- Business
- Hycon Technology Corporation (TPEx: 6457), a fabless semiconductor design company founded in 2007 and headquartered at No. 172, Section 4, Chengde Road, Taipei City, Taiwan, specializes in analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for measurement, monitoring, and control applications; it operates primarily in Taiwan and China with sales and support teams in Shenzhen. The company develops and sells battery management ICs including single-cell and multi-cell primary/secondary protectors, balance ICs, and gas gauges for lithium batteries used in mobile devices, power banks, drones, laptops, and power tools; mixed-signal microcontroller units (MCUs) such as 8-bit and 32-bit MCUs with high-precision 18- to 24-bit sigma-delta ADCs, analog front-ends (AFEs), data converters, digital multi-function meters (DMMs) with true RMS and AC impedance measurement, sensor signal conditioners (SSCs), low-dropout regulators (LDOs), LCD controllers/drivers, and application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for electronic scales, blood pressure monitors, PIR detectors, and industrial instrumentation; as well as capacitive touch ICs for mutual capacitance touch panels supporting multi-touch functionality. Its products, marketed under the HYCON brand, target consumer electronics, medical devices, and industrial sectors emphasizing high-precision, low-drift analog signal processing for parameters like temperature, pressure, weight, voltage, current, and power. In August 2024, Hycon approved a merger with Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) via share exchange, under which SiS issues new shares for 100% of Hycon's shares at a ratio of 0.8713 SiS shares per Hycon share, positioning Hycon as a wholly owned SiS subsidiary pending shareholder approval and regulatory clearance with a provisional record date of January 1, 2025; this strategic combination enhances R&D synergies in body/voice sensing and low-noise conversion technologies, expands production capacity through SiS foundry alliances, integrates customer bases and product portfolios including battery management, mixed-signal MCUs, and touch ICs, and drives new market development and turnkey solutions.