Battery supplier Nichicon America, Schaumburg, Ill., has won a top gold award in the 2022 Leap Awards for its lithium-titanate battery. The LEAP Awards celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. Nichicon won in the power electronics category which covers power supplies, transistors and any other power electronic circuits, components […]
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Why electrolytic capacitors blow up
Electrolytic capacitors have a reputation for failing spectacularly when mistreated. Leland Teschler • Executive Editor Pop open a common LED bulb and you’ll often find an electrolytic capacitor occupying a place in the input from the ac line. Though illumination-grade LEDs generally have lifetimes exceeding 10,000 hours, the electrolytic caps in their base may not […]
Small lithium-ion rechargeable batteries feature high discharge/charge rates
Nichicon Corp. has developed the new Small Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery (SLB series) in conjunction with Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corp. SCiB technologies. Features The main feature of the SLB series includes: 1) A high rate of charge/discharge. The batteries are able to charge to approximately 80% in three minutes and discharge to 95% of […]
Nichicon introduces the UCH series surface mount electrolytic capacitor
Nichicon Corporation has released a new line of surface mount electrolytic capacitors called the “UCH series.” The use of a new low-resistance electrolyte and a new internal structure provides the low ESR at cold temperatures needed in today’s harsh automotive environment. There is an increasing demand for SMD capacitors in automotive control units such as […]
