High-reliability passive components for military and aerospace systems are shifting toward smaller, lighter, power-denser capacitor technologies with stricter qualification logic.
A piezoelectric-resonator DC/DC converter reached 96.2% peak efficiency from 48 V to 4.8 V, hinting at a future where some power inductors face a thin, vibrating alternative.
AI and GPU power delivery is moving closer to the silicon as thin-film magnetic inductors enter the package, challenging the old board-level playbook for high-current conversion.
High-density USB PD and GaN chargers are pushing input capacitors to their limits—and the industry is quietly hoping nobody notices before the next generation of devices ships.
From power factor correction to grid-scale energy storage, the humble capacitor is quietly undergoing its most significant reinvention in decades.
The 1212 package size was considered too small to be practical just five years ago. Vishay’s IHLP1212-EZ-1Z series is rewriting what’s possible in space-constrained commercial electronics.
Differential capacitance sensors power everything from pressure transducers to displacement detectors. The interface circuit design is where most engineers quietly give up—and where the best ones dist…