Automotive shock sensors have extended temperature range 10 April 2002 Murata's automotive customers have been asking for the operating temperature range of its standard shock sensors to be extended to the full -40 to 125°C for triggering various safety systems.
Forthcoming ...
Ultra-precision thin-film resistors designed for stability and accuracy 10 April 2002, Electrocomp BCcomponents achieved a world-first in the passive component industry when it introduced its range of ultra-precision thin-film Mini-MELF resistors targeted for use in high-accuracy, high-performance ...
Compact rotary position sensor with extended life 10 April 2002 Murata has released its PVS1 Series of long-life compact rotary position sensors to the market. The PSV1 can detect the angle of rotation as a change of output voltage without using any extra conversion ...
Metallised polyprop interference-suppression capacitors 10 April 2002, Electrocomp BC Components' MKP335 5 metallised polypropylene film capacitor series meets today's most demanding safety approvals including UL1414. With a voltage rating of 275 V a.c. and an operating temperature ...
Shielded surface mount inductors rated to 40 A 10 April 2002 Responding to demands for higher current devices compatible with today's powerful microprocessors, BI Technologies recently introduced a molypermalloy powder (MPP) based family of surface mount inductors ...
150°C barrier for SMD electrolytic capacitors 27 March 2002, Electrocomp BCcomponents now offers an SMD capacitor specified above 150ºC. Specified at 175ºC, the Hi-TMP175 exceeds the previous industry-best temperature rating by 50ºC, giving it exceptionally long lifetimes ...
Ultra-miniature SMD crystals 27 March 2002 Raltron's model RH100 microprocessor crystal is ideal for high-density surface mount, in particular for Bluetooth and other wireless technologies, as well as PCMCIA, where miniaturisation and tight specifications ...
Low-profile, high-current inductors 27 March 2002 Vishay Dale's IHLP-2525CZ-01 and IHLP-5050CE-01 inductors have a height profile as low as 3,0 mm which enables thinner, lighter electronic products. Low losses at frequencies up to 5 MHz help extend battery ...
Tiny shielded power inductors 13 March 2002, RF Design With a footprint of just 3,7 x 3,7 mm, Coilcraft says its new 1008PS Series of surface-mount power inductors is an attractive alternative to larger and more costly shielded parts. At 2,6 mm high they ...
Small buzzers come taped 27 February 2002 "Offering the smallest buzzers in the world means we can deliver them in tape and reel for automatic placement and processing." So says Murata, adding that these sounders can offer a major improvement ...
Breakthrough in crystal miniaturisation 13 February 2002 The Epson FC-255 is one of the smallest crystals manufactured. The ceramic package measuring 5,0 x 2,0 x 0,9 mm is ideal for compact designs with a height restriction.
The low profile is achieved by ...
Replacing tantalum with high capacitance MLCC 13 February 2002 For several years there have been periodic variations in availability and price of tantalum capacitors. In the past this behaviour was due to political and economic strategies. Today, it is the poor supply ...
Electrolytics target automotive 42 V systems 30 January 2002, Electrocomp BCcomponents is launching a framework for customer-specific automotive qualified components based on its latest series of electrolytic capacitors. The company is working alongside manufacturers to customise ...
Current transformer cores for 20/40 A energy meters 30 January 2002 Electronic energy meters are worldwide more and more specified according to the international standard IEC 1036, or derived national standards. This means, they have to resist unipolar alternating currents ...
Multilayer high-frequency ceramic inductors 7 November 2001 Vishay Intertechnology's ILC-0402, a new series of multilayer high-frequency ceramic inductors, can help designers reduce size and weight of wireless communications products.
These components offer high-reliability ...
Thin 0201 chip coil 7 November 2001 Murata's thick-film technology has been utilised to produce a very thin chip coil. Only 0,3 mm high, the 0201 package is also lead free. High Q and tight inductance tolerances aid stable designs at RF ...
Resistors and terminations 24 October 2001, RF Design Anaren's new line of RF power thick film aluminium nitride (AIN) resistors and terminations has been designed as an alternative to the beryllium oxide (BeO) ceramic widely used today. Applications include ...
Extended axial capacitor product range 24 October 2001, Electrocomp BCcomponents is increasing its production capacity and launching an extension to its product range of axial aluminium electrolytic capacitors, already one of the broadest portfolios of its kind available ...
Small outline 32,768 kHz crystal supports 4-pad SMD package 10 October 2001, Brabek Advanced Crystal Technology says it has further reduced the size of surface mount crystals by introducing the ACT200. Measuring just 8,0 x 3,8 x 2,5mm, the new 32,768 kHz ACT200 is compatible with existing ...
