Technical Blog
Electricity 101
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
What’s scarier than your phone is at 1% battery? When your phone doesn’t start charging after you run for your life to get to a power outlet. Maybe it's your phone charger or maybe it’s the outlet itself. Have you ever wondered how your devices work once they are plugged in?
CTO Blog: Trends in Electronics
Wednesday, July 11th, 2018
Growth in the electronics industry is due to continual reinvention. At an increasingly accelerating pace, new paradigms drive growth. Figure 1 shows how these changing paradigms have shaped the computing sector of the electronics industry over the past 60 years.
Supercap To the Rescue
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
The relationship between Superman and Lois Lane is equivalent to a supercapacitor and capacitance. Unlike Superman with Lois Lane, a supercapacitor cannot come to the rescue every time. "What is this mighty supercapacitor?" one might ask.
MLCC Shortage: When You Can’t Find The Cap You Need
Saturday, May 5th, 2018
Industry-wide capacity issues in the MLCC market are leading engineers and designers to seek alternative solutions. While there won't always be substitutes available, given certain conditions, suitable replacements are available in other technologies.
Piezoelectric Polymers as Haptic Engines
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
KEMET manufacturing processes join with innovative piezoelectric polymers to create revolutionary haptics alternatives.
