The next revolutionary step in supercapacitor technology development is closing its energy density gap to batteries while power density is closer to capacitors. New supercapacitor active electrode materials based on graphene, that enable quick and safe energy charging at record-high level of energy and power density, have been developed and demonstrated by RCPTM Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials in Olomouc, Czech Republic....

The ability of tantalum capacitors to answer requirements for reliability, robustness and high energy density make them critically important for advanced medical applications such as lung ventilators and life support monitoring equipment. EPCI president Tomas Zednicek published an article tracking use of tantalum capacitors in lung ventilators. The article was published by T.I.C. Bulletin No. 181 in April 2020. Medical ventilators provide assistance for...

EPCI European Passive Components Institute is pleased to announce release of its free online global passive manufacturing database WHO is WHO in Passive Components Manufacturing. "We have been considering to make a global passive component manufacture database for some time. Nevertheless, under the current worldwide pandemia, we have speed up the effort to introduce this tool in shortest possible time frame. The situation highlights...

EPCI European Passive Components Institute powered Passive Components Blog passive-components.eu website reached 30K monthly visitor rate milestone in February. "The Passive Components Blog popularity growth measured by number of the original IP web attendees and web search views is a high motivation for us to continue in this project focused on niche electronic field - passive components." said Tomas Zednicek, EPCI president and founder....

LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic) The use of LTCC material is gaining importance in applications in the field of communications. This is a multi-layer process used for the production of sophisticated HF components with good performance characteristics. The ceramic-based LTCC technology is an inexpensive substrate technology with which up to 50 layers are stacked on top of each other. The silver or gold conductor...