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Piezo sounders have more advantages
13 July 2005
If you are using magnetic sound generators in small appliances, you can save space, battery life and money by changing to piezo technology; and you can also adjust the sound quality. Above all, says passives ...

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Double-layer capacitor rated at 2500 F
13 July 2005
Wima offers super-capacitors with a capcitance of 2500 F, that are suitable for support, protection, or replacement of batteries in the field of new traction technologies. Double-layer capacitors contain ...

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Power factor correction capacitors
13 July 2005, Electrocomp, Security Services & Risk Management, Products & Solutions
Power capacitors for power factor correction are used to reduce not only the reactive power but also the distortion (THDV/THDI) in the power line to improve and stabilise the energy quality. Previously, ...

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Low voltage-driven ioniser
13 July 2005
More and more appliances are being manufactured, such as air-cleaners, airconditioners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, etc, that have a 'negative ion generation' feature. Negative ions are negatively charged ...

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Rotary switched potentiometer gets design upgrade
29 June 2005, Electrocomp, Security Services & Risk Management
In line with its commitment to product excellence, Bourns has introduced a product improvement to its popular Model PDA17-SS 17 mm rotary potentiometer. The product upgrade entails an assembly improvement ...

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CeraDiodes in new sizes
29 June 2005, Electrocomp
Epcos has added a new CeraDiode to its range for ESD protection. The new CDS4C12GTA type offers the advantage of bidirectional overvoltage protection with low leakage current at the same time. It also ...

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Aluminium-housed power resistors
1 June 2005
Tyco Electronics is a leading European supplier of standard- and custom-designed aluminium housed resistors for general-purpose use, power supplies, power generation and the traction industry. The company's ...

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High voltage, high value resistors
1 June 2005
BI Technologies' Model BHV series thick film SIP epoxy coated resistors find typical application in photomultiplier power supplies, as voltage sense in high voltage power supplies, as high voltage bleeder ...

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Soft termination system for components guards against crack failures
1 June 2005, Altron Arrow
Driven by demands from the automotive industry for more robust and more reliable components, AVX has developed FlexiTerm, a soft termination system for components that it claims allows almost three times ...

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Low ESR tantalum capacitor series is enhanced
1 June 2005, Electrocomp
In addition to the basic characteristics of a capacitor (capacitance and rated voltage), ever more applications demand further diversification of its electrical parameters. The equivalent series resistance ...

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Improved ferrite planar cores
18 May 2005, Electrocomp
Epcos says it has developed improved planar cores for DC/DC converters based on high-performance ferrite materials for power applications. As these converters are usually of customer-specific design, ...

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10 µF X5R capacitor in 0603 size
18 May 2005
Murata, an innovator in ceramic technology, has announced it is first to go into volume production of 0603 sized 10 μF multilayer ceramic chip capacitors. These 10 μF capacitors in a stable high-K dielectric, ...

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New high-speed CeraDiodes
18 May 2005, Electrocomp
Epcos is extending its CeraDiode series by a 3 pF type with the same solder-path dimensions as a TVS diode in the SOD 323 package. It says the new type can be used with the same footprint in the previous ...

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New ceramic capacitors have reduced short-circuit risk
18 May 2005, Electrocomp
Epcos has developed a new type of ceramic capacitor to minimise the risk of short circuits if the capacitor is damaged. The new product is suitable for applications in which the capacitor is permanently ...

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'Low-cost' designer's kits for prototyping
4 May 2005, Electrocomp
In today's high demand electronics market, design engineers are constantly under immense pressure to get prototypes completed. The engineering department at Electrocomp has put together a 'low-cost Designer's ...

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Trimpot update
4 May 2005, Electrocomp
Bourns has announced a product update to its Model 3006P-7 trimpot. The company is phasing-in a new UV-curable epoxy. The new epoxy is tan in colour, resistant to moisture and withstands the increasingly ...

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High-Q capacitors with low-ESR
20 April 2005
Murata's GJM series are low dissipation type monolithic chip ceramic capacitors. With the company's unique advanced dielectrics, the copper inner electrodes produce very high Q and low ESR at VHF, UHF ...

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Matched flat chip resistor arrays
23 March 2005, Altron Arrow
Vishay Intertechnology has introduced two new series of flat chip resistor arrays that integrate four thin film resistors into a single 0612 surface-mount package. The ACAC 0612 precision series and ...

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Precision potentiometer improved
23 March 2005, Electrocomp
In line with a commitment to continuous improvement of its technologies and designs, Bourn's sensors and controls has announced product enhancements to the Model 3540 series Precision Potentiometer family. ...

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High-frequency ultrasonic sensor for counting/monitoring
23 March 2005
Murata's MA200D1 series high frequency ultrasonic sensors are designed to enable distance measurement for robots, FA and household electrical appliances at short distances. The major advantages of this ...

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