Designed to reduce installation costs, the PowerLamella power supply elements have been introduced by Würth Elektronik. The elements are suitable for connecting fuses, switches and cables to the circuit board and can be used board to board and wire to board and also combined with PowerRadsok high current contacts.

To enable MOSFETs to be activated under conditions of high insulation voltages, a gate-drive transformer in the EP7 design has been released by Würth Elektronik. The transformer, which is designed to be fitted to a synchronously aligned flyback converter, enables MOSFETs to be activated up to 2500V.

The PowerTwo Power Elements, designed for screw-type technologies on circuit boards, are now available in Würth Elektronik's Original Power Elements Online Shop. The two-part power elements are press-fitted rather than soldered and can, therefore, be used at high temperatures. With the elements, stable connection and mounting on the circuit board is enabled without any additional stress.

Responding to the growing demand for Qi standard devices, Würth Elektronik has introduced two wireless power transmitter coils in the 12V voltage range. Complying with the Qi standard of the WPC, the 760308104113 (A13) single coil and 760308104119 (A19) two coil array offer high quality with litz wire and premium ferrite to get a high Q factor and a low RDC.

To reduce common mode noise in the high frequency range on data and signal lines, Wurth Electronics has introduced a common mode choke with a wide attenuation bandwidth. The current compensated choke combines with a NiZn core, enabling a broadband attenuation response that operates into the GHz frequency range.

Power elements, featuring a compact design, have been released by Würth Elektronik ICS. The PowerPlus elements, which consist of a punched brass base body and a stainless steel screw, allow double-sided assembly of power supply elements in the same position. Achieving torques of 1.8Nm with the M4 thread and up to 42Nm with the M12, the screw is claimed to enable a higher torque than other high-current contacts.

Designed to reduce broadband mains-borne radio interference, chokes with nanocrystalline cores have been introduced by Würth Elektronik. The WE-CMBNC family of current-compensated, common-mode chokes have been made with nanocrystalline cores and feature broadband attenuation.

An online price calculation facility for mounted assemblies, which is integrated with a PCB configurator from WEdirekt, has been introduced by M. Richter. This has been introduced to meet the customer requirement for immediate access to key product information such as price, quantity and delivery times. 

Modern components with high clock rates and short switching times for high signal transmission rates require impedance matching for rigid-flex PCB technology. The impedance calculation, as well as the documentation and measurement of impedances is becoming increasingly important.

  A rigid-flex PCB, which meets the material requirements of motorcycle sport, has been developed by Würth Elektronik with GCD-PCB-Design. These requirements include suitability for rapid pace, extreme load changes, summer heat and mud, dust and dirt. 

A high-current element for mounting on PCBs in SMD technology has been launched by Würth Elektronik ICS. The PowerOne SMD offers an alternative solution to regular press-in technology or through-hole technology (THT), with the SMD high-current elements processed with typical SMT lines and soldered in an infrared furnace or using the steam phase system.

Three transmitter coils and one receiver coil has been added to Würth Elektronik's Wireless Power Coil program. The ferrite pot core shape has major advantages, including, tightly bundling the magnetic field, increasing the possible coil distance and reducing outward radiation. The round shape also significantly reduces the mounting space required. The round transmitter coils 760 308 100 110 (A10) and 760 308 100 111 (A11) comply with the Qi...

Wurth Electronics Midcom has introduced a new series of offline discontinuous mode flyback transformers targeting low profile power applications. Dean Huumala, Product Marketing Manager for Wurth Electronics Midcom, said “We have recognized a need in the market for a low profile solution that not only offers good power capabilities, but also meets the offline safety agency requirements.” This particular series meets that need, whic,h ...

Würth Elektronik expands its attractive Wireless Power Coil program with three transmitter coils and one receiver coil. The new round transmitter coils 760 308 100 110 (A10) and 760 308 100 111 (A11) comply with the Qi standard of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). The ferrite pot core shape has the major advantages of tightly bundling the magnetic field, increasing the possible coil distance and reducing outward radiation. The round shape...

On 21 May 2014, the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group signed a contract for the purchase of the Italian connector manufacturer Stelvio Kontek SpA. The prime reason why the owners of Stelvio Kontek have decided to sell the company is the security that the business succession will bring for the employees and the company as a whole. 

Würth Elektronik has introduced an iOS smartphone app for finding and selecting components using Apple devices. This universal app is compatible with all iOS versions and is optimised to run on iPhones and iPads. It is available to download free from the Apple App Store and can be used to find all Würth Elektronik eiSos standard products quickly and easily.

Strengthening the company's commitment to providing component solutions for wireless power transfer, Würth Elektronik has announced that it has become a full member of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). Already a member of the WPC for two years, the company has now upgraded its membership to become a full member.

Würth Elektronik has announced the WE-TMSB product family, which the company believes is the smallest chip bead ferrite in the standard 0201 chip format. This package design increases packing density of components on circuit boards three-fold compared with the chip bead ferrite packages previously available on the market.

Providing an easy and fast way for implementing Ethernet in a broad range of products, Lantiq and Würth Elektronik announce a jointly developed demonstration kit. The Evaluation Kit eases adding Ethernet hardware to an application or device and provides all necessary information to understand the demands of an Ethernet hardware design.

Würth Elektronik announced that its rapidly growing connector division will be jointly managed by Romain Jugy, Head of Product Management, and Josef Wörner, Head of Sales. Jugy will be responsible for production and development, while Wörner has responsibility for the global sales of connectors.