Today’s vehicles demand reliable, automotive-qualified timing devices. Electronics has become a paramount and irreplaceable cog within the automotive industry’s wheel (pun intended). The use of electronics in vehicles produces more…
MLV technology has made temperature performance advancements Many IoT applications are in homes or stable settings and will not have a large concern for drastic temperature changes or high operating…
KYOCERA AVX has expanded its extensive portfolio of commercial surface-mount MLCCs with the release of its first safety- certified MLCCs, the new Class X1/Y2 KGK Series and Class X2 KGH Series. Class-X…
On August 23, 2023, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Vikram lander cemented India’s status as the first country to soft-land a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon. KYOCERA AVX contributed…
From a passive component point of view the theme of efficiency will accelerate in 2024. The exact meaning of efficiency varies greatly by sector. Examples include the following: Consumer: SMT…
In the previous issue of DENA (September/October 2023), we talked about how oscillator advancements impact smart cities. Consistent timing and frequency behavior is critical for many applications, but for smart…
The new SCM Series double-layer, series-connected electrochemical supercapacitor modules can be used by themselves or in conjunction with primary or secondary batteries to extend battery life and backup time or…
Autonomous mobile robots and semi-autonomous cobots are candidates for supercapacitors. Commonly known as supercapacitors, electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) are still relatively new to the electronics industry. Only recently have AEC-Q200…
Advanced capacitors can have a significant impact on system size, performance, and reliability. Passive components have experienced a massive evolution in recent years, and the rate at which these technologies…
In addition to measuring temperature, thermistors can be used for surge protection, flow detection, and more. Thermistors are widely used as the sensing element of a temperature sensor, and rightly…