Scientists from Luxemberg Institute of Science and Technology have developed new “superlattices” that might help build next generation of high energy density capacitors as small as one-hundredth the size of conventional ones. Since capacitor energy density is somewhat low, they are difficult to miniaturize. Antiferroelectric dielectric materials could help solve this problem. Like magnets, which Read the original post Researchers Believe that Antiferroelectric Superlattice...

Stackpole offers its RMCA series of automotive grade thick film chip resistors with anti-sulfur performance. Many types of electronic products across a variety of market segments require higher reliability components. Automotive grade resistors offerincreased reliability and improved performance without the high cost and limited availability of components procured to established reliability military specifications. Stackpole’s RMCA Read the original post Stackpole Releases Automotive Anti-Sulfur Thick...

This KYOCERA AVX whitepaper by Ashok Dhulgande and John McCarry discusses key design considerations for electrical spring contacts and board connections and provides an overview of KYOCERA AVX’s card edge connectors for automotive applications. Board-to-board Interconnect It is often necessary to electrically connect two printed circuit boards (PCBs) directly to one another without using an Read the original post Card Edge Connectors For Automotive...

The number of individual engineering polymer products has exploded in the past years due to specialized requirements on the polymer being addressed by a variety of additives. Additives and the function they provide include: Flame Retardants: Most connector housings are required to meet flammability requirements, burning rates and combustion products, defined by various product safety Read the original post Polymer Families on inter-connection components...

There are two processes used to convert polymer resin pellets to a connector housing, compression/transfer molding and injection molding. Before discussing those processes, however, another method of polymerizing the starting resin must be mentioned for completeness, condensation polymerization. Recall that addition polymerization occurs by the addition of individual mers to existing polymer chains under the Read the original post Polymer Processing on inter-connection components...