Passives and Interconnect

This Würth Elektronik webinar explains how to choose a switch for your application. The goal is to raise your instincts and sensitivity of some details around switches, that might help you to choose whether you buy Switch A, or B or C – and make your product successful, long lasting and worthy with it. Content: […]

This Würth Elektronik webinar explains influence of different parameters and how to make a good electrical contact for reliable inter-connection. Good interconnection between two contacts, low electrical resistance, material selection, galvanic processes and different plating are getting explained. In this webinar we show you: Which resistances play a role in an electrical contact Which roles

This technical blog article written by Raul Saucedo and Jon Schifferdecker, KYOCERA-AVX Components Corporation, explains vertical Wire-To-Board connector solutions for solid state lighting and industrial applications. Solid-state lighting (SSL) and industrial applications often must overcome more stringent constraints on environmental tolerance and physical form factor. Primarily, thermal issues of heat dissipation and high-temperature reliability. One popular solution

Swisscom’s new WLAN-Box 3 is equipped with 10 custom high-performance KYOCERA AVX antennas and delivers outstanding tri-band 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz performance in a compact form factor optimized for extending Wi-Fi range in residential applications. KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future,

This blog post originated from Knowles Precision Devices, explores the basics of lumped element filter design, general lumped element filter characteristics, and how lumped element filter designs limits can be […] Read the original post Lumped Element L-C Filters Design and Characteristics on Passive Components Blog.

Yageo and other Taiwan-based passive component suppliers have put increased focus on automotive applications amid slowdowns in consumer electronics demand, according to industry sources. The sources said the shift to […] Read the original post Taiwan Passive Component Manufacturers Aim Automotive on Passive Components Blog.

TDK Corporation presents the new B58101A0109A* (HP100) series of NTC thermistor based heat pump sensors for measuring the refrigerant temperature indirectly via the pipes’ surface temperature. The NTC thermistor based […] Read the original post TDK Releases Clip-on NTC Thermistor Based Sensors for Heat Pumps in e-mobility on Passive Components Blog.

Bourns is pleased to introduce the new automotive grade, AEC-Q200 compliant, CRG2512 Series Metal Strip Current Sense Chip Resistors. Current sense chip SMD resistors are growing in popularity due to […] Read the original post Bourns Releases New Metal Strip Current Sense Chip Resistors on Passive Components Blog.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics released its latest training video explaining ceramic capacitors MLCC Class II DC Bias effect. Content: 00:00 DC Bias of MLCC 00:55 DC Bias Graph by MLCC type 01:42 […] Read the original post MLCC Class II DC BIAS Explained, Samsung Video on Passive Components Blog.

Vishay introduced a new resonant transformer for inductor-inductor-capacitor (LLC) applications that features both the transformer and an integrated inductor in a single package. Designed to save PCB space while simplifying […] Read the original post Vishay Releases Resonant Transformer for LLC Applications on Passive Components Blog.