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New Power Components Tackle Tough Design Challenges

New Power Components Tackle Tough Design Challenges

TDK, Littelfuse, and Novosense have released components targeting scalability, thermal resilience, and EMI issues.


News Jun 02, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Nexperia Scales Down Automotive and Industrial Schottky Diodes

Nexperia Scales Down Automotive and Industrial Schottky Diodes

The company is rolling out 16 Schottky diodes in smaller Clip-bonded FlatPower packages, side-stepping some of the constraints of traditional SMX packages.


News May 21, 2025 by Charles Lee
3 New Inductors Expand Design Flexibility for DC-DC Conversion

3 New Inductors Expand Design Flexibility for DC-DC Conversion

The new inductors strike the sweet spot between performance and efficiency for DC-DC conversion.


News Apr 30, 2025 by Jake Hertz
3 Passive Devices Share Goals of Power Density, Protection, and Efficiency

3 Passive Devices Share Goals of Power Density, Protection, and Efficiency

TDK, Littelfuse, and Diodes Inc. unveil components that advance miniaturization, efficiency, and surge protection across automotive, industrial, and energy sectors.


News Apr 17, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
From Inductors to MCUs, New Parts Promise Upgrades to Automotive Systems

From Inductors to MCUs, New Parts Promise Upgrades to Automotive Systems

In this roundup, we cover four newly announced parts from Nuvoton, Nexperia, TDK, and Microchip, targeting various systems in the modern vehicle.


News Mar 28, 2025 by Duane Benson
Automotive Passives Roundup: Small Size Doesn’t Equal Small Performance

Automotive Passives Roundup: Small Size Doesn’t Equal Small Performance

The most basic components, done well, can have big performance and safety payoffs. Here are five new passives, including resistors, diodes, inductors, and capacitors, recently released for automotive designs.


News Mar 04, 2025 by Luke James
Nexperia Introduces 10BASE-T1S-Compliant ESD Protection Diodes

Nexperia Introduces 10BASE-T1S-Compliant ESD Protection Diodes

The new ESD protection diodes are the first to comply with OPEN Alliance's 10BASE-T1S automotive Ethernet.


News Feb 19, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
Breakthroughs in AI Vision and Power Silicon Move Automotive Tech Forward

Breakthroughs in AI Vision and Power Silicon Move Automotive Tech Forward

From AI vision collaborations to MOSFETs and TVS diodes, innovations in the automotive electronics space continue to race ahead.


News Feb 17, 2025 by Duane Benson
Three New Passives Flex High Performance in Ever Smaller Packages

Three New Passives Flex High Performance in Ever Smaller Packages

New passive components from TDK, Kyocera, and Littelfuse push the boundaries of size, power, and functionality.


News Jan 17, 2025 by Duane Benson
2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

As 2024 comes to an end, we look back on the year's most popular technical articles, industry articles, and projects.


News Dec 30, 2024 by Abby Garfinkle
Bourns Expands Products for Automotive and Industrial Needs

Bourns Expands Products for Automotive and Industrial Needs

Bourns’ new products meet next-gen needs for signal transmission, high-current sensing, and surge protection.


News Oct 11, 2024 by Mike Falter
Innovative Core Material Supports Higher Currents in TDK’s Inductive Chokes

Innovative Core Material Supports Higher Currents in TDK’s Inductive Chokes

The new high-current chokes use a novel alloy powder core material with superior saturation properties to push the boundaries of current density.


News Sep 12, 2024 by Mike Falter
Nanusens Leverages MEMS-Within-CMOS to Unlock 5G and 6G Bands

Nanusens Leverages MEMS-Within-CMOS to Unlock 5G and 6G Bands

MEMS technologist Nanusens is putting its RF digitally tunable capacitors (DTCs) to new use in RF front ends to help 5G and 6G take off.


News Jul 24, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Qorvo Introduces Alternative to Mechanical Circuit Breakers

Qorvo Introduces Alternative to Mechanical Circuit Breakers

Qorvo's 4 mΩ SiC JFET for solid-state circuit breakers provides significant advantages over traditional mechanical breakers. Andy Wilson discussed the details with EEPower at PCIM 2024.


News Jun 24, 2024 by Kevin Clemens
Memristor Prototype May Give AI Chips a Sense of Time

Memristor Prototype May Give AI Chips a Sense of Time

“Do you have the time?” With the University of Michigan’s latest memristor discovery, AI chips may soon note the sequence of events.


News May 29, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Power-Dense Microcapacitors Pave the Way for On-Chip Energy Storage

Power-Dense Microcapacitors Pave the Way for On-Chip Energy Storage

In an early look at on-chip power, researchers have demonstrated that thin-film micro-capacitors can be fabricated on semiconductor chips.


News May 14, 2024 by Duane Benson
Inductor Roundup: 3 New Inductors Boost Efficiency in Power Converters

Inductor Roundup: 3 New Inductors Boost Efficiency in Power Converters

In this roundup, we spotlight new inductors designed to reduce sources of inefficiency in modern power supplies.


News May 06, 2024 by Aaron Carman
SiTime Trumpets New Integrated Clock Chip as a First for AI Data Centers

SiTime Trumpets New Integrated Clock Chip as a First for AI Data Centers

The new SiTime data center clock chip delivers 10x higher performance than quartz crystal-based devices in half the space.


News Apr 22, 2024 by Duane Benson
Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.


News Dec 31, 2023 by Jeff Child
International Researchers Move the Needle on Memristor Technology

International Researchers Move the Needle on Memristor Technology

Academics across the globe have made concurrent breakthroughs in a new form of non-volatile memory.


News Dec 19, 2023 by Jake Hertz