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Thermistors designed for durability
10 September 2002, Electrocomp
PTC thermistors used as heating elements are self-adjusting and have no glowing parts. They are mainly used in automotive electronics (diesel preheating, auxiliary heating of passenger compartment, and ...

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Low profile trimmer with high resolution
10 September 2002
Offering design engineers a way to incorporate a high precision, multiturn trimmer into SMT applications, component manufacturer BI Technologies recently developed a 15-turn trimming potentiometer in ...

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Better snubber circuits with low-loss capacitors
10 September 2002
Snubber circuits are now able to perform better at high frequencies with new low-loss capacitors from Murata. The trends in switching power supplies and DC-DC converters are to smaller and lighter designs, ...

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Industrial capacitors range
10 September 2002, Actum Electronics
Eurofarad offers a range of industrial capacitors. The metallised film capacitors for AC and pulse applications have self healing (NF C83151 and NF C83153) properties, while the film foil capacitors are ...

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Micropower low profile inductor
10 September 2002
A new low profile (0,67") surface mountable micropower inductor for portable platforms is being offered by BI Technologies. Designated the HM64 Series, these closed circuit inductors feature extremely ...

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RKE resonators
10 September 2002
Murata has introduced ultra-compact, lightweight SAW resonators for remote keyless entry systems, claimed to reduce the footprint by about 45%, the volume by 30% and the weight by 50%. Murata's SARCC_M_BX_O ...

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Silicon temperature sensing improves on other techniques
10 September 2002
Silicon temperature sensors have a number of key characteristics, proven to deliver improved performance and many operational advantages when compared with competitive passive-based sensing techniques. ...

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High-power RF MLC capacitors deliver high frequency performance
10 September 2002
The Hi-Q Series of MLC capacitors from AVX offers superior electrical characteristics for various high-frequency applications. For use in high-power RF applications, these products feature ultra-low equivalent ...

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SMT planar transformers
10 September 2002, Sivan Electronic Supplies
New SMT planar transformers from Payton Planar have a power range up to 40 W and a footprint of 18,8 x 15,2 mm max. Height is 6,6 mm. With 'forward with resonant reset or active clamp' topology, these ...

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Use polypropylene when other dieletrics are not good enough
10 September 2002, Actum Electronics
Eurofarad's miniature polypropylene capacitors offer superior current handling capability. These capacitors are ideal for low cost switch mode operations and other thyristor circuit and nonpolar dielectric ...

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Superior quality crystal and frequency components, oscillators and filters
10 September 2002
Crystal Quartz Technology products are manufactured locally. According to the company, this enables a faster, more efficient service and, it adds, the prices are highly competitive and attractive to both ...

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Mil-spec stacked capacitors
10 September 2002
AVX is the only QPL-listed manufacturer offering encapsulated stacked capacitors for very high performance applications in both T and B-levels of reliability. AVX says it was the first manufacturer to ...

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Plastic film capacitors reliable and stable
28 August 2002, Actum Electronics
Eurofarad designs and manufactures film capacitors for professional applications. A wide range of technologies is used depending on environmental considerations. In general, Eurofarad impregnates the ...

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Smallest surface mount tantalum capacitor
28 August 2002
AVX expanded its extensive line of passive components with the addition of the 0402 TACMicrochip, claimed to be the industry's smallest surface mount tantalum capacitor. Offering design engineers the ...

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Tiny ceramic low pass filters handle up to 10 W
28 August 2002
Mini-Circuits' LPCA series is a variety of seven different low pass filters with cutoff frequencies ranging from 500 to 2050 MHz. These very low profile 7,62 x 6,35 x 1,78 LPCA and 17,78 x 8,13 x 1,78 ...

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Better safety capacitors
14 August 2002
Safety capacitors have existed for so long that we tend to take them for granted, and assume that not much is happening. Not true! In ceramic technology, a great deal has happened over the years and more ...

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Electrolytic capacitors for 42 V automotive use
14 August 2002
BCcomponents is working alongside manufacturers to customise specifications of products for use in a range of automotive applications related to the 42 V standard. The company's 100 series electrolytic ...

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High current inductors with low profile
14 August 2002
BI Technologies' magnetic components division, TT electronics, has introduced a high performance low profile surface mount inductor with a closed magnetic circuit design for high density PC board assemblies. ...

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Broad interest sparks AO-CAP product line expansion
14 August 2002, TRX Electronics
Citing broad market interest in its AO-CAP aluminium polymer capacitor, and a growing interest in lower voltage devices, KEMET Electronics recently expanded the AO-CAP line to include larger capacitance ...

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Power capacitors
14 August 2002
Facon manufactures capacitors suited for AC and DC applications, and filtering and commutation, or where high capacitance and/or high voltages are requested; special terminals with a large cross-section ...

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