KYOCERA AVX announces the extension of its Accu-Guard II Low-Current Fuses with new 0201 case sizes. The new Low-Current Fuses touts to deliver the industry’s lowest current ratings. With this new rollout, the company claims to be the world’s first and currently only provider of low-current 0201 fuses rated for less than 150mA.
Key Features of the KYOCERA AVX Accu-Guard II Low-Current Fuses:
- Utilizes thin-film technology to achieve precise control over the components’ physical and electrical characteristics.
- Beyond what’s possible with standard fuse technologies.
- Deliver extremely low current ratings in compact 0603, 0402, and new 0201 packages.
Current ratings extending from 28mA to 200mA - Deliver valuable space savings and fast-acting, high-reliability circuit protection.
- These single-use fuses also have a 50A interrupt rating and are additionally rated for 32V.
- >1M? post-fusing resistance.
- Operating temperatures extending from -55°C to +125°C.
Other features include lead-free nickel-solder-coated (Sn100) land grid array (LGA) terminations, compliance with ISO 9001, IATF, RoHS, and UL/cUL regulations, and tape and reel packaging for automated processing.
Key Applications
Industrial, energy, utilities, telecommunications, medical, and consumer electronics applications equipped with small, high-density PCBs. Ideal applications for the new 0201 Accu-Guard II Low-Current Fuses include battery management systems, battery chargers, rechargeable battery packs, hard disk drives, handheld two-way radios, LCD screens, base stations, computers, tablets, smartphones, medical instrumentation, home appliances, and digital cameras and video cameras. They are also well suited for use in harsh and potentially explosive ATEX environment applications, including gas distribution centers.
Major Comments
“Steady cross-market demand for small, safe, and multifunctional electronic products is driving OEMs to develop circuits equipped with high component densities and sensitive to both heat and DC over-current conditions,” said Amir Kopelman, Technical Services Manager at KYOCERA AVX. “We developed our new 0201 Accu-Guard II Low-Current Fuses — which exhibit low resistance, low voltage drop, and the lowest current ratings of any 0201 fuse available on the market and deliver reliable, fast-acting circuit protection — with these small crowded circuits in mind, and we are very excited for design engineers facing these common challenges to try them out.”
For more information: KYOCERA AVX’s Accu-Guard II Low-Current Fuses
