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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced a new toroidal, high-current, high-temperature inductor that offers the industry’s highest rated and saturation current, and the industry’s lowest inductance and DCR. With a high operating temperature rating to +200 °C and a toroidal design to reduce EMI, the new TJ3-HT inductor is optimized for switching power supplies, EMI/RFI filtering, and output chokes in automotive, and deep well drilling products.

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EPCOS has extended its range of EMC power chokes by types designed for high currents. Its double power line chokes now attain current capabilities of up to 54 A. The new B82725S* and B82726S* series cover inductance values from 0.2 to 100 mH. The triple chokes of the B8274* series are now available with current capabilities of up to 62 A.

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Devices Offer Capacitance Range of 1.0 µF to 220 µF and Voltage Ratings from 4 WVDC to 16 WVDC for Portable Electronics

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced the release of the new TR8 series of molded MicroTan™ tantalum chip capacitors that provide ultra-low ESR values of 0.8 Ω (at 100 kHz and 47 µF) in the 0805 case size, and an industry-low 1.5 Ω in the 0603 case size.

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Induction cookers are extremely energy efficient. EPCOS supplies a full range of components, including film capacitors, chokes, transformers, thermistors and varistors. Induction cookers are the true king among cookers. Their high efficiency, increasingly important in times of rapidly rising energy costs, greatly distinguishes them from their conventional counterparts.

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SUNNYVALE, CA—April 7, 2008—Maxim Integrated Products (Pink Sheets: MXIM) introduces the MAX4888A/MAX4889A high-speed PCI Express® (PCIe®) passive switches capable of switching data at a signaling data rate of 5.0Gbps. These passive switches support PCIe 2.0 data-switching requirements, offer low power consumption, and feature a flow-through pin configuration for optimized PCB layout.

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Schottky Diodes in SOD923 Packaging are 50 Percent Smaller than Diodes Packaged in SOD523

San Jose, California March 26, 2008 Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) introduces a series of Schottky diodes that are energy and space efficient, addressing the needs of space-constrained, power-hungry portable applications. The BAS70SL, BAS40SL, and RB751SL feature an extremely low forward drop (VF) of 0.37mV, which is instrumental in extending battery life. Power conservation is a critical design benefit for power-rich functionalities in portable applications such as cell phones, PDAs and digital cameras.

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AVX has expanded the range of its successful tantalum multianode TPM Series capacitors with a new high capacitance 2200uF at 2.5V capacitor. Many of the latest integrated circuits, including power processors, are operating at voltages around 1V. This new 2.5V capacitor provides high capacitance and low ESR (18 mOhms) for these very high performance power applications.

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AVX Corporation has enhanced and expanded its MIL-PRF-123 product offering. Available in molded radial, molded axial and two-pin dip leaded configurations, the expansion includes improved capacitance values, higher voltages and new tolerances. Capacitance values range from .1pf in axial leads and up to .47uf in radial leads and voltages range from 50 to 200V in radial and axial leaded configurations.

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With its new standard ERU25 series, EPCOS now offers high-current chokes in surface-mount technology with current capabilities of up to 71 A. The ERU25 is based on improved ferrite cores and the flat rectangular wires that allow a copper filling factor of almost 100 percent.

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A new series of space-saving P2 motor-run capacitors in plastic cases is now available from EPCOS. With the new MotorCap%u2122 P2 compact series B3235* grounding of the capacitor cases is no longer necessary. Thanks to dry technology, the components can be mounted in any desired position. Their expected operating life to IEC 60252-1 2001 is up to 30,000 hours.

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