Passives

A new series of rotary coded switches designed for a variety of control and automation system applications is announced by knitter-switch. The 60000 Series is available in a variety of formats and codings and can be supplied with or without a shaft.

UltraGuard Series ZnO based varistors from AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components, exhibit very low leakage current of2 µA maximum making them ideal transient protection applications where power consumption is a primary concern.

Specialist electronics distributor Live Electronics has boosted its product offering with the addition of a new range of rocker switches from leading manufacturer, OTTO. The new K range encompasses K1, K2, K3 and K5 series devices, offering a durable, cost effective range of switch options, ideal for outdoor operations, especially in wet or dusty conditions. The rugged high performance sealed switches are designed to meet the international submer...

Murata’s GQM series of high-Q multilayer ceramic chip (MLCC) capacitors features low ESR and high Q at VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies. Low ESR – 0.1 Ohms at 1GHz for a typical 10pF capacitor – helps reduce power consumption in mobile phones, basestations and telecommunications equipment, particularly RF power amplifiers. The series comes with high voltage ratings up to 250V in 0603 packaging, and up to 100V in 0805 packaging. 0805 versi...

StaticGuard multilayer ceramic transient voltage suppressors from AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components, are designed to address ESD protection for CMOS, Bi-polar and SiGe based devices. The voltage suppressors meet 15 kV ESD pulse (air discharge) per IEC 1000-4-2, Level 4, generating less than 20 millijoules of energy. It is particularly important to protect ICs against ESD as the typical failure voltage for CMOS...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced two new high-temperature, surface-mount Power Metal Strip® resistors that are the industry’s first such devices in the 3921 and 5931 case sizes to offer an operating temperature range of –65°C to +275°C.

Having recently extended its range of polarized two pole telecom/signal relays, Tyco Electronics now offers one of the broadest and smallest ranges of 4th generation telecom relays in one package. Benefiting from a low profile (5.65 mm) and slim case design (10x6 mm), the Axicom IM series relay range now features a highly sensitive version (100mW coil), an ultra highly sensitive version (50mW coil), a highly dielectric version (1.5kV rms / 2.5kV ...

Omron Components Business - Europe has extended its range of compact bi-directional PLC splitter modules for Passive Optical Networks with a new 1x64 version.

STMicroelectronics has announced new devices that combine EMI filtering and ESD protection in a single ultra-compact package, enabling system designers to implement both functions within a footprint of 0.6mm2. Until now, the smallest available components have required this much board space for ESD protection alone.

Lorlin Electronics has announced the WRLM miniature key operated lock switch which is waterproof to IP67 and the switch module is safety approved to EN61058 by DEMKO and is flame retardant to UL94 V0. The WRLM is a two-part construction for ease of assembly, the lock is inserted into the panel from the front and the mains switch module snaps on from the rear.