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TDK Upgrades Micronas Hall-Effect Switches 

TDK Corporation has upgraded its Micronas Hall-effect switch family, HAL 15xy, helping automotive and industrial design engineers more easily fulfill higher safety criteria in applications such as brake fluid sensing, seat belt detection and brake light […]

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TDK Unveils Smaller & More Powerful Components for Automotive Designers

In its relentless pursuit of smaller and more powerful mass-produced magnetic components, TDK has introduced several products for automotive design engineers recently. One is a series of thin-film power inductors that use the company’s proprietary metallic magnetic material as its core material. Others include a high-reliability ferrite chip bead and, introduced in late October, new inductors for power-over-coax systems. […]

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Tiny Inductors from TDK for True Stereo in Cable-Free Earbuds

True Wireless Stereo devices deliver stereo sound through completely cable-free earbuds. They are finding increasing application with smartphones, smartwatches, other wearables and portable players, driving up demand from electronics manufacturers for components to enable them.  One component maker targeting the domain is TDK […]

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TDK develops new compact, current-compensated ring core chokes

TDK Corporation has developed a new series of current-compensated double-ring core chokes for the suppression of common-mode interferences. Main applications for the compact EPCOS chokes are switch-mode power supplies, converters and domestic appliances.  They are extremely small in relation to […]

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TDK Adds Full-Redundancy Safety Features to TMR Angle Sensor Portfolio

TDK Corporation is expanding its tunnel-magnetoresistance (TMR) angle sensing portfolio with the addition of a model that features full redundancy while it simultaneously measures speed, direction and motor position. The redundancy features satisfy newer, more stringent automotive safety requirements. […]