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Extreme-heat film capacitor operate to 150C

Now available through New Yorker Electronics, the new Exxelia Dearborn 880P Series of metalized Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) film capacitors is designed to keep cool when things get hot. With an operating temperature range of -55C to +150

New Yorker Electronics | 30-09-2016

TV Supercapacitors provide maintenance-free energy storage

Eaton TV Supercapacitors, available from Mouser, are high power, long life, and maintenance-free energy storage devices. These capacitors are 3V, 10F to 100F cylindrical products with 20% increased energy storage and power. These supercapac

Mouser Electronics | 29-09-2016

SMD aluminium electrolytic capacitors have advanced foil technology

Stocked by Farnell element14, the Panasonic FKS Series SMD aluminium electrolytic capacitors is claimed to be a revolution in size and performance. Using advanced foil technology, this series contributes to the downsizing of your PCB design

Farnell element14 | 28-09-2016

AEC-Q200-qualified chip resistor arrays in popular 0603 x 4 packages

Stackpole has completed AEC-Q200 testing for its RACF and RAVF Series thick-film chip resistor arrays in its most popular size, the 0603 x 4 package. As per AEC-Q200, the chip resistor arrays must have an operating temperature range o

Stackpole | 27-09-2016

New 3V supercapacitors increase energy capacity in demanding applications

Power management specialist Eaton has introduced new TV supercapacitors with 3V cells that help increase stored energy capacity and power by 20 percent compared to 2.7V cells. Working either in conjunction with or as standalone alterna

Eaton | 27-09-2016

One-channel ESD protection diode for USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 evaluation module

Texas Instrument’s TPD1E01B04 evaluation module helps designers evaluate the operation and performance of the TPD1E01B04 device. The TPD1E01B04 is a unidirectional TVS ESD protection diode for HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.1 Gen II Super-speed data li

Texas Instruments | 23-09-2016

Low-profile high-current inductors for high-frequency VRM10.0 applications

A new series of low-profile, high-current inductors optimized for high-frequency VRM10.0 applications has been introduced by Vishay. Offered in the IFLR 2727, 4027, 4031, and 5151 case sizes, the devices offer high saturation current to 71

Vishay | 21-09-2016

Space-saving low-resistance power metal strip resistor

Vishay has announced a new surface-mount Power Metal Strip current sense resistor with an extended power rating of 1W in the compact 0612 case size. For increased measurement accuracy, the Vishay Dale WSKW0612 features a welded copper te

Vishay | 19-09-2016

Conductive polymer aluminium capacitors designed for automatic placement on PCBs

Stocked by Farnell element14 are Vishay’s 180 CPS and 181 CPL conductive polymer aluminium capacitors SMD (Chip), low impedance designed for automatic placement on to printed circuit boards. The devices rated capacitance range is 22µF

Farnell element14 | 16-09-2016

Snap-in aluminium electrolytic capacitors for compact designs

TDK has announced availability of more compact versions for its snap-in B43640 and B43644 series of aluminum electrolytic capacitors with rated voltages of 400V and 450V. In comparison with the previous versions they are up to 15 percent mo

TDK | 14-09-2016

New wide-terminal thin-film chip resistors handle up to 1W

Vishay has extended its MCW AT Professional family of wide-terminal thin-film chip resistors by supplementing the existing MCW 0406 AT line with an additional case size for power handling of up to 1W. For power electronics in industrial and

Vishay | 12-09-2016

Precision bulk metal foil resistors target high-volume OEMs

VPG Alpha has introduced a new series of precision surface-mount bulk metal foil resistors that are the first such devices to be manufactured in a fully automated process — providing competitive pricing in high-volume applications for OEMs.

Vishay Precision Group | 08-09-2016

New filter capacitor features high ripple current and low ESR

The new ASC Capacitors inverter filter power (IFP) DC filter capacitor is now available from New Yorker Electronics. The IFP Series is designed for use in modular DC link mounting and features singular connections with high ripple curr

New Yorker Electronics | 08-09-2016

Robust AC capacitors have complete aluminum housing

TDK Corporation have two new series of robust EPCOS alternating current (AC) capacitors. Both the cans and the tops of the components are constructed of aluminium, making them particularly robust. All capacitors in the B33331 and B33335 ser

TDK | 07-09-2016

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