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ESD protection for analog A/V lines
6 August 2014, Electrocomp
In addition to HDMI, TVs and DVD/ Blu-Ray players/recorders, set-top boxes and other devices are still most commonly equipped with analog audio and video interfaces. Since the ICs in these devices ...

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New thermal paste and heatsink design
6 August 2014, Sivan Electronic Supplies
Alutronic, best known for its long history of manufacturing heatsinks, is venturing into the heat conductive paste market with its own branded product. Using its own filling process from bulk containers, ...

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Thermal management materials
16 July 2014, Vepac Electronics
During use, some electronic components can generate significant amounts of heat. Failure to effectively dissipate this heat away from the component and the device can lead to reliability concerns and ...

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Coax surge and lightning arrestors
25 June 2014, DEHN Protection South Africa
DEHNgate (DGA) is a family of lightning current/surge arrestors designed as a cable adaptor for protecting coaxial systems such as CCTV, mobile radio stations and antenna systems from potential damage. ...

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High-power TVS diodes
4 June 2014, Altron Arrow
New from Bourns are the PTVS3-xxxC-TH high-current bidirectional transient voltage suppression (TVS) diodes designed for use in high-power DC bus clamping applications. They offer bidirectional port protection ...

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Equalising pressure: the hidden design challenge for robust LED luminaires
14 May 2014
Much of the lighting for both commercial and residential applications is being upgraded to light-emitting diodes (LED). The advantages of LED luminaires are numerous: they are fully RoHS compliant and ...

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Silicon ESD protectors
14 May 2014, Electrocomp
Design engineers are well aware that providing ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection according to the IEC’s 61000-4-2 standard can fall short when guarding against the more severe damage caused by ...

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Telecoms equipment protection ICs
14 May 2014, Altron Arrow
The devices in STMicroelectronics’ SMP-0SCMC series are micro-capacitance Trisils designed to protect broadband telecommunication equipment such as DSL modems, subscriber gateways and DSLAMs from lightning ...

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Heavy-duty staticide
14 May 2014, Actum Electronics
ACL’s Heavy Duty Staticide is a static control product that is ideal for eliminating static and preventing tribogeneration (static electricity) on carpets, upholstery and fabrics. It is also appropriate ...

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AEC-Q200 compliant varistor
14 May 2014, Altron Arrow
Littelfuse’s AUMOV varistor offers high surge withstanding capability for low DC voltage automotive electronics applications. The maximum peak surge current is rated up to 5 kA (8/20 μs pulse) to protect ...

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Transient voltage suppressors
14 May 2014, iCorp Technologies
Brightking has released five new over-voltage transient voltage suppressors specifically designed to protect sensitive circuits against inductive load switching and load dump transients, occurring in ...

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SMT ESD protection diodes
14 May 2014, EBV Electrolink
Vishay has developed a new series of surface-mount ESD protection diodes in the low-profile SMF package. For portable electronics, SMFxxA series devices provide high surge capability of 200 W at 10/1000 ...

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Single- and three-phase EMC filters
14 May 2014, Accutronics, Vepac Electronics
TDK announced the introduction of the TDK-Lambda R series of high-performance EMC line filters with convenient connection options. The extensive range of low-profile, single-phase (RS series) and three-phase ...

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Varistors for ESD protection
14 May 2014
TDK has added a new series of EPCOS multilayer varistors to the CeraDiode family, which includes a highly compact and rugged varistor for the ESD protection of mobile equipment. This part has a footprint ...

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ESD-safe polo shirts
23 April 2014, Actum Electronics
Available from Actum Electronics are polo shirts made from static dissipative knitted fabric made up of 47% polyester, 50% cotton and 3% conductive fibres. They are ideal for working environments where ...

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Aluminium pin heatsinks
23 April 2014, Sivan Electronic Supplies
Alutronic has added 48 standard pin heatsinks or Powerblocs to its range for thermal management of processors, ICs, BGA components, LEDs and similar applications. Aluminium’s best possible thermal conductivity ...

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Sunon fans receive plaudits
12 March 2014, MANTECH
Two of Sunon’s new products were recognised with wins in the 22nd annual Taiwan Excellence Awards: the high-lumen LED MR16 lamp active cooling modules series and dustproof, waterproof, IP68 cooling fan. ...

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High-power TVS diodes
12 March 2014, Altron Arrow
The PTVS6-xxxC-TH series of high-current bidirectional TVS diodes from Bourns is designed for use in high-power DC bus clamping applications. The devices offer bidirectional port protection meeting IEC ...

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Resettable fuse
19 February 2014
For hot-plug consumer and industrial products, including external disks, printers and servers, the NIS5132 resettable electronic fuse from Diodes Incorporated helps raise power system reliability by protecting ...

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Open LED protectors
19 February 2014, Altron Arrow
Littelfuse’s PLEDxUx unidirectional open LED protector series provides a switching electronic shunt path when one LED in a string fails as an open circuit. Since LEDs cannot withstand voltages of reverse ...

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