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  <xsd:element name="InterestRateOnUnsettledBalancesDueUponDemand" id="slab_InterestRateOnUnsettledBalancesDueUponDemand" type="num:percentItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element name="ProvisionForUndistributedEarningsFromForeignSubsidiaries" id="slab_ProvisionForUndistributedEarningsFromForeignSubsidiaries" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="ShareBasedCompensationArrangementCashConsiderationBasedUponAchievementOfSpecifiedLevelsOfMarketConditions" id="slab_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementCashConsiderationBasedUponAchievementOfSpecifiedLevelsOfMarketConditions" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element name="BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationEscrow" id="slab_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationEscrow" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
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