Capacitors may seem simple enough, but specifying them has grown more complex in recent years. The reason why comes down to freedom of choice. The universe of capacitors for embedded systems ...

Today’s cars increasingly depend on electronic equipment such as infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to meet important safety standards and customer demands. Although more ...

Components built using the newer, safer, higher-performance conductive-polymer cathodes are now available for use in 20-V to 28-V power-supply applications. Jayson Young, Technical Product Manager, KO ...

From hybrid and electric vehicles to underground exploration of fossil-fuels, our search for energy solutions has increasingly placed us in situations demanding electricity storage and delivery under ...

The new capacitor is much smaller than a conventional device. (Courtesy: Nanyang Technological University) Researchers in Singapore have developed a prototype polymer capacitor that can store much ...

One of the last remaining unshrinkable obstacles blocking the progress of fully integrated, wearable technology is the clunky component that absorbs and disburses stray electricity and converts ...

Tantalum capacitors made with conducting polymer electrodes have been around for a dozen years now. For the first few years they were limited to low voltage — 5 V max. Now they go all the way to 125 V ...

TDK has introduced hybrid polymer electrolytics that can resist 30g vibration, for automotive and industrial applications – tested to MIL-STD-202, Method 204. The parts are surface-mount, and their ...

Wurth is offering vibration-resistant versions of its surface-mount aluminium electrolytics and aluminium hybrid polymer capacitors. “SMT components are often not the best choice because, without ...

While stand-alone compact cameras are increasingly at risk of being made obsolete by smartphone cameras, they do still have their advantages. One of those advantages is the fact that, in most cases, ...