Passive Components Blog
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NewsFilter
    • All
    • Aerospace & Defence
    • Antenna
    • Applications
    • Automotive
    • Capacitors
    • Circuit Protection Devices
    • electro-mechanical news
    • Filters
    • Fuses
    • Inductors
    • Industrial
    • Integrated Passives
    • inter-connect news
    • Market & Supply Chain
    • Market Insights
    • Medical
    • Modelling and Simulation
    • New Materials & Supply
    • New Technologies
    • Non-linear Passives
    • Oscillators
    • Passive Sensors News
    • Resistors
    • RF & Microwave
    • Telecommunication
    • Weekly Digest

    Samtec Expands Connector Severe Environment Testing Offering

    Silicon Capacitors Market: Shaping the Foundation for Next-Gen Miniaturization Electronics

    YAGEO Releases Compact Coupled Inductors for High-Density VR Designs

    Enhancing Energy Density in Nanocomposite Dielectric Capacitors

    Advances in the Environmental Performance of Polymer Capacitors

    Vishay Releases DLA Tantalum Polymer Capacitors for Military and Aerospace

    Vishay Expanded Inductor Portfolio With More Than 2000 Stock Items 

    Paumanok Releases Capacitor Foils Market Report 2025-2030

    Modelithics Welcomes CapV as a Sponsoring MVP

    Trending Tags

    • Ripple Current
    • RF
    • Leakage Current
    • Tantalum vs Ceramic
    • Snubber
    • Low ESR
    • Feedthrough
    • Derating
    • Dielectric Constant
    • New Products
    • Market Reports
  • VideoFilter
    • All
    • Antenna videos
    • Capacitor videos
    • Circuit Protection Video
    • Filter videos
    • Fuse videos
    • Inductor videos
    • Inter-Connect Video
    • Non-linear passives videos
    • Oscillator videos
    • Passive sensors videos
    • Resistor videos

    Connector PCB Design Challenges

    Efficient Power Converters: Duty Cycle vs Conduction Losses

    Ripple Steering in Coupled Inductors: SEPIC Case

    SEPIC Converter with Coupled and Uncoupled Inductors

    Coupled Inductors in SEPIC versus Flyback Converters

    Non-Linear MLCC Class II Capacitor Measurements Challenges

    Percolation Phenomenon and Reliability of Molded Power Inductors in DC/DC converters

    Root Causes and Effects of DC Bias and AC in Ceramic Capacitors

    How to Calculate the Output Capacitor for a Switching Power Supply

    Trending Tags

    • Capacitors explained
    • Inductors explained
    • Resistors explained
    • Filters explained
    • Application Video Guidelines
    • EMC
    • New Products
    • Ripple Current
    • Simulation
    • Tantalum vs Ceramic
  • Knowledge Blog
  • Suppliers
    • Who is Who
  • Events
  • Home
  • NewsFilter
    • All
    • Aerospace & Defence
    • Antenna
    • Applications
    • Automotive
    • Capacitors
    • Circuit Protection Devices
    • electro-mechanical news
    • Filters
    • Fuses
    • Inductors
    • Industrial
    • Integrated Passives
    • inter-connect news
    • Market & Supply Chain
    • Market Insights
    • Medical
    • Modelling and Simulation
    • New Materials & Supply
    • New Technologies
    • Non-linear Passives
    • Oscillators
    • Passive Sensors News
    • Resistors
    • RF & Microwave
    • Telecommunication
    • Weekly Digest

    Samtec Expands Connector Severe Environment Testing Offering

    Silicon Capacitors Market: Shaping the Foundation for Next-Gen Miniaturization Electronics

    YAGEO Releases Compact Coupled Inductors for High-Density VR Designs

    Enhancing Energy Density in Nanocomposite Dielectric Capacitors

    Advances in the Environmental Performance of Polymer Capacitors

    Vishay Releases DLA Tantalum Polymer Capacitors for Military and Aerospace

    Vishay Expanded Inductor Portfolio With More Than 2000 Stock Items 

    Paumanok Releases Capacitor Foils Market Report 2025-2030

    Modelithics Welcomes CapV as a Sponsoring MVP

    Trending Tags

    • Ripple Current
    • RF
    • Leakage Current
    • Tantalum vs Ceramic
    • Snubber
    • Low ESR
    • Feedthrough
    • Derating
    • Dielectric Constant
    • New Products
    • Market Reports
  • VideoFilter
    • All
    • Antenna videos
    • Capacitor videos
    • Circuit Protection Video
    • Filter videos
    • Fuse videos
    • Inductor videos
    • Inter-Connect Video
    • Non-linear passives videos
    • Oscillator videos
    • Passive sensors videos
    • Resistor videos

    Connector PCB Design Challenges

    Efficient Power Converters: Duty Cycle vs Conduction Losses

    Ripple Steering in Coupled Inductors: SEPIC Case

    SEPIC Converter with Coupled and Uncoupled Inductors

    Coupled Inductors in SEPIC versus Flyback Converters

    Non-Linear MLCC Class II Capacitor Measurements Challenges

    Percolation Phenomenon and Reliability of Molded Power Inductors in DC/DC converters

    Root Causes and Effects of DC Bias and AC in Ceramic Capacitors

    How to Calculate the Output Capacitor for a Switching Power Supply

    Trending Tags

    • Capacitors explained
    • Inductors explained
    • Resistors explained
    • Filters explained
    • Application Video Guidelines
    • EMC
    • New Products
    • Ripple Current
    • Simulation
    • Tantalum vs Ceramic
  • Knowledge Blog
  • Suppliers
    • Who is Who
  • Events
No Result
View All Result
Passive Components Blog
No Result
View All Result

Resistor Shortage: Why and How?

30.3.2018
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
Chrome chain with a red link clip

Chrome chain with a red link clip

Source: Advanced MP news

Compared to DRAM, NAND Flash, and FPGA, the availability of passive components; such as resistors, MLCC, and antennas, was not of any concern within the electronics industry. These passive components are just basic building blocks within every electronic product providing minimal impact on the complexity of the design. However, the persistent shortage of passive components has created major supply chain challenges for the electronics OEMs and EMS.

RelatedPosts

Samtec Expands Connector Severe Environment Testing Offering

Silicon Capacitors Market: Shaping the Foundation for Next-Gen Miniaturization Electronics

YAGEO Releases Compact Coupled Inductors for High-Density VR Designs

Resistors are widely used to reduce current flow, adjust signal levels, divide voltages and terminate transmission lines. In addition to fixed resistors, variable resistors can be used to adjust circuit elements or sense device for heat, light, humidity, force and chemical activity.

The recent shortage of resistors began in Q3 2017 in the North America markets, where most of the resistors were sourced from suppliers in Japan and Europe The major reason was lack of capacity expansion from those Japanese and European suppliers. At that time it was not a global issue, as major resistor suppliers for the global market are in Taiwan and they seemed to be operating adequately.

However, the situation started to become critical in Q4 2017 when Taiwan resistor suppliers began increasing price and stopped taking future orders. For example:

Yageo

  • Dec 27, 2017: stopped taking orders on all thick film resistors (RC series)
  • Jan 10, 2018: price increase 15% to 20% for thick film resistors (RC series), impacting 45% of all resistors products
  • Feb 1, 2018: price increase 20% to 30% for thick film resistors (RC series), including OEMs, EMS and distributor customers

Ralec

  • Jan 2, 2018: price increase 15% for SMD resistor in 0402, 0603, 0805 and 1206
  • Feb 22, 2018: stopped taking new orders for all thick film resistors in all sizes
  • March 5, 2018: price increase over 25% for some thick film resistor products

In addition to these two major suppliers, other suppliers based in Taiwan and mainland China issued price increase notices on products and stopped taking orders for some of their products. The impact of such announcements on supply is critical because Yageo counts for 34% of global resistor monthly capacity of 3.6 trillion pieces.

The price hike in raw materials has also contributed to the price increase. Ceramic substrate, which counts for 30% of resistor raw material cost, has seen an over 30% price increase. Another raw metal material for the resistor is ruthenium, which is widely used as the resist layer that is screen printed on the resistor. The price for ruthenium has increased 275% since Feb 2017. Other materials, including corrugated paper and ink are also experiencing price increases.

On the demand side, the majority of demand growth is from the automotive sector, where most manufacturers are shifting to electronics-based products. They are consuming a substantial portion of the global capacity of resistors. ECIA reports that the average lead time for resistors has been steadily increasing from 2015, reaching over 18 weeks as of February 2018.

Passive components, such as resistors and MLCC, may not be as strategically important as memory and CPUs in the manufactured product, but they are equally as significant as other components. Lack of one resistor or MLCC will cause a line-down situation for manufacturers, delaying product delivery time.

 

Related

Recent Posts

Vishay Expanded Inductor Portfolio With More Than 2000 Stock Items 

8.10.2025
11

Paumanok Releases Capacitor Foils Market Report 2025-2030

7.10.2025
16

Stackpole Offers High Voltage Plate Resistors up to 40KV

2.10.2025
22

Vishay Unveils 5W Power Metal Strip Resistor in Compact 1206 Case Size

1.10.2025
28

Reliability of E-Textile Conductive Paths and Passive Component Interfaces

29.9.2025
24

Design of High Precision Integrated Resistive Voltage Dividers

29.9.2025
48

Pure-Polyimide Flexible Heater for High-Reliability Applications

26.9.2025
22

Advancements in Flexible End Terminations for Robust MLCCs in EV

26.9.2025
42

Passive Components J-STD-075 Process Sensitivity Level Classification And Labeling

25.9.2025
60

E-Textile SMD-Ribbon Joints Protections Against Sweat

25.9.2025
24

Upcoming Events

Oct 14
16:00 - 17:00 CEST

Smart Sensors, Smarter AI: Building Reliable Edge Systems

Oct 17
12:00 - 14:00 EDT

External Visual Inspection per MIL-STD-883 TM 2009

Oct 20
October 20 - October 23

Digital WE Days 2025 – Virtual Conference

Oct 21
October 21 @ 12:00 - October 23 @ 14:15 EDT

Space and Military Standards for Hybrids and RF Microwave Modules

Oct 28
8:00 - 15:00 CET

Power Up Your Design: SN6507 and the Ready-to-Use Development Kit

View Calendar

Popular Posts

  • Buck Converter Design and Calculation

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Boost Converter Design and Calculation

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Flyback Converter Design and Calculation

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • LLC Resonant Converter Design and Calculation

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • What is a Dielectric Constant and DF of Plastic Materials?

    4 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 0
  • Dual Active Bridge (DAB) Topology Explained

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • SEPIC Converter Design and Calculation

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Ripple Current and its Effects on the Performance of Capacitors

    3 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 0
  • MLCC and Ceramic Capacitors

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Flying Capacitors Explained

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter Subscription

 

Passive Components Blog

© EPCI - Leading Passive Components Educational and Information Site

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • EPCI Membership & Advertisement
  • About

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Knowledge Blog
  • Premium Suppliers

© EPCI - Leading Passive Components Educational and Information Site

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Go to mobile version