Related Parties

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Parties

NOTE 13 – Related Parties

We conduct business with the following related parties: Keylink International (B.V.I.) Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Keylink”), Nuvoton Technology Corporation (“Nuvoton”), Jiyuan Crystal Photoelectric Frequency Technology Ltd. (“JCP”), and Atlas Magnetics, Co. (“Atlas”).

Keylink is a 5% joint venture partner in our Shanghai assembly and test facilities. We sell products to, and purchase inventory from, companies owned by Keylink. In addition, our subsidiaries in China lease their manufacturing facilities in Shanghai from, and subcontract a portion of our manufacturing process (metal plating and environmental services) to, Keylink. We also pay a consulting fee to Keylink.

Warren Chen, a member of the Company’s board of directors, serves as a member of the Nuvoton board of directors. We purchase wafers from Nuvoton for use in our production process. We have an agreement to purchase approximately $11.9 million of wafers from Nuvoton that ends in the fourth quarter of 2025. We consider our relationship with Nuvoton to be mutually beneficial, and plan to continue our strategic alliance with Nuvoton.

JCP is a frequency control product manufacturing company from which we purchase material and in which we have made an equity investment that we account for using the equity method of accounting.

Atlas is an early stage privately held fabless wafer design company in which the Company holds a majority interest. The Company determined that Atlas is a variable interest entity (“VIE”), and the Company does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Atlas. The Company has therefore determined that the Company is not the primary beneficiary. Consequently, we do not consolidate the assets and liabilities of Atlas in the Company’s financial statements. For additional information related to Atlas see Note 14 - Equity Investments - Unconsolidated VIE, below.

The tables below set forth the revenues, expenses, accounts receivable and accounts payable with our related parties:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Keylink:
Net sales	$	15	$	3,630	$	3,373	$	10,118
Purchases	$	270	$	404	$	988	$	1,123
Plating, rental and consulting expense	$	3,625	$	4,117	$	11,568	$	12,797
Nuvoton:
Net sales	$	2	$	9	$	35	$	16
Purchases	$	1,570	$	2,837	$	5,699	$	8,281
JCP:
Purchases	$	44	$	72	$	180	$	206
Atlas:
Purchases	$	1,327	$	-	$	2,632	$	-

The table below sets forth accounts receivable from, and accounts payable to, related parties:

	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Keylink:
Accounts receivable	$	25,875	$	34,774
Accounts payable	$	28,743	$	33,882
Nuvoton:
Accounts receivable	$	2	$	26
Accounts payable	$	872	$	924
JCP:
Accounts payable	$	49	$	159
Atlas:
Accounts payable	$	509	$	133