SMT Power Inductors Feature High Saturation Levels
Apr 23, 2008
The PG0702NL from Pulse is a series of flat-coil surface mount power inductors that feature high saturation current levels, tight DCR tolerance, low thermal aging, and low cost...
High-Temperature Supercaps Target Portable Devices
Apr 23, 2008
Tecate Industries CAP-XX H series supercapacitors feature a high-temperature electrolyte that extends both the operating voltage (from 4.5 V to 5.5 V), and the max operating temperature (from 75ºC to 85ºC)...
Stable Inductor Increases Current-Sense Accuracy
Mar 26, 2008
From TT electronics’ BI Technologies division, a constant DCR surface-mount power inductor maintains a dc resistance with a shift of only ±2% at room temperature...
Magnetics Plant Is Recognized for Safety and Health Management
Mar 26, 2008
RAF Tabtronics, a provider of advanced electromagnetic technologies, reports that its manufacturing facility in Rochester, NY has been approved for participation in OSHA's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program...
CIPS 2008 Explored Reliability and Many Other Issues
Mar 26, 2008
The recent 5th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems (CIPS 2008) in Nuremberg, Germany brought together 232 attendees from industry, research institutes and universities to discuss a variety of advanced power technology topics...
Vendors Collaborate on Magnetic Device Simulation
Mar 11, 2008
ACME Magnetics USA and Intusoft are working together to incorporate ferrite cores produced by ACME Electronics into Intusoft’s “Magnetics Designer” simulation tool...
Current Transducer Offers Current Output
Feb 26, 2008
Additions to the LEM’s LTS family of +5-V current transducers, the LTSP current transducer measures positive and negative ac, dc and pulse currents on pc boards and provides a current output instead of the voltage output provided by the other units in the family...
Automotive Relay Saves Space
Feb 26, 2008
Fujitsu Components has released what it describes as the market’s smallest 40-A, high-temperature-grade automotive printed-circuit-board relay...
PSMA Reprints Classic Magnetics Text
Feb 25, 2008
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA ) has announced the availability of a reprint of the classic book "Applications Of Magnetism" authored by the late J. K. Watson and originally published by John Wiley and Sons in 1980...
Video Series Discusses R-C Snubber Design
Jan 30, 2008
In his SMPS Technology Newsletter, Jerrold Foutz reports that an instructional video, “R-C Snubbers,” which features power design expert Rudy Severns...
Shunt Resistor Delivers Values Down to 100 μΩ
Jan 24, 2008
Vishay Intertechnology’s WSMS5515 is a power metal strip meter-shunt resistor that uses a proprietary processing technique to achieve values as low as 100 μΩ with values extending up to 500 μΩ...
Ultracapacitors Are Poised For Widespread Use in Cars
Jan 9, 2008
Maxwell Technologies has announced that Continental AG has selected Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors as the energy storage element of a "boardnet" stabilization system it is developing for a major automaker....
Stacked Film Caps Promise Better Stability than MLCCs
Jan 9, 2008
NIC Components’ NSHC and NSPU series of stacked film chip capacitors combine small component size with stability under voltage, stability over time, immunity from cracking and low dielectric loss. ...
New Products: Fly-Away Success Or Flops?
Jan 7, 2008
One of the great characteristics of the electronics industry, especially the sector devoted to power conversion and power delivery, is its ability to innovate.....
60-A Filter Targets Noisy Industrial Applications
Jan 2, 2008
Tyco Electronics has expanded its S Series family of Corcom filters with its smallest, multi-stage package for a 60-A filter designed for high-noise industrial environments. ...
