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Open frame trimmer suitable for pick-and-place
27 August 2003, Electrocomp
Bourns offers a new open frame 3 mm square cermet trimming potentiometer with a rotational stop. Model TC33's rotational stop offers greater adjustment flexibility for the technician. Rotor design is ...

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Current-sensing surface-mount transformers for lead-free construction
27 August 2003, Altron Arrow
Vishay Intertechnology's LPE-3325-CST series of surface-mount, current-sensing transformers features five standard turns ratios from 30 to 125 in a lead (Pb)-free construction. Designed to provide optimal ...

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Heating resistors in ceramic case
13 August 2003, Electrocomp
Mosquito repellants and electrical air-fresheners are popular household appliances worldwide. Phoenix Passive Components has developed chemicals for these appliances. For the optimal solution in terms ...

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The cost-effective pre-form has a double function
13 August 2003, Electrocomp
One of the basic parameters in mounting power resistors is the height of the resistor body in relation to the PCB. Therefore, many companies maintain activities to pre-form the components originally purchased ...

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Capacitors for high frequency SMPS
30 July 2003, Actum Electronics, Information Security, Security Services & Risk Management
The electrodes of Eurofarad's M90/94 self-healing capacitor types are constructed for: low impedance at high frequencies (20/30 kHz to 1 MHz); low series resistance; low series inductance; and 50 to 125°C ...

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Fluke reference multimeter wins award
16 July 2003, News
Fluke's 8508A Reference Multimeter received the '2003 Best in Test Award' from Test & Measurement World magazine. The reference multimeter brings several calibration measurements into one box, has 8,5 ...

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Telecom transformers for ISDN/ADSL/HDSL
16 July 2003
Bourns has added two new product groups to its inductive components product line. Twenty-eight new ISDN transformers and 22 new ADSL/HDSL transformers offer more solutions to customers from an already ...

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Line matching transformer has lower mounting height
18 June 2003, Altron Arrow
Bourns offers a new line transformer. Model LM-NP-1001-B1 has the same electrical specifications as the company's LM-NP-1001-B, but with a reduced mounting height of only 10,5 mm. This is a nearly 20% ...

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IEEE802.3 capacitors
18 June 2003
New 1808 and 1812 chip style 2 kV capacitors from Murata are suitable for IEEE802.3 and line circuit tasks for telecoms Ethernet applications. They have dielectrics with very high breakdown voltages and ...

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Base metal gets the 'OK' for multilayer ceramic caps
18 June 2003
According to passive component specialist, Murata, changing from 'noble' to 'base' metals has been a key factor in availability, price stability and size reduction of multilayer ceramic capacitors. Unfortunately, ...

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Mini drum cores for power inductors
18 June 2003
Today's miniaturisation trends are leading to smaller, lighter, handheld devices. Both the size and the need for micro power are driving the necessity for very small power inductors. Ferroxcube's new ...

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Multiturn SMD trimmers
18 June 2003, Altron Arrow
Bourns offers Model 3223 from its trimpot product line, the latest addition to its SMD family of products. Model 3223 is claimed to be the first 3 mm square multiturn SMD sealed trimmer in the market. ...

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High frequency inductors save valuable real estate
4 June 2003
BI Technologies offers a series of low profile surface mount inductors capable of handling continuous currents up to 27 A. The HM74 Series high performance inductors are constructed with a ferrite core ...

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High-Cap series extended
21 May 2003, Electrocomp
EPCOS can now offer MLCCs (multilayer ceramic capacitors) as high-cap types in BME (base metal electrode) technology. Available in sizes 0603 to 1812, they cover the capacitance range from 100 nF to 47 ...

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1,8 mm low-profile shielded inductors
21 May 2003
A series of miniature shielded inductors, which provide protection against emissions on densely populated boards while offering board mounted profiles from 1,8 to 4,0 mm are available from BI Technologies. ...

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1,0 mm thick 10,7 MHz ceramic filters
7 May 2003
Murata has introduced a 10,7 MHz ceramic filter with a thickness of 1,0 mm or less, making the filter suitable for thin wireless communications and radio equipment. The SFECD10M7 series is nominally 3,45 ...

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Miniature inductors for elevated temperatures
7 May 2003
BI Technologies has introduced a series of SMT inductors featuring a class H design for operation at elevated ambient temperature. The HM61 Series are low-profile form factor inductors that feature low ...

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Capacitive feedthroughs
23 April 2003, RF Design
Thunderline-Z's capacitive feedthroughs are designed for eliminating noise and frequency interference in discoidal capacitance filtering applications such as in modulators, switches, amplifiers, filters, ...

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Single-turn SMD trimmer model improved
23 April 2003, Electrocomp
Bourns has announced an improved version of its popular model 3313. The product improvements are as follows:    * Internal lead attachment method changed from a solder process to a resistance reflow braze. * ...

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Bourns announces change to CAY17 chip array
23 April 2003, Electrocomp
Effective immediately, the available resistance range, of Bourns' CAY17 chip array is changed to E12 values from 100 Ω to 43 kΩ. Formerly, the CAY17 resistance range was 100 Ω to 100 kΩ.   

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