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Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has announced a water-repellent monolithic ceramic capacitor developed by applying an innovative surface treatment. Electronic devices are becoming ever more compact and densely packed with components, with this comes an increase in the possibility of malfunctions influencing circuit operation due to ion migration. This capacitor has applications particularly in navigation systems, body control electronic control units

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Mean Well is formally unveiling the new generation 35- to 350-W LRS enclosed ac-dc power supplies the models; LRS – 35/50/75/100/150/150F/200/350. The LRS family exploits a streamlined circuitry design, eliminating the power factor correction section, that lowers the electrical component count, and the high-degree automation is introduced that significantly raise the cost competitiveness and production yield. Compared to the former

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Power Partners, Inc. releases a new 310-Watt medical grade desktop power supply from their PEAMD Series of ac-dc adapters. The new unit is packed inside a compact case measuring 7.8″ x 4″ x 2″ with a weight of only 3lbs. The PEAMD310 Series is approved to the latest safety standards including EN/ES60601-1 3rd edition with Means of Patient Protection (1

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GE’s Critical Power business has introduced its new QBVE067A0B Barracuda-series dc-dc converters, providing up to 800W of 12-Vdc output power from an input voltage range of 40- to 60-Vdc. The new converters provide the highest power density available in the industry today for 12-Volt solutions. The QBVE067A0B dc-dc converters incorporate digital control, synchronous rectification technology, a fully-regulated control topology and

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TDK Corporation presents a new EPCOS NTC sensor element designed for measuring temperatures up to 650 degrees C. It is based on a high-temperature ceramic sensor element that is connected to a metallized aluminum oxide rod and then glass-encapsulated. The sensor element offers high-precision measurement with a temperature tolerance of about ±1K at 200 degrees C. The component obtains its

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Renesas Electronics Corporation today announced its new Li-ion battery fuel gauge IC, the RAJ240500, designed to extend battery life for connected mobile devices such as tablets, notebook PCs and smartphones. Leveraging its extensive design expertise in fuel gauge and charging ICs for mobile devices, Renesas has developed a single-chip device that delivers high-precision battery charge measurement and control that reduces

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Bourns, Inc. announced thatKomatsulite, a recently-acquired Bourns company, has released three new model series of mini-breaker overtemperature and overcurrent protectors. The Komatsulite™ Model LC Series, HC Series and NR Series A-Type mini-breakers are designed to control abnormal, excessive current virtually instantaneously to help prevent heat issues or fires in lithium polymer and prismatic cell-based batteries. Offered in a wide range

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IXYS Corporation announced the extension of the D2-Pak (TO-263) and D3-Pak (TO-268) packages without middle terminal for higher-voltage solutions that require surface mount devices (SMD) with enlarged creepage distances. Prior SMD solutions with standard discrete components did not offer practicable solutions for applications higher than 1200V. The new IXYS D2-Pak and D3-Pak designs now offer a recommended and standardized footprint,

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LEM has extended its range of high-accuracy current transducers, announcing the new series of IT xx5 transducers for non-intrusive and isolated nominal measurements of dc, ac, and pulsed currents from 60A to 600A. The range includes 4 new models: IT 65-S, IT 205-S, IT 405-S and IT 605-S. These new models offer an extended operating temperature range of -40 to

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Analog Devices, Inc. introduced two analog front-end (AFE) devices with integrated 24-bit sigma-delta converter cores that claim the industry’s best combination of low-power, low-noise and signal chain integration. The AD7124-4 and AD7124-8 AFEs connect directly to all standard industrial signal sources and sensor inputs, while reducing power requirements by 40 percent over comparable devices. The best-in-class power performance suits the

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