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...

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...

The majority of connector housings are manufactured from thermoplastic polymers due to their combination of electrical and mechanical properties and the manufacturing efficiencies of injection molding. This section will provide an overview of polymer materials and properties and a...

This Würth Elektronik webinar provides expert knowledge on ZIF contacts selection guide and design of the interface at RIGID.flex. Flex and RIGID.flex PCBs are often designed with a ZIF interface (ZIF = Zero Insertion Force) and have a so-called...

This Analogue Devices article written by Jellenie Rodriguez and Mary McCarthy discusses thermistor-based temperature sensing system optimization and evaluation. Introduction As discussed in article Thermistor-Based Temperature Sensing System Explained, there are different challenges involved in designing and optimizing thermistor-based application solutions. These...

prof. Sam Ben-Yaakov in his video explains ESL self-inductance of axial aluminum electrolytic capacitors and demonstrate how to measure self-inductance of the capacitors in practical example. Read the original post Axial Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors’ ESL and its Measurement on...

Würth Elektronik’s hardware engineer Jon Izkue Rodriguezs explains in his webinar what you can find in MLCC ceramic capacitor and aluminum capacitor datasheet including what is missing but desperately needed to understand the behavior of capacitors in your circuit....

Vishay BCcomponents releases its new 193 PUR-SI solar series of power aluminum electrolytic capacitors with ultra high ripple current and snap-in terminations ideal for solar inverters. The new series optimized for use in solar PV inverters lower the cost...