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At Knowles, we engineer high‑performance solutions that enable the world’s most demanding applications. This blog explores the technologies, insights, and emerging opportunities shaping advanced ceramics, precision components, and the markets we serve.

From Perception to Precision: Advancements in Sound Personalization

Knowles research shows how balanced armature technology enables more personalized, high-quality listening experiences.
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Contextualizing Q Factor

Quality factor, or Q factor, is a common shorthand figure of merit (FOM) for RF filters.
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Combining Filter Technologies to Create Higher-Value Compact Filters

There are hundreds of filter applications operating across a wide range of frequencies, which presents a challenge for filter designers since most filter designs don't inherently operate across these wide ranges.
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Capacitor Fundamentals: Part 14 – Useful Formulas and Calculations for Capacitors

Welcome to the Capacitor Fundamentals Series, where we teach you about the ins and outs of chips capacitors – their properties, product classifications, test standards, and use cases.
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Gain Equalizer Basics

Passive gain equalizers are designed to rectify or flatten the frequency response of an RF amplifier.
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Capacitor Fundamentals: Part 13 – Soldering for Chip Capacitors

Welcome to the Capacitor Fundamentals Series, where we teach you about the ins and outs of chips capacitors – their properties, product classifications, test standards, and use cases.
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What Are Bias Filter and Self-Bias Networks?

Bias filter networks and self-bias networks are two types of biasing components developed by Knowles Precision Devices for use in high-frequency microwave and RF applications.
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OTC Hearing Aids: Reflecting on the Evolution of Hearing Technology

Knowles is helping expand access to personalized hearing health solutions through advanced balanced armature and MEMS technologies that power the next generation of OTC hearing aids.
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Non-Magnetic Trimmer Capacitors for In-Suite or Portable MRI Machines

MRI systems are so robust and require so much infrastructure that they need their own dedicated room—until recently.
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How Gallium Nitride (GaN) Semiconductors in Defense Power Supplies Affect Capacitor Selection

Defense applications tend to operate at high voltages and wide temperature ranges.
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The Role of Resonant Capacitors in Power Electronics

At a foundational level, the ability to store electric charge and more easily pass higher-frequency AC currents are two of the most identifiable properties of capacitors.
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Capacitor Fundamentals: Part 12 – Visual Standards for Chip Capacitors

Welcome to the Capacitor Fundamentals Series, where we teach you about the ins and outs of chips capacitors – their properties, product classifications, test standards, and use cases.
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