Many passive components suppliers are lowering quarterly forecasts, one effect of slowing sales has been an easing of severe shortages. for many passive components.
Capacitors are one of the fundamental building blocks of electrical circuits. Whether they are being used for energy storage, noise filtering, or timing/frequency design, capacitors are important in many common electrical devices.
Different types of polymer capacitors from three manufacturers have been stored at temperatures from 100 ºC for periods up to 18,500 hours to 175 ºC for up to 2000 hours.
Long-Term reliability data of AVX SCM and SCC supercapacitors have been presented in an article published by TimesTech, authored by Eric DeRose, Global Product Manager; Bob Knopsnyder, Senior Development Engineer and Bharat Rawal, Contractor/Retired Manager, BestCap Technology, AVX Corporation.
Improved manufacturing and testing technologies have enabled the success of low-ESR MnO2 tantalum capacitors in aerospace platforms, and improvements in capacitor efficiency and reliability.
X and Y Safety Capacitor Applications were discussed among two major passive manufacturers in a virtual roundtable organized by EE World. Jeff Shepard from EE World hosted Eduardo Drehmer, Director of Marketing for Film Capacitors & Power Quality Solutions with TDK Electronics, Inc. and Daniel West (DW), Field Application Engineer with AVX Corp.
EMI is emitted by a number of both natural and engineered sources and is a hazard that virtually all electronic devices must be adequately protected from, regardless of application area. Board-level EMI suppression filters are one of the most common electromagnetic compatibility solutions and are widely available in a broad range of sizes, configurations, materials, capabilities, and costs.
The performance characteristics of any electronic component are included in product data sheets, which help designers and engineers to identify the properest component meeting the requirements of an application
Advances in multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) manufacturing have led to significant improvements in the voltage and capacitance capabilities of miniature case size capacitors. These advances have extended to ceramic discoidal capacitors, which are employed in most bulkhead-mounted EMI suppression filters. They are now available in smaller packages and make the c