Industry’s First Commercial Ceramic Capacitors for Automotive Use with Industry’s Safety Standard by Murata
Murata Manufacturing has announced the commercialization of industry’s first ceramic capacitors designed for automotive use certified under safety standard in the industry. The newly developed DE6 series type KJ ceramic capacitors are ideally fit for use in the AC line filters of the vehicle-mounted chargers which are found in PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) as well as EVs vehicles that need to e charge using the commercial power supplies of 100 to 240 volt and 50 or 60 Hz power line frequency, which are available in Japan and abroad. Read more
Release of High-Power, Low-Ohmic chip Resistors by ROHM
ROHM announced a new addition to company’s LTR series chip resistors with superior junction reliability. ROHM’s offers its thick-film lineup in various range of resistance from 10m ohm to 9.1 ohm. The wide terminal configuration of the newly developed chip resistors offers improvement in joint reliability against thermal fluctuations. In addition to this, the resistive element is situated on the backside (reverse-mount design) which helps in minimizing resistance fluctuations during mounting. Read more
Development of New Polyamide Resin featuring High Melting Point and Low Water Absorption Properties
Toyobo Corporation through business alliance with Arkema of France for production and sales of a new polyamide resin possessing a high melting point. The newly developed polyamide has been produced using biomass materials. The target market for this new polyamide includes electrical, electronics as well as automotive, demanding heat resistance and dimensional stability. Read more
Development of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors by TDK-EPC
This is a new series of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) with C0G temperature characteristics and a rated voltage of 50 V by TDK-EPC. The new MLCC are 60% smaller than existing products offering a same capacitance. The new products with three times the capacitance of existing TDK MLCCs, has the industry’s highest capacitance in the 50 V rated voltage range of C0G. Read more
Development of High-Speed USB Hub Controller for Automotive application by Epson
USB undoubtedly is the de facto interface for array of applications such as potable devices and communication modules as well as storage devices such as USB memory and hard disk drives. USB also find its way inside vehicle by allowing devices such as mobile phones and portable audio players to be connected to car navigation systems as well other in-vehicle equipment. Read more
