# Linear Technology

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/linear-technology/  
**Website:** https://www.analog.com/en/landing-pages/001/adi-linear-combine/index.html?source=ltc  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company founded in 1981 by Robert H. Swanson Jr. and Robert C. Dobkin and headquartered in Milpitas, California. It designed and manufactured high-performance analog integrated circuits across data conversion (ADCs and DACs), signal conditioning (operational amplifiers, comparators, voltage references), power management (switching and linear regulators, battery management, LED drivers), interface (RS232, RS485), radio frequency, oscillators, and space and military ICs, shipping a catalog of more than 7,500 products. Analog Devices agreed to acquire Linear Technology in July 2016 in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $14.8 billion, and the acquisition closed on March 10, 2017. Linear Technology no longer operates as an independent company: the linear.com domain permanently redirects to Analog Devices, and the Linear name survives only as the "Power by Linear" product brand. Linear Technology publishes no independent developer portal, documentation, or API surface of its own; its developer-facing successor in this network is analog-devices.

## Kin Score — 3.3 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 3.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Linear Technology Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Hardtech, Semiconductors, Analog, Integrated Circuits, Power Management, Acquired

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/linear-technology/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.