFID readers, processors, and microcontrollers. For communication infrastructure, the company produces RF mixers, diodes, and low-noise amplifiers for wireless LAN networks. The company also produces peripherals, power management chips, communications chips, and interface devices.
Pickering Interfaces Ltd, started in 1968 in Clacton-on-Sea, UK, is a manufacturer of modular switching systems. The company's product portfolio includes PXI, PCI, LXI and VXI, which provide switching and simulation solutions to aerospace, automotive, medical and semiconductor industries. The products have a three-year warranty on a return to factory basics in case of any defects, except 110 GHz products that come with a one-year warranty. The company has business operations in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2019, it received the Queen's Award for Outstanding Short-Term Growth in Overseas Sales.
Renesas Electronics Corporation was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Renesas is a global research, design, and manufacturer of semiconductors used in industries spanning automotive, consumer electronics, the internet of things, power & energy, and industrial sectors. Renesas manufactures both analog and digital products. Analog products include amplifiers, audio & video devices, data converters, PLC, and switches & multiplexers. Digital products include microcontrollers, memory components, sensors, wireless connectivity products, and others. Renesas also offers design resources such as kits, development tools, partner programs, and design tools.
Data Connect Enterprise is an ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018-certified networking products manufacturer that was established in Olney, Maryland, USA, in 1988. The company offers wireless products such as access points and bridges, networking devices including modems and routers, and power solutions such as uninterruptible power supplies and surge protectors. It also offers fiber optic, coaxial, and ethernet cable and harness assemblies. The company’s products are used mainly by clients in the ISP, telecom, and corporate sectors.
Ultra Energy is a manufacturer of control systems and sensors for the nuclear industry established in 1962 and located in Dorset, England, United Kingdom. The company specializes in producing safety-critical control systems and sensors designed to comply with nuclear regulatory standards across several countries, including in North America, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. It also offers products meeting regulatory standards in China and the Russian Federation. The company’s products are mainly used in the nuclear industry, with additional applications in defense and space exploration.
Fiberroad Technology Co. Ltd., established in 2005 with headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, is a manufacturer of industrial communication and networking devices. The company offers an extensive range of PoE switches, fiber conversion switches, and smart IoT surveillance boxes that provide data connectivity solutions between copper and fiber, including hardware for wireless network infrastructure. Its IIoT solutions cover industrial IoT management, inter-data centers, and utility-scale fiber optic transmission. The company's success stories include being an equipment provider for the Smart Urban Utility Tunnel pilot cities in China and an established FTTD (fiber to the desktop) provider.
Texas Instruments Incorporated was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Texas Instruments is a producer of high tech equipment for industrial, automotive, personal electronics, communications equipment industries. Texas Instruments designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. Texas Instruments operates in two segments: analog and embedded processing. The Analog segment offers power products, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products. The Embedded Processing segment offers microcontrollers that are used in fields such as electronic equipment and digital signal processors for mathematical computations.
ATX Network Corp., established in 1985, is a manufacturer headquartered in Ontario, Canada, that provides broadband access and media distribution solutions. Certified with ISO 9001:2015, the company offers hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) access networks, equipped with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems. It also provides media distribution products, such as commercial service gateways and audio content management systems, commonly used in commercial venues, elderly care facilities, and multi-dwelling units (MDUs). The company supplies over 8 million products to customers in 75 countries, particularly serving multiple system operators (MSOs), satellite-based service providers, and telecommunication companies.
Prolabs Ltd., founded in 2012, is a manufacturer of optical and networking equipment, with dual headquarters in United States and United Kingdom. The company's product range includes optical and copper transceivers that comply with multi-source agreements (MSAs), catering to the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It also offers a range of fiber optic connectivity products, such as multiplexing filters and patch cables. These products find ideal applications in various sectors, including data centers, service providers, as well as federal states and local government institutions.
AMETEK Power Instruments is a manufacturer and supplier of electronic instruments established in 1967 and based in Rochester, New York, USA. The company’s products are primarily designed for the electric utility and process industries. These include alarm management software, cable assemblies, and fault recorders that capture disturbances in power systems. The company is ISO 9001-certified and also offers custom cable assemblies for its customers with unique project specifications. Some of its notable clients include ExxonMobil, Shell, and Coca-Cola.
PC Connection, Inc. is a distributor of information technology (IT) products established in 1982 and based in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The company offers various products including computer parts, networking and conferencing equipment, software, and projectors. Other products include peripherals and accessories such as monitors, keyboards, and cables. The company stocks products from various manufacturers, such as AMD, Dell, Apple, and Cisco. Its products are commonly used in corporate and government offices, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, and the retail sector.
Campbell Scientific Inc., established in 1974 and headquartered in Logan, Utah, is a designer and manufacturer of measurement, data acquisition systems, and data loggers. The company sells sensors, measurement devices, and OEM products for water, weather, and soil applications. It also provides software for several purposes, including communication between data loggers and supporting data logger programming. It is ISO 14001, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001 certified, and it marketed its first product, named the CA-9 Path-Averaging Laser Anemometer, in 1974. It introduced its first data acquisition system, the CR5 Digital Recorder, in 1975.
Shenzhen Shengyu Electronics Technology Ltd., founded in 2008 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, is an electric component distributor that is ISO 9001 certified. The company stocks several components, including switches, capacitors, and resistors, which it sources from multiple manufacturers like Seiko Instruments, Inc., Renesas Electronics America, and Nuvoton Technology Corporation America. Depending on the size and configuration of the customer’s components, the company provides a full range of packaging services. It accepts single or multiple-part quotations, and its website allows customers to search hundreds of products ranging from ICs to computer accessories.
Honeywell International Ltd., a global conglomerate headquartered in the United States, is a major technology company providing a wide range of aerospace solutions since 1906. The company's product portfolio encompasses aerospace systems, industrial automation, and connected solutions for homes and buildings. Their solutions can reduce the risk for the plane accidents, designed to aid pilots in safe take-off and landing, Increase flight crew awareness, and pinpoint precise airplane location to aid landings. The advancement of urban air mobility and increase in commercial travel will challenge the modern airspace and their products offer gain visibility and control to keep flights safe.
EDUCBA is a distributor of online educational courses founded in 2008 and headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company offers more than 1,700 courses across different verticals, including finance, information technology, project management, SAP, and design. These courses are designed by practitioners and trainers to equip learners with the appropriate knowledge and skills. The company caters to customers in over 70 countries, providing lifetime access to courses, corporate training, one-on-one mentorship from experts, and job placement assistance.
Grid Solutions, established in 1892, is a global producer and distributor of GE Renewable Energy solutions headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. The company is a part of GE Vernova with over 12,000 employees offering equipment, systems, and services to power utilities and industries, ensuring efficient power delivery from generation to consumers. These include Power Electronics, High Voltage Equipment, Automation & Protection, Software Solutions, and Projects & Services. Addressing the challenges of the energy transition, Grid Solutions provides safe integration of renewable and distributed energy into the grid using HV/MV equipment, gas-insulated substations, and more.
Ranking as of December 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Instruments Corp. |
10.7%
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| 2 | Broadcom |
7.1%
|
| 3 | RTS intercom systems |
6.3%
|
| 4 | MOOG |
6.3%
|
| 5 | Renu Electronics Pvt. Ltd. |
4.5%
|
| 6 | Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc. |
4.5%
|
| 7 | Honeywell Aerospace |
4.5%
|
| 8 | Canary Systems |
3.6%
|
| 9 | SIERRA MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C. |
3.6%
|
| 10 | Patton Electronics Co. |
3.6%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the multiplexer page as of December 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
|
United States of America
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13 | 56.5% |
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Germany
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2 | 8.7% |
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India
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2 | 8.7% |
|
Netherlands
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2 | 8.7% |
|
United Kingdom
|
1 | 4.3% |
|
Japan
|
1 | 4.3% |
China
|
1 | 4.3% |
Switzerland
|
1 | 4.3% |
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