While analog semiconductor company Texas Instruments' (NASDAQ: TXN) stock has received a lot of attention for its 130% gain over the past three years and its 28% rise in the past 12 months alone, the technology stock's dividend growth has been impressive, too. Over the last three years, the payments Texas Instruments makes in dividends each year have risen by 77%. Further, over the last five years, the company's dividend has averaged an annualized growth rate of 24%.As Texas Instrument's business continues to do well, the company made sure to keep up its strong dividend increases again in 2018.