Tyco Electronics Passive Components News

Free, Downloadable HDMI™ 1.3 WhitePaper to Help Designers Add ESD Protection Without Sacrificing Performance

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

MENLO PARK, CA - May 6, 2008 - Tyco Electronics now offers a free, downloadable whitepaper detailing the benefits of its reference layout that incorporates ESD and overcurrent protection for HDMI™ 1.3 interfaces. Available at www.circuitprotection.com/hdmi/, the whitepaper describes how designers can use the reference layout to meet the HDMI 1.3 specification, provide IEC 61000-4-2 ESD protection, and speed time to market.

Tyco Electronics To Demo SFP+ and Z-PACK TinMan Product at Ethernet Alliance Interop 2008

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. - April 28, 2008 - Tyco Electronics will be participating at the Ethernet Alliance Interop this week in Las Vegas, demonstrating two of its newest products, SFP+ and Z-PACK TinMan connectors in the Ethernet Alliance booth #1567.

SFP+ (SFF-8431): Tyco Electronics will be demonstrating cables in this set up:

Impact™ Connectors Deliver Increased Speed and Density

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. - April 25, 2008 - Tyco Electronics announces the Impact™ backplane connector system. This connector delivers 20+ Gb/s performance and will be offered in a variety of connector module sizes and types including 3-pair, 4-pair, 5-pair and 6-pair modules for extreme design flexibility. Density within the connector system ranges from 40 contact pairs per inch to 80 contact pairs per inch and header widths from 16.70mm to 28.85mm.

Ultra High Precision Chip Resistors Now 10 Times More Accurate

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

London - January 30, 2008 - The RN73 series of ultra high stability precision chip resistors from Tyco Electronics has been extended to offer resistance tolerances down to 0.01%, making the devices up to 10 times more accurate than previously available models.

Circuit Protection For Automotive Wire Harnesses

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Jan. 24, 2007 - Tyco Electronics, the world's leading passive electronic components manufacturer, announced today the introduction of a new line of Raychem Circuit Protection PolySwitch™ devices for the automotive market. Useful in helping to provide resettable overcurrent protection for passenger vehicle and heavy truck wire harnesses, the PolySwitch bladed contact device features a 2.8 mm form factor to facilitate easy, one-to-one replacement of mini-sized fuses and Type II bimetal circuit protection devices in 12V vehicle systems.

Unlike Type II bimetal circuit breakers - which typically cycle several times before latching - the PolySwitch BD280 device features a no-moving parts designÂ withÂ a resistance switching action thatÂ latches immediately following anÂ overcurrent tripping condition tha

SiBar™ Devices Help Protect High Data Rate Telcom and Datacom Equipment

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Dec. 10, 2007 - Tyco Electronics has announced the addition of new devices to its Raychem™ brand SiBar™ thyristor series. These new bi-directional transient voltage surge suppressors include an expanded range of available voltages, and lower capacitance to help protect high-speed ADSL/VDSL modems, Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet and other high data rate communications equipment from damage from overvoltage events.

Industry's First ESD and Overcurrent Reference Layout for HDMI 1.3 Interfaces

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Nov. 28, 2007 -- Tyco Electronics announced today the introduction of a reference layout for ESD and overcurrent protection for HDMI™ 1.3 interfaces. The reference layout utilizes Tyco Electronics' low-capacitance (0.25pF signal to ground) PESD protection devices, and space-effective component placement and routing to help protect against ESD events and optimize board space. The reference layout also includes optional overcurrent protection on the +5V rail, using the PolySwitch™ nanoSMD device.

New PolySwitch picoSMD Device Offers Smallest Form Factor for High Density Circuit Board Designs

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

MENLO PARK, CA. - November 1, 2007 - Tyco Electronics announced today a new addition to its popular PolySwitch™ resettable PPTC (polymeric positive temperature coefficient) devices surface-mount product family. Useful for the latest generation of high frequency data ports, I/O ports and storage devices, the picoSMD035F device offers circuit designers the smallest PPTC overcurrent protection device available for consumer and computer electronics.

QSFP Connectors - High Density and High Speed in One Small Package

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tyco Electronics Corporation has released a Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) interconnect system, which offers 3 times the density of traditional SFP ports and supports speeds up to 10 Gb/s per channel. This four-channel package is ideal for switches, routers, and host bus adapters (HBA's) where bandwidth is essential.

Tyco Electronics Corporation Signs Manufacturing Agreement with Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC)

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tyco Electronics, the world's largest passive electronic components manufacturer, announced today that it has signed a design and certified manufacturer agreement with Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC), a subsidiary of Viaspace Inc. (OTCBB: VSPC).

Tyco Electronics will work with DMFCC on direct methanol fuel cells and liquid fuel cartridge products that will provide the energy source for laptop computers, mobile phones and other portable electronic devices. Fuel cells are expected to gain substantial market share in mobile electronics applications where long operating times may be required. Direct methanol fuel cells are being developed for these applications by companies such as Samsung in Korea, and by Toshiba, NEC, Hitachi and Sanyo in Japan.

"Tyco Electronics always looks toward enabling innovative emerging technologies," says Boris Golubovic, Director of Business Development at Tyco Electronics for Transpower products. "Our manufacturing and appli

Tyco Electronics Announces New Family Of M/A-COM Surface-Mount Circulators

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

LOWELL, Mass. - June 5, 2007 - Tyco Electronics today announced a new family of single-junction surface-mount circulators ideally suited for various WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) applications. The M/A-COM MAFR-000229-000001, MAFR-000050-5S4C1T, MAFR-000159-5S4C1T and MAFR-000200-5S4C1T circulators are high performance, reliable products that split the WiMAX frequency bands and are ideal for CPE (customer-premises equipment), base stations and repeater equipment.

New Feedthrough Filters and Capacitors

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Tyco Electronics Corporation has introduced a new line of CORCOM brand feedthrough filters and capacitors. The electronic filter line is suitable for AC applications ranging from 10 to 300 amps, and DC applications ranging from 10 to 200 amps. Feedthrough filters offer high reliability and performance in high frequency applications found in servers, base stations, routers, power supplies, telecom racks and other installations that have high-power microwave lines.

Expanded Chip Inductor with Low Inductance Suits High Frequency Apps

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Recently expanded to create a broader range of options for design engineers, the 3650 series of chip inductors from Tyco Electronics offers a wide range of inductance values from 1.0nH up to 4.7mH, as required by ever more demanding high frequency applications. The wide value range makes the devices an ideal choice for filtering and signal conditioning in cellular phones, global positioning systems (GPS), digital TV tuners, cordless telephones, W-LAN and Bluetooth applications, just to name a few.

High Performance, Low Cost Power Resistor

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Recently added to Tyco Electronics’ CGS range of power resistors, new aluminium housed THS series power resistors are based on the high performance HS series devices, featuring same basic performance levels but at lower costs.

Product Innovations On Display: 32 New Products For You

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

There is no industry that evolves as rapidly as electronics. And that means you need a never-ending stream of innovative ideas and new component products to support your next design effort. Tyco Electronics is ready to help enable your next innovation - with a robust new product development effort that is second to none in the electronics industry.

View a sampling of our latest product innovations, or see all of our new products by selecting ""Browse All Product News".

We want to help you make your next generation of products successful!