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Vishay Webinar: Components Selection for Solar Panel Systems

This Vishay webinar looks at components selection for Solar Panel Systems, and how Vishay can help to choose the best products and technologies for every stage.

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Vishay Webinar: Components Selection for Solar Panel Systems

Capacitors Basics: Decoupling

Capacitors Basics: Decoupling
prof. Sam Ben-Yaakov in this video on capacitor basics explains decoupling principles, how decoupling capacitor works and decoupling capacitors applications.

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Gallium Nitride vs Silicon in Soft Switching LLC Power Supplies Comparative Study

This article provides comparison benchmark of gallium nitride vs silicon semiconductors in soft switching LLC power supply applications with evaluation using different LLC transformers. The article was written by Jakub Jirsa – STMicroelectronics, Power Application Engineer and Octavian-Tudor Stroe – Würth Elektronik, Product Definition Engineer.

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Gallium Nitride vs Silicon in Soft Switching LLC Power Supplies Comparative Study

Passive Components Selection Guide for Solar Inverters

Passive Components Selection Guide for Solar Inverters
This application blog article by Benno Kirschenhofer, Panasonic Industry Europe discusses passive components selection guide for solar inverters including capacitors, resistors and inductors.

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Tantalum and NbO Capacitors Failure Mode Comparison

This article written by George Zhang, KYOCERA-AVX Corporation explains Tantalum and NbO Capacitors failure modes.

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Tantalum and NbO Capacitors Failure Mode Comparison

Murata Completes Coil Production Building at Vietnam

Murata Completes Coil Production Building at Vietnam
Murata Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Da Nang, Vietnam), a manufacturing subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has completed the construction of a new production building that had been under construction since June 2022.

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Sumida Releases 2-in1 SMD Automotive Power Inductors for Digital Amplifiers

Sumida is introducing new D2EP21D15 SMD automotive power inductors with 2-in-1 design concept ideal for digital amplifier applications.

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Sumida Releases 2-in1 SMD Automotive Power Inductors for Digital Amplifiers

Bourns Releases Automotive Semi-shielded Power Inductors

Bourns Releases Automotive Semi-shielded Power Inductors
Bourns Magnetics Product Line is introducing the new Automotive Grade Model SRN2010BTA, SRN2510BTA, SRN3010BTA, SRN3012BTA, and SRN3015BTA Series Semi-shielded Power
Inductors
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Würth Elektronik Expands Robust PFC Inductors

The expansion of the WE-TORPFC inductor series, with 17 new parts, is now available from Würth Elektronik.

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Würth Elektronik Expands Robust PFC Inductors

Bourns Announces1206 High Current & High Voltage SMD Automotive Fuses

Bourns Announces1206 High Current & High Voltage SMD Automotive Fuses
Bourns is pleased to announce the introduction of two new families of general and automotive grade SMD fuses to complement its already successful line of SinglFuse™ SMD Fuse products.

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Vishay Releases Licensed IHPT Solenoid-Based Haptic Actuators

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced that it is releasing a new series of IHPT solenoid-based haptic actuators that are bundled with patent licenses for Immersion Corporation's (NASDAQ: IMMR) haptic technology.

The bundled offering streamlines the design-in process for these devices and eliminates the need for a separate license to implement haptic effects.

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Vishay Releases Licensed IHPT Solenoid-Based Haptic Actuators

Sulphur-Resistant Film Resistors

Sulphur-Resistant Film Resistors
This article written by Bourns explains why sulphur-resistant film resistors are needed to improve reliability of industrial and other harsh environment applications.

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KYOCERA AVX Expands Supercapacitor Modules

The new KYOCERA-AVX supercapacitor modules exhibit very high capacitance, very low ESR, high efficiency, high power density, and excellent pulse power handling characteristics and are ideal for hold-up, energy harvesting, and pulse power applications in the industrial, energy, telecommunications, automotive, transportation, and medical industries.

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KYOCERA AVX Expands Supercapacitor Modules

Vishay Opens Resistors Manufacturing Facility in Mexico

Vishay Opens Resistors Manufacturing Facility in Mexico
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced that it has opened a new state of the art resistors manufacturing production facility in Las Torres, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Varistor Selection Guideline

This article written by Teddy Won, KYOCERA-AVX Corporation explains varistors characteristics, ESD filtering, types and how they compare with TVS diodes and provide brief varistor selection guidelines.

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Varistor Selection Guideline

How Cell Balancing Methods Affects Capacitor Selection

How Cell Balancing Methods Affects Capacitor Selection
This article based on Knowles Precision Devices blog discusses active vs. passive cell balancing methods in EV vehicles and how active cell balancing affects capacitor selection.

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Fuses for Battery Energy Storage Systems

 Littelfuse, Inc., a diversified, industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, has published the technical paper, “Fuses for Battery Energy Storage Systems.” The paper addresses how to adequately size fuses for overcurrent protection to maintain the safe and uninterrupted operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS).

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Fuses for Battery Energy Storage Systems

Simulating Ferromagnetic Major and Minor Hysteresis Loops by LTspice

Simulating Ferromagnetic Major and Minor Hysteresis Loops by LTspice
Sam Ben-Yaakov in this video explains how to model and simulate ferromagnetic hysteresis using LTSpice.

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Benefits of IGBR Thin Film Resistors

Vishay article explains benefits of thin film, high power, back-contact resistors (IGBR).

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Benefits of IGBR Thin Film Resistors

SABIC to Lower DF Losses of its Dielectric Films for Hi-Temp Capacitors

SABIC to Lower DF Losses of its Dielectric Films for Hi-Temp Capacitors
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, will reveal at PCIM Asia 2023, new data showing significantly reduced internal dissipation losses in its high-heat ELCRES™ HTV150A dielectric films for potential use in high-temperature film capacitors.

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Murata Builds New MLCC Production Plant in the Philippines

Murata announces that it will start the construction of a new production building in the Philippines during August 2023.

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Murata Builds New MLCC Production Plant in the Philippines

Enabling Better Electric Vehicles by Better High-Voltage MLCC Capacitors

Enabling Better Electric Vehicles by Better High-Voltage MLCC Capacitors
This Murata technical paper explore the latest development on high voltage MLCC ceramic capacitors that enable further advances of electrical vehicles electronics.

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DigiKey Presents Factory Tomorrow Video

Third season of DigiKey video series about Factory of Tomorrow explores powering production with alternative energy sources, sustainable operations and more.

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DigiKey Presents Factory Tomorrow Video

TDK Unveils High Energy Density Miniature Snap-in Aluminum Capacitor

TDK Unveils High Energy Density Miniature Snap-in Aluminum Capacitor
TDK Corporation presents the new EPCOS B43657* high energy density compact aluminum electrolytic capacitor series with snap-in terminals.

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Capacitor in RF and Microwave

This article based on Knowles Precision Devices blog explains applications and function of capacitors in RF and Microwave circuits.

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Capacitor in RF and Microwave

Bourns Releases New High Current Shielded Power Inductors

Bourns Releases New High Current Shielded Power Inductors
Bourns adds 12 new high current model series to its shielded power inductor line. Manufactured with advanced powder cores, the new series provides high saturation/high heating current, low buzz noise and low magnetic field radiation.

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FBDi German Electronic Component Distribution Sees Market Slowdown in Q2 2023

The second quarter of 2023 of German component distribution (according to FBDi e.V.) shows a mixed picture in sales and a significant decline in incoming orders.

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FBDi German Electronic Component Distribution Sees Market Slowdown in Q2 2023

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Now Offers 22uF 4V Automotive MLCC Capacitor in 0603 Size

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Now Offers 22uF 4V Automotive MLCC Capacitor in 0603 Size
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) released a new product, MLCC ceramic capacitor in 0603 inch size 22㎌ 4V for automotive series.

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Totem Pole PFC Design for E-Mobility; Microchip and WE Video

Wurth Elektronik and Microchip team up to cover power supply designs needing advanced Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuitry to adhere to rigorous power factor standards, including Microchip Megatrends, Digital Signal Controllers in electric vehicles, totem pole PFC demonstration and block diagram, and key components used in the reference design.

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Totem Pole PFC Design for E-Mobility; Microchip and WE Video

What Are EMI Filters?

What Are EMI Filters?
This article based on Knowles Precision Devices blog explains what EMI is, why it needs to be filtered and how EMI filters are operating.

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DMASS European Components Distribution Expects Market Slowdown But Continues to Grow in Q2/2023

According to European Components Distribution (DMASS) Europe e.V., European components distribution finally experiences the long-awaited slowdown of an overheated market. While in Q2 Semiconductors still grew by 19.3% to 3.91 billion Euro, IP&E (Interconnect, Passive and Electromechanical) components already saw a decline of 7.3% to 1.56 billion Euro. The total distribution market grew by 10.3% to 5.47 billion Euro.

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DMASS European Components Distribution Expects Market Slowdown But Continues to Grow in Q2/2023

High frequency model of the physical inductor: The Cauer model

High frequency model of the physical inductor: The Cauer model
Sam Ben-Yaakov in this video part II. explains how to model and simulate a physical inductor in high frequency using LTSpice.

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YAGEO's Role in Powering the AI Revolution

As AI applications demand ever-increasing computational intensity, YAGEO, a prominent electronic component manufacturer, is stepping up to address the need for specialized components to power AI servers and devices according to Dr. Philip Lessner, CTO of Yageo Group in article published by TTI Market Eye.

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YAGEO's Role in Powering the AI Revolution

Stackpole Releases Reverse Geometry 1225 Current Sense Resistor

Stackpole Releases Reverse Geometry 1225 Current Sense Resistor
Stackpole releases new size CSRF1225 foil on ceramic carrier current sense resistors in reverse geometry 1225 size.

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July/August 2023 ECIA NA Electronic Components Sales Sentiment Shows Recovering Market Trends, Thanks to Passive Components

ECIA’s Electronic Component Sales Trend (ECST) July 2023 Survey Results registered an accelerating, refreshing recovery from the doldrums the industry suffered in Q2.

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July/August 2023 ECIA NA Electronic Components Sales Sentiment Shows Recovering Market Trends, Thanks to Passive Components

Würth Elektronik Application Note Explains Filter for I2C Bus Interference Suppression

Würth Elektronik Application Note Explains Filter for I2C Bus Interference Suppression
Würth Elektronik has published a new Application Note: “ANP121 – Filter and surge protection for I2C-Bus” that explains interference suppression methods and common techniques.

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