AVX announce a new series of ruggedized, single piece, ultra low profile board-to-board compression contacts. Providing full connector performance and functionality at the individual contact level, the innovative 70-9155 compression contacts feature a sweeping beam design that enables vertical or horizontal mating and high force, gold-plated beryllium copper contacts that maximize reliability and signal integrity, enabling lifetimes of up to 1,00...

AVX Corporation has expanded the applications for its LICA Series low inductance decoupling capacitor arrays. Widely utilized in commercial and industrial five nines (99.999%) uptime applications, such as mainframe class CPUs and ultimate performance multichip modules and communications systems, LICA Series low inductance decoupling capacitor arrays tested to MIL-PRF-123 also provide high-reliability and extremely low inductance advanced decoupli...

AVX Corporation has announced the new THH 230ºC Hermetic Series high temperature SMD tantalum capacitors. Encased in hermetically sealed ceramic packages, the THH Series features a broad range of capacitance values, the highest rated temperature range of any SMD tantalum capacitor series available on the market (-55ºC to +230ºC), excellent volumetric efficiency, and an extended minimum lifetime of 1,000 hours. THH Series tantalum c...

AVX Corporation announced its new low-profile 0603 diplexer today. Based on the company’s patented multilayer organic high density interconnect technology, the new 0603 MLO diplexer employs high dielectric constant and low loss materials to realize high Q passive printed elements, such as inductors and capacitors in a multilayer stack up. Capable of supporting multiple wireless standards, including: WCDMA, CDMA, WLAN, GSM, and BT, the 0603 ...

AVX has introduced the new TWA-E Series axial-leaded wet electrolytic tantalum capacitor. Featuring a welded tantalum can and header assembly that provides a hermetic seal capable of withstanding harsh shock and vibration requirements in accordance with CECC 30 202-01, the series exhibits a high level of CV in four case sizes. Rated for 25-125V and 15-1500µF, TWA-E Series capacitors are ideal for use in filtering, DC-DC power supplies, powe...

AVX has announced significant expansions to its portfolio of tantalum polymer capacitors, which is currently comprised of its TCJ, TCM, TCN, and F38 Series. AVX has released 34 new tantalum solid electrolytic chip capacitors with conductive polymer electrodes or multianodes since May 2013, which expanded its portfolio to more than 50 parts, including both the highest voltage tantalum polymer capacitors in the industry at 125V and the highest CV t...

AVX has today announced the launch of a new series of medical grade tantalum capacitors, the TAZ HRC5000 series. Rated for 4V to 50V and -55ºC to +125ºC, the new high-reliability, medical-grade tantalum capacitor series is specifically designed for use in implantable medical device applications. Featuring a capacitance range of 0.1µF to 330µF, the TAZ HRC5000 capacitors offer extremely low DC leakage limits well below typica...

AVX a annoncé une version mise à jour de son logiciel de simulation de condensateur au tantale et à l'oxyde de niobium SpiTanIII V2.0, qui permet aux ingénieurs de conception électronique de modéliser et de réaliser des conceptions stables, robustes et fiables.

AVX has introduced the new TransFeed Automotive Series, which combines the best electrical characteristics of its TransGuard Transient Voltage Suppressors and its Feedthru Capacitors in a single chip to provide state-of-the-art overvoltage circuit protection and EMI reduction over a much broader range of frequencies than comparable devices.

AVX has today announced version 2.0 of its SpiTanIII tantalum and niobium oxide capacitor simulation software. Helping electronic design engineers model and build stable, robust, and reliable designs, SpiTanIII V2.0 features an expanded library of more than 3,000 part numbers and a new two-capacitor comparison function. This allows engineers to access the all of the basic characteristics and parameters for AVX’s standard, polymer, wet, and ...

AVX est devenu le premier fournisseur de composants passifs à célébrer les 50 ans de son accord de distribution avec Avnet Electronics Marketing Amériques, l’un des plus importants distributeurs mondiaux de composants électroniques, de produits informatiques et de technologie embarquée. Les deux entreprises ont célébré cet événement singulier par un dîner d&r...

AVX has announced that it is now a qualified supplier of specified “P” and “R” level MIL-PRF-39006 wet tantalum capacitors in the CLR79/81 and low ESR CLR90/91 series, up to 100V. Extending the MIL-PRF-39006 Series beyond “M” level components, which feature a failure rate of 1% per 1,000 hours, the “P” and “R” level capacitors have completed 10,000 hours of life testing and exhibit respe...

An innovative and extremely effective new process for the manufacture and test of high-reliability tantalum capacitors has been developed by AVX. Initially introduced to influential members of the military and aerospace industries at a Tantalum Hi-Rel Symposium held in Biddeford, Maine this January, AVX’s new Q-Process was also detailed in a technical paper presented at the Capacitor and Resistor Technical Symposium International conference in ...

AVX expands the voltage and capacitance range of its MIL-PRF-49470-qualified SMPS Series stacked MLC capacitors witht he addition of a 25V capacitor. The new 25V SMPS capacitor currently features standard MIL-PRF-49470 Level “B” reliability; however, a parallel component with T-Level reliability for space applications is under qualification.

The first 1206 size, 100V MLCC capable of exhibiting capacitance of 4.7µF, and withstanding operating temperatures of up to 125°C, has been unveiled by AVX. The new 1206, 100V MLCCs exhibit high capacitance, ripple resistance, high voltage resistance, low ESR, and an extended lifetime which makes them ideal for use in industrial power supply circuits.

The F38 Series of miniature, tantalum polymer SMD capacitors has been announced by AVX. The new capacitors utilise proprietary FRAMELESS technology, which is characterized by a unique lead-frame-less and facedown structure, low-stress packaging, and precise dimensions. The F38 Series are ideal for a broad range of consumer applications, including: tablet PCs, smartphones, wireless modules, and portable gaming devices.

AVX introduce the new TCJ 100V and 125V tantalum polymer capacitors. As the highest rated voltage tantalum capacitors currently on the market, the new surface-mount chip capacitors provide excellent capacitance and ultra-low ESR in a compact case size. By maintaining 20% recommended voltage derating, TCJ series capacitors significantly extend the useable voltage range and can be used for a wide array of high-voltage applications, including teleco...

AVX announced the availability of its new TCH Series hermetically sealed tantalum polymer chip capacitors for aerospace and other high-reliability applications. Featuring conductive polymer electrodes, TCH Series capacitors exhibit very low ESR and low derating capabilities in addition to high ripple current, high capacitance, and the highest voltages of any space-grade SMD tantalum polymer capacitor currently available on the market.

AVX Corporation has expanded both its TransGuard and Automotive TransGuard Series multilayer varistors to include glass-encapsulated, acid-resistant parts for use in high energy and harsh environment commercial and automotive applications. Exhibiting non-linear, bi-directional, V-I characteristics, both zinc-oxide-based ceramic semiconductor device series provide bi-directional over-voltage protection and EMI/RFI attenuation in a single SMT pack...

AVX has introduced the smallest thin-film 10W 3dB directional couplers available in today’s market. Based on AVX’s proven thin-film technology, the new 0603 3dB 90° couplers exhibit excellent high-frequency performance in ranges spanning 800-6,000MHz and are currently unique in their ability to provide 10W continuous power handling.