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NEW | Automotive-Qualified SuperCapacitors

NEW | Automotive-Qualified SuperCapacitors

Five field-proven SCC Series supercapacitors are now tested and qualified to the stringent AEC-Q200 standard, proving their ability to reliably withstand the challenging mechanical and electrical conditions common in automotive applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (February 2, 2023) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, is proud to announce its first automotive-qualified supercapacitors, which are also known as cylindrical, electrochemical, double-layer capacitors. The five new automotive-qualified SCC Series supercapacitors are tested and qualified to the stringent AEC-Q200 standard, which proves their ability to reliably withstand test conditions designed to replicate challenging mechanical and electrical conditions common in automotive applications. SCC Series supercapacitors have a ruggedly constructed form

NEW | Multilayer Varistors Qualified to OPEN Alliance Standards for Automotive Ethernet Applications

NEW | Multilayer Varistors Qualified to OPEN Alliance Standards for Automotive Ethernet Applications

As an OPEN Alliance member, KYOCERA AVX has extended its proven, high-performance, and ultralow-capacitance AntennaGuard range with the addition of two new MLVs that meet IEEE 1000BASE-T1 and 100BASE-T1 testing requirements, significantly outperform competing diode solutions, and deliver exceptional reliability in space-saving 0402 and 0603 packages. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (January 10, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has extended its AntennaGuard range of proven, high-performance, and ultralow-capacitance products with two new 0402 multilayer varistors (MLVs) that meet IEEE 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 testing requirements. The new ASPGuard® Series MLVs have small, ultralow-profile, surface-mount packages optimized for high-density designs and exhibit high current and energy handling

NEW | Industry’s First Automotive-Qualified Multilayer Varistor (MLV) with FLEXITERM® Technology

NEW | Industry’s First Automotive-Qualified Multilayer Varistor (MLV) with FLEXITERM® Technology

The new AEC-Q200-qualifed VCAS Series MLVs feature soft terminations that provide up to 5mm of flexure over 3,000 temperature cycles extending up to 150°C with zero flex failures and stable electrical characteristics. The series also provides high current and energy handling capabilities, bidirectional overvoltage protection, and EMI/RFI attenuation in power and signal lines. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (October 3, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has released the industry’s first automotive-qualified multilayer varistors (MLVs) equipped with the company’s patented FLEXITERM® soft termination technology, which has been widely employed on a number of automotive-qualified multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for more than 15 years. Designed to satisfy

New Series of Vertical, Dual-Row, Top-Entry Card-Edge Connectors

New Series of Vertical, Dual-Row, Top-Entry Card-Edge Connectors

The new 9159-650 Series features twice as many proven-robust, gold-plated BeCu compression contacts as the 00-9159 Series it’s based on in roughly the same form factor and extends the current rating to 2.5A per contact to deliver exceptional reliability and high signal integrity performance in harsh environment automotive, industrial, and lighting applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (April 11, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has extended its line of single-piece card-edge connector solutions with the addition of the new 9159-650 Series vertical, dual-row, top-entry card-edge connectors. Designed to provide significant functionality in a broad range of perpendicular, PCB-mating automotive, industrial, and lighting applications with harsh

New Horizontal Wire-to-Board Connectors for Industrial and Commercial Applications

New Horizontal Wire-to-Board Connectors for Industrial and Commercial Applications

The new UL-approved 9296-400 Series horizontal poke-home connectors have the industry’s lowest height profile for 18–26AWG wire, can also mate with 1mm-diameter jumper pins, are available with 1–6 pins on a 4mm pitch, and are rated for up to 600VAC/DC, 10A, and 130°C. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (April 7, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, expanded its line of wire-to-board connectors with the release of the new UL-approved 9296-400 Series 4mm-pitch horizontal poke-home connectors. The new 9296-400 Series connectors are designed to enable the quick, easy, cost-effective, and reliable board termination of discrete 18–26AWG solid or stranded wires or 1mm-diameter jumper pins in a broad

New 9155 Series 1.27mm-Pitch Board-to-Board Battery Connectors

New 9155 Series 1.27mm-Pitch Board-to-Board Battery Connectors

The new fine-pitch 9155-020 Series board-to-board battery connectors complete the 9155 Series product family and further establish KYOCERA AVX’s well-proven battery connector portfolio as the broadest selection of standard battery connectors currently available on the market. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (February 23, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has further expanded its well-proven portfolio of battery connectors for board-to-board and battery pack integration applications with the release of a new fine-pitch connector series designed for medical, industrial, and networking applications. The newest additions to this product portfolio, which already offered the broadest selection of standard battery connectors currently available on the market, are the new

KYOCERA AVX Launches Industry’s First Evaluation Board for Testing Antenna Band Switching Performance at CES 2022

KYOCERA AVX Launches Industry’s First Evaluation Board for Testing Antenna Band Switching Performance at CES 2022

The new Antenna Band Switching Evaluation Board is engineered to reduce the number of device design iterations, improve accuracy, and hasten product time-to-market for an expansive range of low- and high-frequency RF applications in the consumer electronics, IoT, industrial, medical, embedded systems, and utility markets. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (January 5, 2022) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, is launching the industry’s first evaluation board for testing antenna band switching performance at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The new Antenna Band Switching Evaluation Board (1004795-EC646-01) is comprised of standard products including an embedded, universal broadband, FR4 LTE/LPWA antenna (1004795), an Ether Switch & Tune™ chipset (EC646)

New Series of IP67-Rated, External, Dual-Band Wi-Fi Antennas for 2.4GHz and 5GHz Applications

New Series of IP67-Rated, External, Dual-Band Wi-Fi Antennas for 2.4GHz and 5GHz Applications

The new X9001748 Series antennas ease implementation, hasten time-to-market, and deliver high-gain, high-efficiency, and high-reliability performance optimized for low- and high-band indoor and outdoor applications spanning routers, gateways, and access points to smart homes and telematics. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (September 23, 2021) – KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, released a new series of IP67-rated, external, dual-band Wi-Fi antennas optimized for 2.4GHz and 5GHz applications. The new X9001748 Series external, dual-band Wi-Fi antennas have a standardized, ready-to-use, RoHS-compliant design with IP67 sealing for reliable outdoor operation and provide high-gain, high-efficiency, and high-reliability performance in low- and high-band applications with a variety of device configurations and frequencies

New TCO Series High-Temperature, Automotive-Grade Polymer Chip Capacitors

New TCO Series High-Temperature, Automotive-Grade Polymer Chip Capacitors

Rated for operating temperatures up to 150°C at category voltage, the new TCO Series capacitors meet AEC-Q200 requirements, exhibit low DCL and a benign failure mode, and are ideal for use in low- and medium-power automotive, industrial, and telecommunications applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (September 16, 2021) – AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, released the new TCO Series high-temperature, automotive-grade polymer chip capacitors, which are rated for operating temperatures up to 150°C at category voltage and meet AEC-Q200 Stress Test Qualification for Passive Components requirements, which ensure stable performance at 85°C, 85% relative humidity, and rated voltage for up to 1,000 hours. Based on AVX’s field-proven TCQ Series

New Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Portfolio

New Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Portfolio

Adding a ninth capacitor type to AVX’s already-extensive capacitor product portfolio, these six new series of surface-mount aluminum chip capacitors feature three different electrolytic technologies, deliver high-CV, low-ESR performance in competitively compact and cost-effective form factors, and offer a whole new slate of high-endurance solutions ideal for use in a broad range of consumer and industrial electronics applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (August 3, 2021) – AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, has released a full range of aluminum capacitors spanning three different electrolytic technologies and six different series. This new range of surface-mount aluminum chip capacitors add a ninth capacitor type to AVX’s already-extensive capacitor product portfolio, which