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The new CR Series high-power chip resistor is non-magnetic, qualified to MIL-PRF-55342, and designed to deliver high-reliability performance in a variety of communications, instrumentation, test and measurement, military, and defense applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (December 12, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, expanded its selection of CR Series high-power chip resistors with the addition of the industry’s highest power 0603 resistor. CR Series high-power chip resistors are non-magnetic, RoHS compliant, qualified to MIL-PRF-55342, manufactured in ISO-9001 facilities, and proven to deliver high-reliability performance in a wide range of high-power and high-frequency applications. The new high-power 0603 resistors, which were developed to enable the miniaturization

The new 9159-800 Series dual-entry vertical card-edge connectors also offer its lowest above-board height profile and provide customers in the automotive, transportation, industrial manufacturing, consumer electronics, and white goods industries with space savings, flexibility, and high-reliability performance. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (October 30th, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, expanded its line of vertical card-edge connectors with the release of the new 9159-800 Series dual-entry card-edge connectors — the industry’s first dual-entry card-edge connectors and the lowest-profile card-edge connectors in the KYOCERA AVX portfolio. Engineered to satisfy growing cross-market demand for card-edge connectors and persistent cross-market demand for compact, space-saving connectors, the new 9159-800 Series

The new 9179-000 Series IDC Splice Connectors are designed to replace traditional crimp- and solder-style splice connectors in a broad range of industrial, lighting, consumer, automotive, and oil and gas applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (September 25, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, released the new 9179-000 Series IDC Splice Connectors, which are packed with features designed to make them an attractive alternative to traditional splicing solutions. The new 9179-000 Series IDC Splice Connectors utilize insulation displacement contact (IDC) technology, which is more efficient, economical, robust, reliable, and durable than traditional hand-crimp and hand-solder connection technology. IDC connectors don’t require users to strip wires prior

Designed to satisfy communications market demand for smaller RF capacitors capable of repeatable RF performance, the new KGU Series C0G (NP0) RF MLCCs pack features including ultra-low ESR, high power, high Q, high SRF, and tight tolerances into miniature EIA chip sizes ranging from 01005 to 0805. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (August 27, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, released the new ultra-low-ESR KGU Series C0G (NP0) RF multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs). Inspired by growing communications market demand for smaller RF capacitors that deliver repeatable RF performance, the new KGU Series RF MLCCs pack multiple performance advantages optimized for communications applications into four miniature

The 20 new KAM Series capacitors deliver high capacitance values in compact, lightweight, surface-mount packages optimized for EV, ADAS, and ADS applications and are designed, manufactured, and tested to meet the high quality and reliability standards of the automotive industry. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (July 15, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has expanded its line of KAM Series automotive MLCCs with the addition of 20 new components. Manufactured using miniaturization and high-capacity atomization technologies developed for smartphones and materials proven to maintain high-reliability performance in automotive environments, KAM Series automotive MLCCs are available in an extensive range of case sizes, capacitance values, and voltage

The new 9289-000 Series single-piece wire-to-wire connectors facilitate quick, easy, accurate, economical, and space-saving high-reliability, IP67 in-field connections in a variety of industrial, transportation, commercial, and consumer electronics applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (June 26, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, released the new 9289-000 Series waterproof wire-to-wire connectors, which are designed to deliver economical, space-saving, user-friendly, and high-reliability IP67 connections in a variety of industrial, transportation, commercial, and consumer electronics applications. These new single-piece, three-position waterproof wire-to-wire connectors are the sixth poke-home wire-to-wire connector series in the KYOCERA AVX portfolio but the first waterproof connectors in the range, as well as the first waterproof

The new 9169-000 Series connectors feature robust beryllium copper compression contacts and insulation displacement contacts that make it easy to establish reliable, high-signal-integrity connections in a wide range of harsh environment lighting, industrial, and consumer electronics applications. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (June 18, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, launched the new 9169-000 Series single-piece wire-to-board card-edge connectors. The new 9169-000 Series wire-to-board card-edge connectors combine two field-proven solderless contact technologies that make it easy to establish high-integrity connections and deliver excellent electrical and mechanical performance in harsh-environment automotive, transportation, and solid-state lighting, industrial, and consumer electronics applications: insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) for reliable cold-welded,

TWA M39006 Series axial-leaded, hermetically sealed wet tantalum capacitors deliver high-reliability, high-CV performance in harsh environment military, defense, avionics, and industrial applications and are now available with both M- & P-level reliability. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (April 24, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, announced that its TWA Series axial-leaded, hermetically sealed wet electrolytic tantalum capacitors have undergone additional qualification testing to MIL-PRF-39006, FSC 5910 and detail specification sheet MIL-PRF-39006/33, and have had their failure rate extended to include Level P (i.e., 0.1% per 1,000 hours). As a result, the revision of the Qualified Parts List (QPL) 39006 indicates failure rate levels M and P

The new SNA and SNL Series snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors are quick easy to install and deliver high-reliability, high-voltage, and high-CV performance over long lifetimes in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications with operating temperatures extending up to +105°C. FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (April 17, 2024) – KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, released two new series of snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors: the SNA Series and SNL Series. SNA and SNL Series snap-in aluminum electrolytic capacitors deliver high-reliability, high-voltage, and high-CV performance over long lifetimes. In addition, both series are lead-free compatible and RoHS compliant, rated for temperatures extending from -25°C to +105°C, and ideal