Vishay Intertechnology has announced that Vishay Nobel and Schneider Electric have entered into a strategic partnership through Schneider Electric’s Collaborative Automation Partner Program (CAPP). Vishay Nobel will support Schneider Electric worldwide with weighing and force measurement technology. Vishay Nobel is a turnkey provider of weighing and force measurement systems and will bring to Schneider Electric its knowhow, field experience, an...

Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of a new series of radial aluminum capacitors that offers very high capacitances, high ripple currents, and high-temperature operation up to +105 °C.

Vishay has announced a new series of ultra-miniature SMD IR receivers for remote control systems that are the industry’s first such devices to feature two photodiodes, along with patented internal metal EMI shielding, inside an ultra-thin package with a 2.35-mm profile. The lens-less design of the TSOP75xxxW devices results in the industry’s best sensitivity-to-size ratio, with irradiance from 0.3 mW/sqm to 0.7 mW/sqm over a wide angle of ± ...

Vishay has announced a new series of ultra-miniature SMD IR receivers for remote control systems that are the industry’s first such devices to feature two photodiodes, along with patented internal metal EMI shielding, inside an ultra-thin package with a 2.35-mm profile. The lens-less design of the TSOP75xxxW devices results in the industry’s best sensitivity-to-size ratio, with irradiance from 0.3 mW/sqm to 0.7 mW/sqm over a wide angle of ± ...

Vishay Intertechnology has announced the release of a new series of tantalum-cased wet tantalum capacitors with glass-to-tantalum hermetic seals. For high-reliability applications, the 136D devices operate over a temperature range of - 55 °C to + 85 °C, to + 200 °C with voltage derating, and provide low ESR down to 0.44 Ω at 120 Hz and + 25 °C.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced the VBPW34x and VBP104x series of high-speed SMD PIN photodiodes with gullwing and reverse gullwing packages in clear epoxy and daylight blocking filtered versions. The eight new devices are optimized for smoke detection, detectors in light barriers, and data transmission in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced the VBPW34x and VBP104x series of high-speed SMD PIN photodiodes with gullwing and reverse gullwing packages in clear epoxy and daylight blocking filtered versions. The eight new devices are optimized for smoke detection, detectors in light barriers, and data transmission in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced that it has provided a web tension measurement system to Western Michigan University (WMU) for use in its Coating Pilot Plant. WMU’s Coating Pilot Plant, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a leading research center for papermaking, coating, printing, and recycling. Vishay is the major producer of strain gages and strain gage-based load cells, as well as systems based on strain gage technology. Vishay Systems...

Vishay Intertechnology has introduced the industry’s first quad precision thin film surface-mount resistor networks to feature a 20-pin 5-mm by 5-mm quad flat no-lead package with a 0.65-mm pitch and low 1-mm profile. The new package format of the QFN series saves 30 % to 60 % on PC board space compared to traditional 20-lead SOIC packages.

Vishay Intertechnology has released two MICRO FOOT power MOSFETs with maximum dimensions of 1 mm by 1 mm by 0.548 mm, which sets a new milestone as the smallest chipscale power MOSFETs yet.

Vishay has announced what it says is the industry’s first high-performance multilayer ceramic chip antennas for mobile devices to cover the entire UHF band from 470 MHz to 860 MHz. Utilizing Vishay's unique materials and manufacturing technologies, the new Vishay Vitramon chip antennas comply with the MBRAI standard while maintaining small outlines of 35 mm by 5 mm by 1.2 mm for the VJ 3505, and 10.5 mm by 15.5 mm by 1.2 mm for the VJ 6040.

Vishay has announced what it says is the industry’s first high-performance multilayer ceramic chip antennas for mobile devices to cover the entire UHF band from 470 MHz to 860 MHz. Utilizing Vishay's unique materials and manufacturing technologies, the new Vishay Vitramon chip antennas comply with the MBRAI standard while maintaining small outlines of 35 mm by 5 mm by 1.2 mm for the VJ 3505, and 10.5 mm by 15.5 mm by 1.2 mm for the VJ 6040.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced a new Vishay Nobel crane-weighing solution from Vishay Systems. It incorporates Vishay load cells and Vishay Systems state-of-the-art instrumentation for logging time, position, and weight to optimize service and maintenance intervals. It provides a cost-effective crane-weighing solution that complies with European crane standard FEM 9.755, which establishes calculation of service intervals and life-cycle meas...

Vishay has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of the new AEC-Q101-qualified miniature TEMD7x00X01 PIN photodiodes and TEMT7x00X01 phototransistors. Featuring an 0805 surface-mount package with an ultra-small 1.25-mm by 2.0-mm footprint and low 0.85-mm profile, the devices are available with spectral sensitivity to ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared, or to near-infrared radiation only.

Vishay has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of the new AEC-Q101-qualified miniature TEMD7x00X01 PIN photodiodes and TEMT7x00X01 phototransistors. Featuring an 0805 surface-mount package with an ultra-small 1.25-mm by 2.0-mm footprint and low 0.85-mm profile, the devices are available with spectral sensitivity to ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared, or to near-infrared radiation only.

Vishay has announced that it has doubled the rotational life of its P30L compact panel potentiometers, which are now specified to deliver 2 million cycles at rated power. The potentiometers’ power rating has also been increased, from 2 W to 3 W. The long-life performance of the P30L reduces the need for replacement parts, increasing reliability and lowering maintenance costs. Its rotational life of 2 million cycles represents at least a 20-fold...

Vishay Intertechnology has announced a new series of 1500W surface-mount automotive transient voltage suppressors (TVS) with the industry’s lowest profile of 1.1 mm, and breakdown voltages from 6.8 V to 43 V. Featuring the eSMP TO-277A package, the TPC series offers a 27 % smaller footprint than devices in the traditional SMC package.

Vishay has announced the release of the new TNPU e3 series of high-precision thin film flat chip resistors in 0603, 0805, and 1206 case sizes. Vishay’s new TNPU e3 thin film flat chip resistors combine the proven reliability of TNPW e3 products with an advanced level of precision. This unique combination makes the devices perfectly suited for applications such as amplifiers, precision voltage dividers, and control units in industrial, automotiv...

Vishay has introduced the improved VTAZ series of ultra-high-precision Bulk Metal Z-Foil axial-lead resistors with extended power ratings to 1.0 W and resistance values to 300 kΩ. While typical axial resistors offer a load-life stability of > 0.1 % through a 2000-hour workload, Vishay’s new devices feature an improved load-life stability of ± 0.005 % (50 ppm) at + 70 °C for 2000 hours at rated power. For high-precision applications, the ...

Vishay has announced a versatile new planar transformer designed for switchmode power supply (SMPS) applications, including flyback, forward, push-pull, and half-bridge converters. Delivering a high level of flexibility, the new Vishay Sfernice PLAC 100 is user-configurable with software supplied by Vishay, which allows designers to adapt the transformer to a wide range of applications by setting the power supply type and desired level of input ...