2012-01-09 TVR-Q Series: Varistor with AEC-Q200 Qualification 2011-12-09                                THINKING has developed varistors designed for automotive electrical applications. Thanks to its advanced ceramic technology, the components pass load dump and jump start tests and meet automotive industry standards. The AEC-Q200 qualified varistors are with excellent transient voltage suppression capability and able to work in harsh automotive electrical environment.   Available in body sizes of 7, 10, 14, and 20mm (diameter) with varistor voltage ranged from 22V to 68V, TVR-Q series is recommended to 12, 24, and 42 VDC automotive systems.   TPM-C Series: SMD PTC Thermistor with AEC-Q200 Qualification 2011-12-09                                   For meeting the market trend, THINKING introduces TPM-C Series designed for automotive electronics applications. The series is SMD PTC Thermistors offering temperature sensing function and qualified by AEC-Q200 Rev C requirement. Therefore, the components have excellent reliability performance and are suitable for use in harsh automotive electrical environment.   The series is available in body sizes of 0603(Part No: TPM1C471*) and 0805(Part No: TPM2C681*). TPM2C681* are in a body size of 0805 and with a rated resistance of 680Ω. Their sensing temperatures are 90, 100, and 110 celsius degrees, respectively. TPM1C471* with a body size of 0603 has rated resistance of 470Ω and sensing temperature of 105 celsius degrees. The maximum working voltage of both types is 32 V DC.                                                                           Download Datasheet of TPM-C Series 2011-12-09 SMD Varistor with AEC-Q200 Qualification 2011-04-08 A new series of SMD varistor for transient overvoltage protection is released to THINKING’s portfolio. Thanks to the new material process technologies, their excellent reliability performance has been qualified by AEC-Q200 Rev-C requirement. For those automotive electronics applications who are under threat of electrical transient described by ISO-7637, these components play the key role for high surge suppression.                                                                              Download Datasheet of TVM-C Series Ceramic PTC Thermistor: SMD Over-current Protector 2010-12-30 THINKING now offers a new series of SMD ceramic PTC thermistor for over-current protection to remove abnormal over-current conditions in circuits and then return to their initial conditions, so the components can be used repeatedly.   This series is UL and TUV approved and recommended for over-current protection of notebook computers, pre-charge resistance in battery packs, and overload protection of LED applications. Furthermore, with a compact body size of 0603, the products are suitable for surface mount placement and installations in limited space.                                                                Download Datasheet of TPM-P Series THINKING Attends electronica 2010 2010-09-28   Thinking Electronic Industrial Co. Ltd. will attend electronica 2010, which will take place in New Munich Trade Fair Center, Germany, from November 9-12, 2010.   In this event, THINKING will exhibit its temperature sensors for home appliance, laundry, and refrigeration applications. In addition, its varistors for industrial, new energy, and smart meter applications and SMD PTC thermistor for LED lighting will be showcased. Those products indicate THINKING’s R&D efforts and ability of being align with clients’ demand. SMD NTC Thermistor with AEC-Q200 Qualification 2010-08-25 A new series of SMD NTC thermistors for temperature sensing is released to THINKING’s portfolio. Thanks to the new material process technologies, their excellent reliability performance has been qualified by AEC-Q200 Rev-C requirement. For those automotive electronics applications which are involving frequent and rapid temperature changes, these components play the key role for temperature measurement and compensation.                                                                                    Download Datasheet of TSM-C Series THINKING Recommended by Teridian 73M2901CE 2010-05-28 Teridian Semiconductor, a US-based semiconductor company that designs and develops analog and mixed-signal ICs, listing THINKING polymer PTC resettable fuse as recommended components in demo board user manual of its IC design product, 73M2901CE.   73M2901CE is a single chip low speed modem that includes all the modem functions, and its programmable configuration options make it highly adaptable to a variety of applications, including satellite set-top box, point-of-sale terminal, automatic teller machine, remote monitoring device, metering device, vending machines, and smart card reader.   Over-current protection is required for a reliable design that will survive in the severe conditions occurred by short circuit or voltage cross to power mains. Fuses as over-current protection components prevent the design from failing caused by those conditions. Comparing with one-time fuse, resettable fuse is able to reset itself after short circuit and does not need to have replacement fuses. Therefore, in 73M2901CE demo board user manual, KRT600 (600 V, 150mA) and KRT250 (250 V, 120mA) of KRT series are recommended components for over-current protection. This UL, cUL, and TUV recognized series passes 6kV test and is compliant with UL60950 and EN-60950, meeting Teridian customers’ needs of isolation voltage and agency approvals.   About THINKING Thinking Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. is a leading Asian manufacturer of protective components, providing NTC thermistor, MOV, polymer PTC resettable fuse, PTC thermistor, gas discharge tube, temperature sensor, and ESD protector. With its broad portfolio, THINKING products are widely applied in power and industrial electronics, telecom and communications, consumer electronics, home appliances, and automotive electronics. THINKING is an ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 9001 certified company, and its products are UL, CSA, VDE, and TUV recognized. Economies of scales enable its world-class product quality with competitive price, and comprehensive service is achieved by its global logistics and customer support.   About Teridian Semiconductor Teridian Semiconductor, based in Irvine, California, designs and develops analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits that are used in smart meter, set-top box, and alarm system. It strives to simplify system integration for its customers to accelerate their system development and reduce engineer time needed for achieving production. TSM Series: Thermistor for Safety Circuits 2010-01-29 TSM series, THINKING’s SMD NTC thermistor, passes 100,000 cycles of endurance test for safety circuit and complies with UL 1434. Passing the endurance test indicates that the products are long-lasting and recommended components of safety circuits of electronic design plans. These circuits monitor system operations, and then a risk of fire, electric shock, or injuries of persons can be reduced. Those components are available in a body size of 0201, 0402, 0603, 0805, and 1206, with an operating temperature ranged from -40 to +125 degree Celsius, and R25 ranged from 2 to 220 KΩ. They are suitable for electronic products that require surface mount process, including alert circuits of power supplies/uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), thermal control circuits of rechargeable batteries, motor control systems of electric wheelchairs, and control circuits of automotive electronics. TSM series are able to ensure system operations and user safety of those applications. THINKING Received QC080000 Certification 2009-09-25 THINKING achieved certification to QC080000, indicating its ability of managing hazardous substance through R&D, design, and manufacturing, and its efforts toward hazardous substance reduction and green production. The certification shows that THINKING is able to control and manage hazardous substance during production effectively and build green supply chain and satisfy customers’ needs of green purchase. Furthermore, meeting RoHS requirements suggests that THINKING’s pursuing the best product quality and performing its social and environmental responsibility. THINKING Introduces New Thermally Protected Varistor - TVT Series 2009-09-16 Continuous over-voltage, which is mostly caused by the line imbalance of neutral to ground in AC line or abnormal connection of power system, triggers a varistor into a continuous clamping condition and results in fire or smoke. Therefore, THINKING launches new thermally protected varistor, TVT series, to effectively disconnect the varistor from circuit under abnormal over-voltage and limited current condition (requirement of UL 1449 3rd Edition, Section 39.4) to ensure user safety.  Thanks to TVT’s patented design, the components offer faster disconnection time and more reliable operation to replace thermal fuse in circuit, so that reduces part count. In addition, thermal fuse is not suitable for wave soldering. TVT’s excellent heat resistance solves this problem and enables automatic production. In other words, TVT series is a good solution for over-voltage protection and cost control.  Those components are available in a body size of 14 mm, 20 mm, 22 mm, 25 mm, and 34 mm (diameter), with an operating voltage ranged from 130 Vac to 750 Vac, and a withstanding current capability raged from 6000 A to 40000 A. TVT series is recommended over-voltage protection components of power supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, TVSS module, lightning surge protection products. The most popular 14 mm and 20 mm products are TUV approved. THINKING Varistor- New compact series 2009-05-18 THINKING has developed a new 10 mm disc varistor with compliance to UL 1449 3rd Edition.   The new series, TVR10-V, as components certified to UL 1449 3rd Edition Type 3, passes an operating duty cycle test with a combination wave at 6kV/3kA. It indicates its feature of compact dimension and high surge absorption in that only 14 mm disc varistors are able to pass the test in the industry.   Furthermore, for trends in green products, the series is RoHS verified and halogen-free (HF) components are also available for your choice. Overvoltage varistors now halogen-free 2009-04-03 THINKING now offers halogen-free varistor. Its TVR series is compliant with RoHS directive already, and now those products are halogen-free, enabling them free from hazardous substance and lowering their environmental impact and meeting client’s green purchasing initiatives. Those components are available in a body size of 5mm to 20mm (diameter), with an operating voltage range from 11Vac to 1000 Vac, and a withstanding current capability raged from 100A to 6500 A. They are recommended over-voltage protection components of power supply, home appliance, and industrial equipment, and telecommunication and telephone systems. The halogen-free series have VDE approval and UL certification.