With their ability to provide efficiency and longevity, LEDs represent the cutting edge of new energy technology, but a simple misstep in the design can cause their life to end prematurely. As this ...

Guest columnist Naoyuki Kobayashi, senior product manager at Murata says that one problem frequently encountered when designing LED lighting circuits is that the capacitors in the circuit experience ...

Responding to demands from car makers, Murata has introduced ceramic capacitors with increased resistance to cracking when PCBs are flexed. The problem is that, as a board is flexed or temperature ...

High-reliability capacitors specifically designed for use in harsh, high-temperature power conversion applications— including military, aerospace, and energy applications — are always in demand.

Because of their high ESL compared to ceramic, tantalum capacitors are not the optimum choice for high frequency decoupling. Paralleling tantalum capacitors for bulk capacitance and ceramic for high ...

Switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) and low dropout (LDO) regulators are found in electronic systems. Critical SMPS requirements include a stable output voltage with load current, good temperature ...