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Mouser Electronics and CTS Corporation Enter Global Distribution Agreement
Mouser Electronics has announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with CTS Corporation to distribute a variety of electronic component products including crystals, crystal oscillators, switches, resistor arrays, resistor networks, and heat sinks. CTS is a leading supplier of electronic components and sensors for the automotive, computer, communications, defense and aerospace, medical and industrial markets.
Lightning Protection for Load Cell Installations
Celsum Technologies Ltd have recently added to their range of strain gauge based sensors and instrumentation the IPU40 Lightning Protection System. The IPU40 is especially useful for applications with external load cells, such as vehicle weighing, web tensioning, crane loading, canitlever overload protection, lift assemblies, generic load movers, and many others.
Miniature photocoupler combines high switching speed with 3.3V low power operation
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has expanded its family of miniature photocouplers with a new device that combines very high switching speeds with very low power operation. The TLP2066 photocoupler is ideal for applications requiring a combination of isolation, high speed data transfer and low power operation. Target applications will include logic systems in plasma panel displays (PDPs) and other digital home appliances, and high speed interfac...
Vandal-Proof Keypad For Secure Switching From Lorlin
Lorlin has announced the introduction of the KP range of vandal proof metal keypads. Responding to increasing demand for secure and rugged security switching these attractive metal keypads may be used in public and industrial environments for access control, vending machines and kiosks, environmental control and service access.
Ceramic resonators reduce component count and save space in USB 2.0 applications
Murata has developed a series of ceramic resonators with built-in load capacitors to reduce component count and save space in USB 2.0 controller IC driver circuits. The new CSTCE-XT series in Murata’s Ceralock family of ceramic resonators measures just 3.2 by 1.3 by 1.0mm and is therefore extremely low profile. This series has been specially developed for USB circuitry, and is suitable for mobile phones, digital cameras, printers, keyboards and...
Vishay WSL and WSR Power Metal Strip Resistors now available from TTI
TTI, Inc., has announced the new improved Power Metal Strip Resistors from Vishay. Built on proprietary processing techniques, devices in this series feature extremely low resistance values down to 0.001Ω and low thermal EMF of less than 3 µV/°C.
Arcol resistors meet the demands of high voltage power
Rapid can supply an extensive range of carbon composition and aluminium clad wirewound resistors - products designed to meet the demands of high voltage power in automotive, medical and lighting applications.
Peregrine Expands PLL Frequency Synthesizer Portfolio
Peregrine Semiconductor has announced its UltraCMOS PE97022 and PE97042 phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers for satellite payload designs. The new pair of 3.5 GHz Integer-N PLLs boast an ultra-low normalized phase noise of -216 dBc/Hz, which is the lowest phase noise of any rad-hard PLL on the market today. Additionally, the two PLLs feature programmable counters, a phase comparator and +10/11 Dual Modulus Prescaler, allowing for backw...
Thick Film Resistor Features Low Resistance Down to 10 mOhms and Low TCR Down to +/-100ppm/K
Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of a new thick film resistor that combines an extremely low resistance with tight tolerances and low TCR for current-sensing applications. To provide high stability for current sensing and shunt applications in dc-to-dc converters, power supplies, motor circuits, computers, and cell phones, Vishay's CRCW....-EL thick film power resistor offers an extremely low resistance range from 10mΩ to 100...
Low ESR high rel tantalum capacitors minimize failure rates in long life commercial power supplies
Today's commercial power supply market is acutely aware of the need to minimize the failure rates. This has led to an increased demand for high-reliability low ESR capacitors. In response, for commercial, yet high-rel applications, AVX has introduced a range of new parts within its TRJ professional series which deliver significantly lower ESR while achieving reliability levels twice that of standard tantalum devices.