Integrating snubber capacitors or DC-link capacitance into inverter power modules enhances efficiency, performance, and reduces costs. TDK’s CeraLink, a high-voltage ceramic capacitor, offers key advantages over standard MLCCs, especially in fast-switching applications with SiC or GaN.

In applications like process automation and food and beverage production, data often needs to be transmitted from sensors within closed metallic structures. So, how to get data into and out of these without drilling a hole? Acoustic Data Link is TDK’s answer.

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) is one of the next big things. It creates entirely new experiences for consumers and commercial users. However, many of these devices focus solely on the visual dimension. With tactile feedback, AR/VR becomes more immersive by addressing other sensory experiences.

Mankel-Engineering has worked together with TDK and Infineon Technologies to develop an extremely compact motor inverter. It features a modular design based on standard components, resulting in a cost-effective solution for a wide range of drive tasks in e-mobility and industrial electronics.

In e-mobility, the temperature of all system units needs to be constantly monitored. The high currents result in losses with a corresponding generation of heat arising, in particular, at contacts. TDK has now developed a special-purpose high-voltage resistant temperature sensor for connectors.

TDK has developed a process in which ultrasonic waves are used to transmit data and energy with an Acoustic Data Link. These signals can even penetrate metal. In doing so, piezoelectric material components convert electrical signals into mechanical vibrations to excite acoustic waves and vice versa.

Various frequency converters for pumps and compressors are used in the petrochemical industry for extracting and producing oil and gas leading to a large load of the grid with harmonics. This problem can be solved with EPCOS PQSine^®.

TDK is not only a leading manufacturer of EMC filters, but also a highly competent service provider in the field of EMC measurement systems. The measurements during product development even have to be carried out under extreme conditions, for example on snow guns in the Pfelders ski area in Italy.

Whether for smartphones, vehicles, industrial controls, home appliances or gaming consoles – the future belongs to piezo-based solutions with haptic feedback. TDK offers a unique portfolio of products that are suitable for every imaginable haptic application.

Surface treatment is indispensable for the secure bonding of plastic parts. Activation with cold plasma is an equally simple yet elegant solution. Relyon Plasma, a subsidiary of TDK Electronics, offers the piezobrush^® PZ2 – a handy plasma source based on the TDK CeraPlas™ piezo plasma generator.

The individual components in variable-speed drives cause earth leakage currents that cumulatively result in the tripping of the RCD. By using the upgraded EPCOS LeaXield™ active leakage current filter, these earth leakage currents be drastically reduced. 

Industry 4.0 is being shaped by the continuing rise in the degree of automation, by the digitalization that includes the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and by high levels of energy efficiency. In this respect, TDK presents a wide range of innovative EPCOS and TDK key components.

The car of tomorrow is unthinkable without innovative electronics. Correspondingly, there is a vast range of new TDK and EPCOS components, both for conventional vehicle technology and for e-mobility.

From simple gadgets to complex devices for the industrial IoT – they all require compact, reliable and extremely safe power supplies. CeraCharge™, the world’s first rechargeable solid-state SMD battery, is a new technology that meets all these demands.

High-power loads are a major stress factor when fuses and components are switched on, as they cause very high currents to flow. To avoid this, TDK offers ceramic EPCOS inrush current limiters, based on NTC and PTC thermistors – a strong duo when used in combination.

Cutting-edge active power conditioning solutions based on the EPCOS PQSine S series of active harmonic filters help skyscrapers and large commercial buildings eliminate potential power quality issues. 

The printed circuit board has long since been more than just a carrier material and redistribution layer for components. A growing number of functions are now being embedded directly into the circuit board. With CeraPad™, TDK has now succeeded in developing an ultra-thin ceramic substrate with integrated ESD protection, specifically for LEDs.

A growing number of physical properties must be detected and measured by an increasing number of sensors with ever greater precision. Across all industries, the demand for sensor technologies is rising accordingly. TDK offers a wide range of innovative solutions.

Smart building and smart home applications such as intelligent thermostats, access controls and burglar alarms are becoming more widely established as a standard in building management. Of these applications, fire alarm systems are especially important, because people's lives and property depend on them. TDK offers a series of EPCOS components that are crucial to the reliability of fire alarm systems. Particular importance is attached to solutions for overvoltage protection.

Some attractive advantages are offered by 48-volt technology for vehicles: It helps to reduce overall fuel consumption, reduces the environmental impact and can even improve engine performance. The central component for this technology is a powerful buck-boost converter, for which TDK offers the key passive components.