Ceramic thermal bridges
Reducing size and power without sacrificing efficiency and reliability By Daniel West, Lead Technical Applications Engineer at KYOCERA AVX. As active and passive electronic component manufacturers strive to reduce sizes…
Power film capacitors
Film capacitors shine in a wide range of applications. By Daniel West, Lead Technical Applications Engineer at KYOCERA AVX. When it comes to high-power applications like electric vehicles (don’t forget…
Floating BTB connectors
How floating board-to-board connectors got off the ground. By Daniel West, Lead Technical Applications Engineer at KYOCERA AVX. Connecting things is intuitive. We all start doing this from a young age, and…
SPE—Over the chasm Co and into the tornado
Lowering the cost of single pair Ethernet implementation through insulation displacement (IDC) and press- fit technologies. By Kevin McGonigle, Senior Sales Strategy Manager at Rutronik, Daniel West, Lead Technical Applications Engineer…
CIRCUIT PROTECTION with a side of EMC
In addition to ESD protection, MLVs also offer EMI suppression. By Daniel West, Lead Technical Applications Engineer, KYOCERA AVX Components. A Multi-Layer Varistor (MLV) functions as a circuit protection device,…