Archived Issues

2000

• Nov/Dec 2000 - Raw Material Markets For Fixed Capacitors

  Features

  • Raw Material Markets for Fixed Capacitors: 2000
  • Powder Manufacture for Passive Components
  • The Role of Binder in Tape Casting MLC Devices

  Departments

  • Tantalum in the garage
  • LTCC for Passive Components: A Stealth Technology Revealed
  • Niobium, a New Material for Capacitors
  • Tantalum market developments and trends
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry
  • Opportunities in the passive electronic components industry

• Sept/Oct 2000 - Circuit Protection Components

  Features

  • Electronic Circuit Protection Components
  • Creating Circuit Protection Product Portfolios
  • Trends in Circuit Protection Component Design and Configurations

  Departments

  • How will Bluetooth communication technology affect the passive electronic components industry?
  • Trends with ceramic thermistors in telecom protection
  • Revenue forecasts for major brand name companies who buy passive components
  • A new generation of low-cost surge resistor materials for line feed resistors
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry
  • Opportunities in the passive electronic component industry

• July/Aug 2000 - Aluminum Electrolytics

  Features

  • Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
  • Company Profile: NIC Components
  • Organic Polymers: Trends and Directions
  • Anode and Cathode Foil: Market Dynamics of Thin Foil, Etching and Winding

  Departments

  • Recent price increases of ruthenium add pressure to the components industry
  • Electrolytes for High Voltage Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
  • Inside Ferro’s open house and the ECA summer conference
  • Changing markets in passive component distribution: 1999-2005
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry

• May/June 2000 - Surface-Mount Film Capacitors

  Features

  • Surface-Mount Film Capacitors
  • The Encroachment of BME Ceramic Capacitors on the Global DC Film Capacitor Market
  • AC Power Film Capacitors
  • Interference Suppression Capacitors
  • Extruded and Metallized Films for the Global Capacitor Industry
  • AC and Pulse Film Capacitors

  Departments

  • Yageo emerges as a global force in passive components
  • New EIA service addresses knowledge era challenges
  • Film Capacitors for High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Automotive Lamps
  • Changes in Japanese trade of fixed capacitors: 1Q 1999 vs. 1Q 2000
  • Yageo buys Philips; Tyco buys T&B
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry

• Mar/Apr 2000 - Passive Networks

  Departments

  • Passive Networks: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities
  • ESD Protection and More
  • Multichip Arrays & Traditional Resistor Networks: Lowering Conversion Costs
  • Flat-Chip Resistors: A Booming Market for 2000

  Departments

  • EIA and CARTS Spring Conferences
  • The ECA session at the EIA Spring Conference
  • Packaging Technology: Integrated Passive Devices
  • What’s Going on With the Price of Palladium?
  • A photo review of March trade conferences
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry

• Jan/Feb 2000 - EPCOS – New Tantalum Plant in Évora, Portugal

  Features

  • Tantalum Ore and Powder
  • EPCOS: The New Tantalum Plant in Évora, Portugal
  • Tantalum Capacitors

  Departments

  • Letter From the Publisher
  • Process for Producing Low ESR Solid Tantalum Capacitors
  • TT Group PLC acquires BI Technologies
  • Special Section: Short-Term Growth Markets for Passive Components
  • New product offerings and important developments in the passive component industry