Introduction: Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components founded by Polish born businessman Felix Zandman in 1962. Vishay has manufacturing plants in Israel, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, where it produces rectifiers and diodes, MOSFET, Optoelectronics, selected integrated circuits, resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Vishay is one of the world's most important power MOSFET manufacturers, with a wide range of power electronic applications, including portable information devices, Internet communication infrastructure, power integrated circuits, mobile phones and notebook computers.