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Capacitors highly specified for high performance
14 July 2004, Industrial (Industry), Mining (Industry)
Murata has available a wide range of speciality ceramic chip capacitors, suitable for a variety of high reliability, high voltage, high frequency and high performance circuitry applications. Intended ...

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New planar high-density passive device technology
14 July 2004, News & Events, Transport (Industry)
Murata has introduced the planar high-density passive device (PHPD) - an innovative technology that it says is ideal for low-height components. PHPD technology, which is realised by thin film printing ...

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Cadmium-free trimpots
14 July 2004, Surveillance
Murata says it is now mass producing cadmium-free cermet resistive materials, becoming the world's first potentiometer supplier to realise cadmium-free production of complete ranges. Previously, all trimmer ...

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Polymeric PTC devices offer both overcurrent and overtemperature protection
14 July 2004
ECE of Taiwan is a large manufacturer of DIP switches, photo-MOS relays, reed relays, terminal blocks, resettable fuses, USB connectors, and phone jacks etc. Since its 1981 establishment, it has followed ...

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Low-profile design for tantalum polymer capacitors
14 July 2004, Electrocomp, Infrastructure
Epcos is now shipping polymer tantalum capacitors in case size X, which measures only 1,5 x 7,3 x 4,3 mm wide. The new polymer series, which complements the company's standard tantalum capacitors in case ...

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Tantalum vs Tanceram?
30 June 2004
Historically, Tantalum capacitors have been used for smoothing and decoupling etc. For high frequency applications, the Tanceram chip capacitor is an excellent substitute for a Tantalum capacitor. Compared ...

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Open frame trimmer
30 June 2004
Bourns' Model TC33 is an open frame 3 mm square cermet trimming potentiometer with a rotational stop. The rotational stop offers greater adjustment flexibility for the technician. Applications for the ...

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Surface mount coilformers and components
16 June 2004, Retron, Logistics (Industry)
Miniature electronic components, surface mountable, are used in ever-increasing numbers in many areas of electronics. Key requirements are for small dimensions, high temperature ratings and fast solderability. ...

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High voltage ceramic SMD capacitors
16 June 2004, Altron Arrow
Kemet has released to market a range of commercial grade high voltage ceramic surface mount capacitors. These parts are designed for applications demanding reliability at high voltages, including: high ...

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4-terminal SMD current sense resistors
2 June 2004
Ohmite Manufacturing Company has introduced the new RW1S0CK Series of SMD current sense resistors. These four terminal resistors are offered in a resistance range from 0,005 to 0,050 Ω, and are ideal ...

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High energy wire wound resistors
2 June 2004, Surveillance
Ohmite Manufacturing Company's new 30 Series of 'high energy wire wound resistors' is manufactured specifically to maximise and fix the joule rating of each resistor. Energy ratings for standard values ...

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How to design an oscillator circuit with Ceralock
19 May 2004
Ref: z2708352m This article describes how to design a clock oscillator circuit by using Murata's Ceralock (resonators), how to get the optimum circuit constant of each component, and also, it discusses ...

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Zoom volume control for fingertip operation
19 May 2004
As a part of its efforts to develop easy-to-use input devices, Alps has developed the RK10N series of 10X zoom volume control, which feature a resistor travel distance ideal for fingertip-operation of ...

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Extra long life potentiometer
19 May 2004, Electrocomp, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services
Piher has enhanced its portfolio with the new PT-15 Xtra Long Life potentiometer/sensor. The PT-15 is designed to satisfy the growing demand for extended mechanical life applications. Sensors and controls ...

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More than Resistors
19 May 2004, Electrocomp, Technical Literature
Phoenix Passive Components' data handbook covers its range of conventional fixed linear resistors. Its vast portfolio, from standard to application specific resistors is divided into three categories: ...

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Centre-tapped nichrome resistor chips with low TCR
5 May 2004, Altron Arrow
Vishay Intertechnology is adding new devices that have a low absolute TCR of ±10 ppm over the full -55 to +125°C temperature range to its CTN series of centre-tapped nichrome resistor chips. With superior ...

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Open wound semi-adjustable wirewound power resistors
5 May 2004, Electrocomp
Arcol's power resistors have a high element weight for value and come in seven wattage sizes from 200-750 W. Offering good stability at high operating temperatures, they also feature high short term ...

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X2 interference suppression film capacitors
21 April 2004, Electrocomp, Opto-Electronics
Vishay BCcomponents has released a new series of compact, lead (Pb)-free electromagnetic interference suppression film capacitors that combine a wide range of capacitance values with pitch sizes down ...

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Buzzers on tape can be automatically processed
7 April 2004, Information Security
If a buzzer can be made small enough, it can be delivered in tape ready for automatic processing. Murata has done this, and with no reduction in sound pressure level (SPL). The PKLCS1212E is 12 x 12 mm ...

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Thick film power resistors series
24 March 2004, Electrocomp
Due to a non-inductive design, Arcol's FPA Thick Film Power resistor series is ideally suited for high frequency and pulse load applications. The FPA100 series is available connected as two terminals ...

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