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Operating in high humidity settings exposes electronic components to severe degradation risks. Moisture leads to corrosion, insulation breakdown and reduced lifespan over time. Expertly engineered components enable reliable performance under these harsh conditions.

In high-voltage, high-reliability applications, safety is non-negotiable, which is why safety capacitors are essential. These passive components are engineered to mitigate the risks associated with transient voltages and electrical interference, helping protect both users and equipment from hazards, even in the event of component failure.

From EVs and industrial automation to renewable energy and smart logistics, power systems are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, they’re increasingly dependent on reliable, high-speed energy storage too. Enter supercapacitors, a critical technology bridging the gap between traditional batteries and real-time power demands.

Many applications today increasingly demand miniaturized surface-mount components that can perform reliably at ever-increasing working and testing voltages. As a result, Knowles recently released a new range of X1/Y2 safety-certified surface-mount multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs).

Alongside capacitors, inductors are essential components in RF and microwave applications. Ceramic core inductors provide stable inductance values, ensuring consistent performance across a broad frequency range. These qualities make them ideal for applications where low loss and high efficiency at high frequency are critical.

In an AC/DC converter, power factor correction (PFC) circuits are required to ensure the input current is in phase with and proportional to the input voltage, improving power quality and efficiency. But the high-frequency switching that occurs in the PFC circuit can generate significant electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Electronic devices power our world and allow us to communicate. In all applications requiring signal integrity and accurate power amplification, blocking capacitors are used to provide clean waveforms and correctly amplified voltages.

As engineers embed receivers for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), like GPS and Galileo, into systems ranging from autonomous vehicles to precision agriculture, the RF environment is becoming more crowded, and it’s more difficult to maintain signal integrity.

As discussed in the first post in our safety capacitor series, safety capacitors are designed to help safeguard users and equipment from electrical hazards, even in the event of failure.

Improving overall system performance starts with foundational component selections. Growing demand for high-energy, reliable and compact converters in electric vehicles (EVs) and other industrial and energy applications is encouraging development in components like multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs).

Pharmaceutical manufacturing is becoming increasingly reliant on robotics and automation. From precise dispensing and high-speed sorting to kit assembly and sterile packaging, today’s automation tasks demand advanced motor and drive technology to keep pace with complex, high-reliability environments.

Unplanned power interruptions and shutdowns pose serious risks for industrial facilities. Even a few seconds of lost control can result in equipment damage, safety hazards, or production losses. Fail-safe systems are among the key risk mitigation techniques used in high-stakes industrial environments.