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…
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,…
Aluminum electrolytic capacitors in DC-to-DC converters
E-caps are great components for smoothing the output of a DC-DC converter Ryan Messina – Technical Sales Group, Technical Applications Engineer at KYOCERA AVX A DC-DC converter is an electronic…
New dual-row, inverted through-board card-edge connectors
KYOCERA AVX has further expanded its line of single-piece card-edge connectors with the release of the new 9159-600 Series dual-row, inverted through-board card-edge connectors. Developed as an extension of the…
Timing devices in automotive applications
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…
Circuit protection for high-temperature IoT applications
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 adds safety-certified MLCC capacitors to its portfolio
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…
KYOCERA AVX components used in lunar mission
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…
Accelerating Efficiency
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…
How antenna advancements impact smart cities
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…