WHEN BENIGN IS BETTER: FAIL SAFE CAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY

The performance of a capacitor greatly depends on the environment in which it is used. Exposing a standard capacitor to ...

How to rework heat sensitive components

During manual rework, one of the main risks for these MLCC is the thermal shock that takes place when the soldering tip ...

Digital electronic components Image courtesy of Thinkstock. SUPPLY CHAIN Lead Times Stretch, Prices Rise for Passives, Discretes, and Memory ICs

trong demand, shortages, and higher prices are good news for independent distributors. Electronics buyers typically look...

Muffsy Hifi Dual Power Supply V3 -Kit

Strong demand from the automotive, cell phone, consumer electronics, and industrial equipment manufacturers has resulted...

Component of the Month: The Capacitor

A capacitor connected across a DC power source will accumulate a charge, which then persists after the source is disconn...

Vishay Extends Temperature Range of HOTcap K…H Series Automotive Grade MLCCs to an Industry-High +200 °C

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. on Oct. 30, 2017, announced that the company has extended the operating temperature range o...

AVX announces new ceramic capacitors for 200° C and 250° C operation

AVX Corporation has extended its high temperature AT Series Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) with two new case size...

How to Design High-Power-Density DC-DC Converters

In power electronics, design engineers strive to deliver more power in a more efficient manner, and in smaller footprint...

Flexible electronics could transform the way we make and use electronic devices

It may sound like an interesting laboratory curiosity, but not to Enrique Gomez, an assistant professor of chemical engi...

iPhone X drives record orders for Japan's parts makers

Production hums along at a Murata Manufacturing plant. The company supplies ceramic capacitors and other parts for Apple...