ECN-Electronic Component News articles from December 2002

ECN-Electronic Component News archives from December 2002

LCD monitor with integrated fingerprint sensor.
December 1, 2002... Touchstone Technology Inc. has introduced a line of LCD monitors that are well suited for use in highly-sensitive or secure applications, such as nurse call stations, laboratories, point-of-sale terminals or time clocks. The Touchsafe monitor...

Verification product links hardware to HDL simulations.
December 1, 2002... PinPort is an interface between digital hardware and a Verilog or C++ simulation environment that allows users to perform simulations using a combination of hardware components and HDL models. It can be used to test a new hardware prototype, or...

Xicore[R] offers integrated power management devices.
December 1, 2002... The X80000 and X80001 smart power management products integrate power sequencing and hot swap functions with an SMBus interface to enable intelligent power supply control in multi-card -48 V backplane applications. Power supply sequencing...

Aluminum Electrolytic Chip Capacitors from Okaya.
December 1, 2002... PetitCap SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors are sealed in a plastic case with epoxy resin, eliminating electrolytic leakage The patented manufacturing process allows up to a 50 percent volume reduction and lower profile than was previously...

High slew rate CMOS op-amp features Electrically Programmable Vos.
December 1, 2002... The ALD2724E/ALD2724 op amps permit optional user-programmable offset voltage trimming using the patented EPAD (Electrically Programmable Analog Device) technology. The ALD2724 is pre-programmed at the factory under standard operating...

Seeding economic growth. (Editor's View).
December 1, 2002... If there are any venture capitalists out there still smarting from the dot-corn bust but with money to invest, or captains of industry searching for the next bright ship to sail, it may be worth your while to go back to school -- specifically,...

Race to meet bandwidth demands for embedded system architecture. (Technological Horizons).
December 1, 2002... The RapidIO[TM] architecture was developed as an open-standard, system-level switch fabric focused on high performance, low latency, low pin-count and low power. Targeted toward networking, telecom and high-performance embedded applications,...

Flex circuits and connectors for solving design problems. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... High-reliability flexible circuits from Minco Products, Inc. are available with high-density connectors from Omnetics Connector Corporation. Circuit conductors under 0.003" and connectors with 0.025" pitch allow designers to save space and...

Conductive elastomer EMI gaskets. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... Chomerics, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, has introduced CHO-SEAL[R] 6371 conductive elastomer for shielding applications requiring EMI gaskets that are rated UL 94V-0 for fire resistance. These materials can be fabricated into...

Highly flexible cable. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... Semflex, Inc. has introduced its SM Series cable, a highly flexible product for use in applications from DC to 18 GHz. The flexibility of this cable allows designers to bypass the step of fabricating three dimensional semi-rigid drawings,...

Standoffs for PC/104 and PC/104-plus modules. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... Keystone Electronics Corp. has introduced a series of standoffs for overcoming space limitation that may occur when PC/104 or PC/104-Plus bus drives are installed. Available in nickel plated brass (Part #8799) and nylon (Part #4799) as well as...

Low profile MCX devices. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... Bomar Interconnect Products, Inc. has announced the addition of the MCX E-Snap [TM] LP, a low profile MCX connector to its E-Snap Series of edgeboard connectors. Engineered for use with PGMIGA cards and for use in wireless applications, it...

High current, quick charging AMP connector. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... Anderson Power Products (APP) has announced its SBE[R]700A connector. The SB 700 is designed for high current, high speed charging, making it suitable for "opportunity charging" applications. The genderless connector is hot pluggable and...

Two-tier header. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... RIA electronic has announced two-tier headers in 5 mm or 5.08 mm with closed end or open end, flush or offset configurations. They are available in vertical or horizontal styles, in circuit sizes from 2 to 24 poles, and they are rated to 300 V...

USB interface connectors. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... ERNI has introduced its Maxconn USB interface connectors. The USB interface is commonly used in low- to-medium bandwidth peripheral connections which are generally found in components such as scanners, color inkjet printers, joysticks and...

Screw flange style pluggable terminal blocks. (Packaging & Interconnects).
December 1, 2002... BlockMaster Electronics' CIF and CIM locking screw flange female and male pluggable terminal block connectors are said to provide safe and solid connection in high vibration environments. The units are available in 2 to 25 pole configurations...

Insulated test point loops. (Test & Measurement).
December 1, 2002... E-Mark offers eight colors of through-hole, insulated test points for easier color coding and product documentation. Each color is available in two sizes, one for 0.40" diameter holes and one for 0.052" diameter holes. Featuring colored glass...

Up/down counter/timer needs no panel cutout. (Test & Measurement).
December 1, 2002... Otek's Model 413 is a frequency meter, timer or counter. Its flat pack enclosure requires a hole in the panel for mounting, leaving nothing behind the panel. Features include three model operation: lap, elapsed and total, cascadable, start/stop...

Hipot testers for safety agency testing. (Test & Measurement).
December 1, 2002... Slaughter Company has announced the availability of its line of UL and TUV listed enhanced hipot testers for safety agency testing requirements from such agencies as UL, TUV, GSA, IEC, VDE, BSE and the European Norms. The 2900 Series of...

Bench Intelligent DMM. (Test & Measurement).
December 1, 2002... Global Specialties has introduced its PRO-100 Intelligent Handheld Digital Meter. Appropriate for a multitude of measuring needs, the PRO-100 provides reliability and high resolution while offering an RS-232 computer interface, computer cabling...

3U and 6U combination PXI chassis. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, Inc. has released a combination PXI chassis that offers both 3U and 6U slots. The GX7100 is a high-performance 14-slot chassis that accommodates a system controller and 13 PXI or cPCI instruments. Slot 1 is...

High-speed, multi-function I/O modules. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Eurotherm's Action Instruments has announced the availability of the I/O Pak [TM] K-Series high-speed modules. The 1,000 Hz, 19-bit analog measurement devices can be configured as Modbus or ASCII protocol slaves. There are three different model...

1U compact voltage regulator module. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Powercube has introduced a low profile DC/DC converter 1U VRM. Designed specifically to meet Intel [R] 9.1 requirements for the Intel Pentium [R] 4 processor and Intel 845E chipset platform, the VRM is suitable for mobile applications for...

Low-power mezzanine card. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... The PM/PPC-440, a ProcessorPMC (P-PMC) from Artesyn, features low-power, system-on-a-chip technology and it is suitable for applications such as embedded packet processors, line cards or system controllers. Featuring the IBM PowerPC [TM] 440GP...

ETX modules reduce production times. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Arista has adopted the ETX (Embedded Technology eXtended) standard as the basis for its ETX815 and ETX863 modules. ETX modules share a standardized form factor and connector layout designed to carry a specific set of signals to the system....

PLC interface with no programming. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... RKC Instrument has announced Mapman, a simplified interface with Allen Bradley SLC500s, Mitsubishi, Sharp and Omron PLCs to RKC Instrument multi-loop and single loop PID controllers with no programming required. Exceptional temperature control...

I/O Ethernet module tolerates harsh industrial environments. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Engineers now can decrease power consumption and lower temperature-induced errors with National Instruments' FP-1601 next-generation distributed I/O Ethernet module. The FP-1601 communication module connects FieldPoint I/O to a PC controller...

PICMG 2.16-compliant cPCI packet switched backplanes. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Diversified Technology, Inc. has introduced a line of PICMG 2.16 compliant products targeted at OEMs developing high performance products for carrier grade Telecom and Internet IP-based markets such as VPN switchers, media gateways, 2.5G/3G...

Ultra320 SCSI controllers. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Adaptec, Inc. has introduced a family of Ultra320 SCSI controllers that couple what are said to be the industry's fastest data transfer rates with integrated RAID for data protection. The heart of the four controllers is an Adaptec chip that...

SIM carrier card. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Bluefish Technologies has introduced "Clear Card," a SIM carrier card that is completely transparent. The card is like a normal credit card sized SIM, yet it incorporates a protective overlay film. The cards are available in several colors...

IDE Flash drive portfolio adds form factors. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Smart Modular Technologies has announced an industry standard 3.5" IDE Flash drive and a mini IDE Flash drive. Its 1.8", 2.5" and 3.5" standard IDE drives have capacities from 16 MB to 1 GB. The mini Flash drive, in capacities from 16 MB to 256...

Backplane is PICMG 2.17 compliant. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Bustronic Corp. has announced a series of StarFabric backplanes compliant to PICMG 2.17. StarFabric enables scalable high performance while maintaining full compatibility to CompactPCI. Bustronic's StarFabric Series of PICMG 2.17 backplanes...

Bus Extender set. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Legacy ISA cards can be teamed up with the CyberResearch[R] PRO 700 PCI-ISA Bus Extender set. Combined with an ISA chassis or backplane, the PRO 700 allows for the continuous use of old familiar ISA cards in newer computers which usually lack...

Interface combines MIL-STD and NE2000-Plus Ethernet for avionics applications. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... parvus is shipping the PC/104 1553/Ethernet Interface board to bring MIL-STD-1553B protocol and NE2000-Plus Ethernet compatibility to embedded avionics computer systems. Measuring 3.550" X 3.7555", the interface uses Aeroflex UTMC's SMMIT...

PMC carrier card. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Dy 4 Systems has added the SCP/DCP-201 conduction-cooled carrier card to its CompactCore line of ruggedized CPCI products. Designed to integrate Dy 4 PCI mezzanine cards (PMCs), this carrier card, named "Little Buddy," expands functionality on...

Programmable Logic Controller. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... The IP99 Programmable Logic Controller offers nine inputs and nine outputs featuring analog, AC and DC, 1 MHz high-speed counter, pulse measurement in microseconds, all metal case, real-time clock with alarm, ASCII string I/O and RS-485 or...

MPEG2 video over IP. (Boards & Modules).
December 1, 2002... Sensoray's Model 2412 codec converts PAL or NTSC video into an MPEG-2 elementary stream using the UDP or RTP Ethernet protocol. In the decode mode, it converts Ethernet steams into composite and S-video. The three-board PC/104 system is...

India: another IT frontier to watch. (Editor at Large).
December 1, 2002... While the high tech world stampedes into China, many chip makers are looking to India as another pillar of semiconductor growth. For nearly four decades, India functioned as a semi-socialist society. Then, in 1991, in the midst of a sharp...

Overcoming axial fan noise and power consumption issues. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Thermal engineers face ever more difficult challenges in today's electronic equipment. Constrained by increasing thermal densities and decreasing product dimensions, engineers are tasked to find new and different methods to convectively cool...

Solid-state air/plate heat pump assemblies. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Melcor has introduced the MPA Series of solid-state air/plate heat pumps. Part of the TechniCOOL [TM] line of thermoelectric assemblies, it is suitable for cooling and heating various materials or flat surfaces as well as for a variety of...

CPU cooling system. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Active Cool has launched its AC4G CPU cooling system, a thermoelectric cooling system designed to address processor heating in the PC industry. This product has the power to cool the most advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors and the new AMD K8...

Flame retardant Air Filters. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Universal Air Filter Co. has developed a UL-recognized Quadrafoam air filter media designed for use with forced air cooling in electronics enclosures. Quadrafoam is CE-compliant, making it suitable for use in international markets. It is...

Software for system-level thermal design. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... MacroFlow[TM] is a software tool that bridges the gap between spreadsheets and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to enable rapid and accurate thermo-fluid analysis for system-level thermal design. The cooling system is represented as a network...

Thermal systems controllers. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Analog Devices, Inc. has debuted two members of its "dBCOOL" family of ICs to provide PC OEMs and motherboard manufacturers with new options for thermal systems controllers that can lower fan noise in notebook and desktop PCs. The ADT7460 and...

Thermal analysis tool. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Flo/MCAD is a software tool designed to take production-quality CAD files and simplify them for thermal analysis within Flotherm, Flomerics' thermal management package. Prior to the launch of Flo/MCAD, engineers were forced to re-key data from...

AC fan speed controls. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... SmartFan[R], Nimbus from Control Resources, Inc. is a compact TRIAC-based fan control designed for the HVAC, electronics and industrial control markets. The Nimbus can be used to automatically control nearly any single phase AC fan including...

Thermal management design guide. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Natel Engineering Co. has made available a design guide on thermal management in microelectronic circuit design that helps microelectronic designers during the circuit development stage. In a quick reference format, this design guide contains...

Non-Contact Temperature Measurement. (Special Report: Cooling/Thermal Management Products).
December 1, 2002... Omega's Transaction in Measurement & Control Series, as well as its set of handbooks and encyclopedias, is designed to provide easy access to the technical information needed to help meet measurement and control requirements. Conceived as a...

Linux Engine Based on 733 MHz Intel Xscale[TM]. (Computers, Peripherals & Networking Devices).
December 1, 2002... Dynatem Inc. has announced the an SBC designed for manufacturers and OEMs in the network attached storage (NAS), RAID and personal server marketplaces. OEMs can use the ENC1 to build NAS, mail servers, firewall, routers and Web servers within a...

60 Gigabyte portable USB hard drive. (Computers, Peripherals & Networking Devices).
December 1, 2002... Pocketec[TM] has announced the release of a 60 GB addition to its Pockey-DataStor product line. Pocketec currently offers 20 GB, 30 GB and 40 GB hard drives. The addition of this 60 GB drive is in direct response to demand for high capacity...

LCD offers fast mounting. (Computers, Peripherals & Networking Devices).
December 1, 2002... Nortech Engineering offers a fast mounting method for its Express Line of industrial LCDs. Using "speed clip" assembly, most monitors mount in seconds with no need to locate and drill mounting holes. All Express Line monitors are arm mountable...

Wire audio Matrix handles bandwidth of DC to 150 kHz. (Computers, Peripherals & Networking Devices).
December 1, 2002... Matrix Systems' Model 10980 48 inputs X 48 outputs X 2 wire Audio plus Matrix handles a bandwidth of DC to 150 kHz. It offers low distortion of Write in 245 or www.ecnmag.com/info

Floating gate trimming saves backend test/measurement cost and effort. (Semiconductor Monthly: Op Amps).
December 1, 2002... Floating gate trimming of semiconductors, particularly linear analog circuits have matured to the point where the technology is used extensively in many manufacturing and final test processes. Compatible with today's computer automated assembly...

Op Amps achieve 410 MHz, 2200 V/us while consuming 2.5 mA. (Semiconductor Monthly: Op Amps).
December 1, 2002... The MIC923 from Micrel achieves a 2200 V/[micro]s slewrate with a 410 MHz gainbandwidth product (GBW), and the MIC922 achieves a GBW of 230 MHz and slew-rate of 1500 V/[micro]s. Intended for signal buffering, the MIC922 is unity-gain stable and...

High speed amplifier offers low distortion. (Semiconductor Monthly: Op Amps).
December 1, 2002... The AD8007 high-speed current-feedback amplifier features low distortion (-80 dB at 20 MHz) and low noise, while drawing 9 mA. The amplifier has 600 MHz of bandwidth (G = +1) and a slew rate of 1000 V/sec. It features a second harmonic...

100 MHz rail-to-tail, 3 mA IQ Op Amps. (Semiconductor Monthly: Op Amps).
December 1, 2002... Linear Technology has introduced the LT6203 and LT6204 dual and quad high speed, 100 MHz gain bandwidth product, low power (ISUPPLY = 2.3 mA typ.), low noise (1.9 nV/Hz at 100 kHz), unity gain stable, voltage feedback amplifiers. These...

CMOS series of single wide-band Op Amps. (Semiconductor Monthly: Op Amps).
December 1, 2002... Seiko Instruments has introduced the S-8940xA Series of CMOS mini-analog, single, wide-band operation amplifiers, in a SOT-23-6 package well suited for compact, battery-powered devices, such as cell phones, PDAs, electronic notebooks and...

Microcontroller enhances processing in power management environments. (Semiconductors).
December 1, 2002... The PIC18F family of six PICmicro[R] Flash microcontrollers (MCUs) features the company's NanoWatt Technology which enables designers to command complete control of overall system power consumption. NanoWatt Technology refers to advanced PMOS...

Array provides protection in high speed applications. (Semiconductors).
December 1, 2002... The SR70 ultra low capacitance steering diode array protects against electrostatic discharge, electrical fast transients and secondary lightning in high-speed signal interface applications such as ADSL, USB1.1/2.0 ports, [1.sup.2]C...

Pre-drive IC for industrial/automotive applications. (Semiconductors).
December 1, 2002... The A3935 is a power MOSFET pre-driver IC for large three-phase brushless DC motors. Maximum operating temperature specifications are up to +135[degrees]C allowing the IC to operate in harsh environments such as engine cooling and electronic...

5 W high-voltage DC/DC converters in 24-pin DIP. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Beta Dyne has released a series of 5 W high voltage DC/DC converters in a 24-pin DIP configuration with industry standard pinouts. Besides accepting the industry standard nominal inputs of 24 V DC and 48 V DC, the 5 W converters also accept a...

Miniature, high-voltage DC/DC converters. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... HiTek Power has announced an addition to its modular power line with the GMA series. Similar to its GM Series, the GMA is a low-cost, general purpose high voltage DC to DC converter, but now is improved with input polarity protection and output...

40 W isolated DC/DC converters. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Power-One offers the SES Series as an addition to its One-Smar T[TM] line of surface-mountable DC/DC converters. The units provide up to 43 W of output power from a low profile of 8.5 mm. The converters are distributed power architecture (DPA)...

Quarter Brick DC/DC converters. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... di/dt, Inc. has introduced its QmaX[TM] converters, a line of high current DC/DC converters in the Quarter Brick format. The QM48T40 and the QM48T45 are the first two series of converters in the QmaX[TM] line, and deliver 40 A and 45 A,...

Circuit Monitors. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Web-enabled forecasting functions of the Square D Powerlogic[R] Series 3000 Circuit Monitor (CM3000) help industrial and large commercial users to easily and quickly achieve greater value from power monitoring systems. The CM3000 collects and...

Internal AC adapter module. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Maverick Power Systems has announced the introduction of Net+Power, an internal AC adapter module with a HomePlug PHY for OEM manufacturers of small electronic products for the home. The module is designed to provide a network interface to the...

High-speed DC/DC converters in SMT module. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. has announced the latest in its line of surface mount DC/DC converters, the KM series. Using 12 V input, the KM series converters provide 10 A of output current and require 1/3 square inch of board space (0.4" X...

Quad output compact switcher. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Astec Power has announced the LPQ142 power supply, part of its low power switching family. With user adjustability on three of its four output voltages, one with a range of [+ or -] 3.3 V to 25 V, this power supply is well suited for any low...

Miniature SMT chip inductors. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Sprague-Goodman's Surfcoil[R] product line includes a series of small SMT chip inductors. GLTZ Series epoxy encapsulated inductors measure 0.5 mm X 0.25 mm X 0.25 mm (0201 size) and are made by laser-cutting a helix in copper deposited on an...

Overload protection unit. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... The IN-777 is designed for use as a lightning protection unit. The device protects process control equipment against transients induced between the signal lines and instrument earth through lightning strikes or rom other sources. The circuit...

Isolation transformers. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... SRT isolation transformers from CyberResearch, Inc. transform noisy commercial AC power into safe, clean electrical current. According to the company, nothing that departs from a 60 Hz sine wave gets through these transformers. Isolation...

Low profile current sense transformer for DC/DC converter applications. (Power Sources & Conditioning Devices).
December 1, 2002... Pulse has introduced its SMT current sense transformers for DC/DC converter applications, Model PA0368. The series provides a low profile (0.3 mm) and a small footprint (8.38 mm X 8.38 mm) with pick-and-place current sense transformer options...

High current inductors for multiphased/interleaved power supply topologies. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Topologies used for multiphase or interleaved voltage regulators typically operate in the range of 1 MHz to 3 MHz, requiring very low inductance at relatively high current levels. Magnetics manufacturers have developed materials and...

Electromagnets offered with high holding forces. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Densitron has expanded its range of standard electromagnets to offer holding forces as high as 2,100 N at 20[degrees]C, with power consumption as low as 12.5 W. The company's coil-potting design makes the electromagnets adaptable to either side...

Surface mount fixed inductors. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Toko has announced he introduction of its D412F Series surface mount fixed inductors with a low profile of 1.2 mm maximum and a 4.6 mm X 4.6 mm footprint. The series is suited for a variety of DC/DC converter applications found in...

Wirewound, molded SMT inductors are drop-in replacements for 2220 devices. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced a series of wirewound, molded, surface-mount inductors designed to eliminate EMI in power lines for personal computers, telecommunications and appliances. Measuring 0.221" X 0.197" with a 0.197" (5.0...

Miniature high voltage transformer. (Special Section: Transformers, Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... The Model 4283-1400 miniature high voltage output transformer from Datatronics Romoland, Inc. delivers 0.5 W continuous power and features a wide operating temperature range. This application-specific, surface mount device can be custom...

Flexible Coils combine antenna and circuit. (Special Section: Transformers Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Flex-Coils from Minco combine antenna coils and flexible or rigid-flex circuits in one package. Coils with wire as small as AWG 50 allow high sensitivity in a flat laminated package. Etched coils have a total thickness of <0.010" (0.25 mm)....

10/100Base-T transformer for Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet interchangeable designs. (Special Section: Transformers Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Pulse has introduced its H1267 10/100Base-T transformer for Fast Ethernet designs. The transformer is interchangeable with the company's existing Gigabit transformers, model numbers H5004 and H5007. This interchangeable feature aids designers...

Low profile Gigabit Ethernet magnetics module. (Special Section: Transformers Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Tyco Electronics has announced the Model GB4xxx LP single-port Gigabit Ethernet magnetics module from CoEv Magnetics. At less than 2.5 mm thick, this low profile, single-channel interface for 10/100/1000 Gigabit applications is designed for...

Inductor line achieves precise inductance and impedance matching. (Special Section: Transformers Inductors & Magnetic Devices).
December 1, 2002... Murata Electronics has expanded its inductor line by launching the LQP15M Series with "W"([+ or -] 0.05 nH) tolerance. This high frequency film chip inductor yields what is said to be the tightest tolerance levels in the industry as the current...

Signal power and high frequency magnetics: a history of innovations, creativity and reliability. (Corporate Profile).
December 1, 2002... Signal Transformer supplies a comprehensive line of world-class transformers, components and inductors. We pride ourselves in providing customers the exact component they need, when they need it, offering: off-the-shelf power transformers...

The future of the EMS industry -- building trust. (Special Feature: Contract Manufacturing).
December 1, 2002... Over the past decade, outsourcing has proven to be a successful business model, built on trust, for many of the world's leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Cisco, Dell and IBM. As the industry has evolved, electronics...

Resistive Temperature Detectors: an alternative to thermocouples for precise, repeatable Temperature measurements. (Product Tech Highlight: Sensors & Transducers).
December 1, 2002... Temperature is one of the most frequently measured quantities in science and industry, with several sensor technologies available. The Resistive Temperature Detector (RTD) offers several advantages over the well-known thermocouple for all but...