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Bourns releases a new Thermally Protected Surge Protective Device (TPMOV) family which will significantly expand our current product line offering. The Bourns® Model 1220 Series SPDs are PCB mounted TPMOVs which are surge suppressors with thermal protection designed to...

Bourns announced release of two new Data and Signal Surge Protective Device (SPD) families which significantly expands the company product line offering. The Bourns® Model 2510 and 2520 Series SPDs are DIN-Rail Data and Signal Surge Protective Devices. These...

Knowles Precision Devices, recently released white paper based on Python Scipy.signal Toolbox to explore the theory behind poles and zeros and how these impact Q factor and filter performance. Quality factor, or Q factor, is a common shorthand figure of merit...

Guided by machine learning, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material that stores four times more energy than the best commercial material. A supercapacitor made with the new material could...

This article is written by Vladimir Azbel Ph.D., semiconductor process reliability engineer consultant, Israel, who investigates how welding of tantalum wire to tantalum capacitor pellet can be optimized to improve its quality and reliability. Introduction This study addresses the...

Würth Elektronik is extending its WR-TBL series by screwless push-in connectors in the 3.5mm and 3.81mm pitches. The new 4101, 8101, 4093, and 8093 series come close to matching the specifications of the screw-fixed connectors and can replace them....

Samtec has fully released its line of spring-loaded SMPM adaptors (also known as bullets or bullet adaptors), for SMPM axial misalignment. They are part of our PRFIA in-series adaptor family. Spring-loaded bullet adaptors are designated with a -SP in the part...

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has developed and started mass producing the GRM188D72A105KE01, a 1608M (1.6 x 0.8mm) size high energy density multilayer ceramic capacitor with the world’s largest capacitance of 1 µF and rated at 100 V for use in...

This article introduces magnetic fusion technology based on Heraeus Conamic article that supplied the qualified raw material for the initial test windows of this technology. Introduction Nuclear fusion through magnetic confinement: Sounds highly theoretical, but has the potential to...

November 2023 collection of news summaries, survey results and channel market insights on Interconnect, Passives & Electromechanical Components from Edgewater Research. Limited Change Month/Month with Relative Stability in Demand and Pricing Key Takeaways: 1. 4Q through mid-Nov seen as...