Stackpole Electronics Inc. is excited to announce the release of its new RVCU series of high-voltage thick film resistors. These resistors are designed to offer exceptional stability at different voltages, known as Voltage Coefficient of Resistance (VCR), making them ideal for applications that require stable VCR. The RVCU series features a low specified VCR of […]
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Surface-mount rectifiers feature 175 °C junction temperatures for EV applications
As surface-mount parts produced to meet AEC-Q101 automotive-grade standards, the HS1Q and SxY Series devices offer an intrinsically high-quality choice. They are ideal for bootstrap, freewheeling, and desaturating applications for IGBT, MOSFET, and WBG gate drivers used in electric vehicles and high-voltage battery systems. Other applications include alternative energy systems; grid-tied and smart grid systems; […]
Wearable bioelectronic skin patches are a busy research area: part 3
Biomedical skin patches integrating multiple sensing, power, and reporting disciplines are receiving significant R&D effort. This final part concludes with an exposition of three more wearable biometric patches, a technology receiving considerable research attention for many obvious and not-so-obvious reasons. #7 Sensing stress levels Employing a somewhat different approach, a group at the California Institute […]
Resistor series delivers ±0.1% tolerance with ±10 ppm/°C temperature coefficient
KOA Speer Electronics’ newest offering is the high power-precision WN73H series metal thin film chip resistor, designed to meet the demanding requirements of high heat and high moisture applications. These reverse geometry resistors pack power ratings of 0.3W in a 0306 package and 1W in a 0612. Resistance values range from 10Ω ~ 100kΩ, with […]
Power-supply modules offer numerous power and cooling options
XP Power introduces the CCR range of compact, low-profile (25.4mm) AC-DC power supplies with flexible cooling options and power ratings from 110W to 420W, allowing more efficient use of space within the end equipment. Approved for use in medical and industrial applications, the high-efficiency and high-power density units feature a baseplate-cooled design that ensures effective […]
Band-pass filters handle 8 W power in 3 mm package
KYOCERA AVX released two new series of compact, thin-film band-pass filters engineered to deliver excellent RF performance in a wide range of high-power applications with crowded PCBs. Designed to satisfy cross-market customer demand for small, high-power band-pass filters, the new BP1206 and BP2816 Series band-pass filters leverage the company’s proven, multilayer integrated thin-film (ITF) technology to […]
660 W power supply meets 5 kV defibrillator protection standards
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. expanded its family of convection cooled CF-rated medical power supplies with the launch of NCF660. The system-level cardiac floating (CF) rating is the most stringent medical device electrical safety classification and is intended for equipment with direct cardiac or bloodstream contact. The NCF660 family joins Advanced Energy’s NCF family of products, […]
Capacitor charger features 250 – 100 V DC charging range and 800 W system power supply for laser applications
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced the Excelsys FC4000, a 4 KJ capacitor charging unit with an integrated configurable 800 W AC-DC power supply designed to power medical laser applications. In aesthetic and surgical lasers, capacitors are used to produce high voltages and discharge to generate high-current pulses. Traditionally, this required a separate power supply. Advanced […]
AC-DC power supplies target cardiac floating requirements
Advanced Energy has announced the NCF150 series of high-isolation, low-leakage current AC-DC power supplies that enable medical equipment designers to meet the cardiac floating (CF) requirements of the IEC 60601-1 medical safety standard using off-the-shelf products. Type CF is the most stringent medical electrical safety classification and is essential for medical products that may come […]
DC-DC series targets safety-critical applications
RECOM has introduced new DC/DC converters in the REM2A and REM4A series, designed for medical and safety-critical applications. These converters, available in through-hole and SMD formats, offer 5kVAC/1 min isolation and 2MOPP rating at 250VAC with 8mm creepage and clearance. The devices are suitable for various patient connect applications due to their low 2µA leakage […]
