By Kate Yuan

Nexperia, a subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology, announced to buy Dutch semiconductor company Nowi on November 11 to expand its power management product portfolio to include energy harvesting solutions, JW Insights reported.

“Nowi represents a strategically important investment because energy harvesting is the perfect complement to Nexperia’s existing power management capabilities,” says Dan Jensen, general manager Business Group Analog & Logic ICs at Nexperia.

The harvested energy can be used to replace batteries in low-power applications like smart wearables and autonomous wireless sensor nodes, the company added.

Founded in 2016, Nowi’s PMICs combine the smallest PCB footprint with the lowest BOM cost and the best average harvesting performance. The manufacturing capacity and capability of Nexperia as well as its global infrastructure will ensure that together, Nowi will be able to speed the production of these solutions enabling higher volume production and shipping.