Doing more with less is the mantra of our era. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the drive towards miniaturization in the next generation of electronic components and systems. The push for smaller parts is coming both from the need ...
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Warren Buffett popularized the notion of investing in "cigarette butt" stocks. That is, extracting one last "puff" of value out of discarded stocks trading below liquidation value. Well, get ready to put a new spin on the term. Based on ...
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Aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor exhibiting a very high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value ...
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SAN FRANCISCO – Panasonic, Sanyo, Hitachi et al. fixed prices on “aluminum and tantalum electrolytic capacitors” for circuit boards for nearly a decade, Chip-Tech claims in Federal Court; click headline for defendants. ...
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A couple years ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an offhand remark that he thought capacitors — rather than batteries — might be the energy storage tech to deliver an important breakthrough for electric transportation. Tesla ...
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MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, today announced the acquisition of Holy Stone ...
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The raid of electronic capacitor companies in Japan this week is a further indication that antitrust enforcers may be pursuing a worldwide cartel involving the small, but ubiquitous product, antitrust attorneys said. “This has the ...
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TOKYO — TDK is known as a top supplier of components used in personal computers and smartphones, but the Japanese company has been aggressively courting the automotive industry of late. The most avid salesperson is perhaps none ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Vishay Semiconductor GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany has acquired a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system (delivered at the end of March) to expand its infrared ...
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The UK startup Cambridge Nanotherm has appointed a new chief executive. The move signals the company's intention to commercialize its nanoceramic technology that converts aluminum into a dielectricThe insulating material between the plates ...
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As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene.Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is ...
China Multi-layer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCCMultiple-layer capacitors interleave dielectric and electrode layers. This type of capacitor has increased current handling capacity, higher Q, and lower internal series resistance than conventional ...
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Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of ...
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Os-con?series aluminium solid capacitors are said to benefit from a high conductive polymer electrolyte material and excellent noise reduction capabilities and frequencyThe number of complete cycles or vibrations per unit of time. Rate of ...
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As tracked by market research company IDTechEx and further explained in the recently updated report “Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors: SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a ...
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