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Panasonic Releases SMD Solid Polymer Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors with Extended Lifetime

Panasonic Corporation releases the KX Series SP-Cap® conductive polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitors with industry's longest 5,500 hours of endurance life time.

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Panasonic Releases SMD Solid Polymer Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors with Extended Lifetime

Sustainable Nitrogen Doped Graphene Electrode Material Yield Record High Energy and Power Density Supercapacitors

Sustainable Nitrogen Doped Graphene Electrode Material Yield Record High Energy and Power Density Supercapacitors
Nitrogen-enriched graphene material developed by researchers from CATRIN Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (RCPTM), Olomouc, Czech Republic is proving to be a very promising electrode material for use in supercapacitors that yield in record high both energy and power density levels.

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Murata Three-Terminal Automotive MLCC Achieved Highest Capacitance in 0402 Size

Murata three-terminal MLCC capacitors attains industry-leading 4.3 µF capacitance in a compact 0402 inch package to address space-restricted automotive deployments.

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Murata Three-Terminal Automotive MLCC Achieved Highest Capacitance in 0402 Size

Distributors' Mission is to Support EMS in Managing Components Across the Board

Distributors' Mission is to Support EMS in Managing Components Across the Board
Michael Kennedy, vice president of global accounts at TTI, Inc. in his article published by TTI Market Eye explains role of distributors to support EMS in managing components across the board.

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Researches Developed Fast and Low Cost Prototyping Technique to Make Wearable Stretchable Sensors and Supercapacitors

Engineers at UC Berkeley have developed a new technique for making stretchable flexible electronics - wearable sensors and supercapacitors - that enables medical researchers to prototype test new designs much faster and at a far lower cost than existing methods.

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Researches Developed Fast and Low Cost Prototyping Technique to Make Wearable Stretchable Sensors and Supercapacitors

Researchers Propose New Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Material for High Energy Capacitors

Researchers Propose New Lead-Free Antiferroelectric Material for High Energy Capacitors
Group of researchers from Cornell University, US propose a new lead-free antiferroelectric dielectric material made from bismuth, iron and oxygen as a suitable candidate for next generation of high energy capacitors.

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KYOCERA AVX Wet Tantalum Capacitors Offer the World’s Highest CV/cc at 200°C at 125V

The new KYOCERA AVX TWA-Y series of high-temperature wet tantalum capacitors now offer the world’s highest CV/cc at 200°C at 125V.

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KYOCERA AVX Wet Tantalum Capacitors Offer the World’s Highest CV/cc at 200°C at 125V

High Energy Flexible Supercapacitors for IoT Applications

High Energy Flexible Supercapacitors for IoT Applications
In a paper published in the journal Nanoscale, the research team shows how a high energy supercapacitor can be efficiently manufactured into a high-performance and low-cost power storage device that can be easily integrated into IoT applications such as footwear, clothing, and accessories.

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MLCC Electrode Metals Supply Chain Challenges

Siberia is the largest natural mining operation for palladium and nickel, MLCC electrode metals and whose supply chain is threatened by current tensions in Europe. Dennis Zogbi, Paumanok Inc. discusses How the Supply Chain Is Reacting to Eastern European Tensions in his article published by TTI Market Eye.

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MLCC Electrode Metals Supply Chain Challenges

Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Radiation Hardness Characterization

Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Radiation Hardness Characterization
Passive electronic components are in general not considered as sensitive to radiation. However is this a true also for latest technologies and materials ? doEEEt published results of radiation hardness evaluation of tantalum polymer capacitors.

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Supercapacitor Balancing Methods Comparison

Supercapacitor balancing system is required to avoid overloading of individual supercapacitor cell in series connection. Würth Elektronik technical article written by René Kalbitz explains some theoretical background of supercapacitor balancing methods and verify it is effectiveness in practical measurement and comparison. Published under Würth Elektronik permission.

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Supercapacitor Balancing Methods Comparison

Tantalum Capacitors and SuperCapacitors Enable Battery-Less Microcontrollers

Tantalum Capacitors and SuperCapacitors Enable Battery-Less Microcontrollers
Design of maintenance-free battery-less microcontrollers enabled by tantalum capacitors and supercapacitors are discussed in a technical paper written by Ron Demcko, Daniel West and Ashley Stanziola, KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation.

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Knowles Offers 100% Non-Destructive CSAM High Rel MLCC Reliability Inspection

CSAM testing can quickly identify voids and delamination in structures like MLCC ceramic capacitors. Knowles Precision Devices now offers 100% or partial sample scale non-destructive CSAM reliability inspection of its high reliability MLCC capacitors according to their blog post.

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Knowles Offers 100% Non-Destructive CSAM High Rel MLCC Reliability Inspection

Würth Elektronik Hosts Virtual “WE meet @ digital days 2022” Conference

Würth Elektronik Hosts Virtual “WE meet @ digital days 2022” Conference
Würth Elektronik hosts the virtual “WE meet @ digital days 2022” conference - A four-day-long event: profound electronics expertise for developers.

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Murata Safety Ceramic Capacitor Solutions for EV Powertrains

Modern EV powertrains require effective safety protection solutions. Safety capacitors are important part of the circuit protection designs. Murata product engineers for capacitors Rina Fujiwara and Christian Merkel introduce Murata safety ceramic capacitor solutions and compare its features in this article.

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Murata Safety Ceramic Capacitor Solutions for EV Powertrains

Hybrid Supercapacitor Powered Automated Guided Vehicles

Hybrid Supercapacitor Powered Automated Guided Vehicles
Driverless transport vehicles (Automated Guided Vehicles, abbr. AGV) are often already an integral part of operational processes and transport usually completely autonomous loads of all kinds. Technical memo written by Alexander Schedlock, Jianghai Europe Electronic Components GmbH provides brief introduction into benefits of hybrid lithium-ion capacitors (LiC) supercapacitor-battery energy storage power system for those vehicles.

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DC BIAS Ageing Impact to X7R MLCC Capacitance Drift Vishay Study

Time-dependent capacitance drift of X7R MLCCs under exposure to a constant DC Bias Voltage is one of electronic hardware designers concerns. Vishay publishes its comparative white paper study on this subject.

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DC BIAS Ageing Impact to X7R MLCC Capacitance Drift Vishay Study

January 22 Electronic Component Sales Outlook Shows Signs of Stability

January 22 Electronic Component Sales Outlook Shows Signs of Stability
The results from ECIA’s January 2022 electronic component sales survey shows a solid signs to the new year towards stabilization of the component market.

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