The demand for higher data rates at the edge has increased significantly. The adoption of cameras and video system has increased driven by the reduced footstep of these systems and their usage for safety, security and quality applications. Other systems like high-speed data logging devices, embedded web servers and monitoring systems require a timely data transmission.
In addition, the number of nodes in networks are constantly increasing therefore the desire to use an existing ecosystem is strong. Ethernet protocol and security layers as well as well-known installation, maintenance and management processes result in a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and a better Return on Investment (ROI) in the Network.
Industrial applications focus on a network speed of 10 Mbps as this should address the data rate and reach for most of the existing fieldbus applications. TDK offers an extensive lineup of various inductors for use in 10Base-T1L applications including common-mode chokes (CMCs), isolation inductors (Isolated Coupled Inductors) and differential mode inductors (DMIs).

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 (ADL). 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. This effect enables devices to be identified or sensor data to be read out, whereby the energy transmission is simultaneously possible in closed metal chambers or pipes, for example.

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

TDK's transparent conductive silver [Ag] alloy film (FleClear®) is a versatile material that has numerous use cases. Many of these uses require making direct electrical contact to the film's low resistance conductive surface in order to adequately perform the targeted applications. The following Application Note provides an overview of FleClear®, a step-by-step procedure of attaching an metal electrode, a list of needed equipment, along with the recommended materials to attach copper bus bars to the conductive surface. Additionally, where important, the suppliers and the respective numbers, are also listed..

ESD protection parts such as Chip Varistors and Zener Diodes can efficiently protect against ESD when placed close to the ESD intrusion point. However, identifying the intrusion route of ESD is difficult, and there are many instances where ESD protection parts do not perform their full potential. Because of this, for ESD protection parts to perfrom their underlying capabilities, it is necessary to identify the ESD intrusion path and mount the parts near to the ESD intrusion point. Therefore, we recently conducted a survey on the importance of mounting location using an ESD visualization system and present it here.

The Child Presence Detection system uses various sensors to detect the presence of a child or pet in the vehicle and notify and warn the driver. A roadmap for evaluation has been formulated within Euro-NCAP, a European automobile safety testing programme.

In conjunction with advances in automotive technology, it is become necessary to quickly convey large volumes of data, and increasing the speeds of automotive networks has become increasingly important. And in conjunction with increases in the communication speeds of automotive networks, signal quality and EMCcountermeasures have become increasingly important.As a result, it is necessary to select common mode filters/chokesthat comply with the OPEN Alliance standards.This document describes TDK's ACT1210L series of common mode filter/choke for automotive Ethernet use.

With the spread of cloud computing and smartphones and the launch of 5G in 2020, the amount of data that moves on the internet is increasing as high-volume video and game data is added to existing documents, images, and sound data.
In addition, technologies are evolving, exemplified by AI, and a digital transformation (DX) is taking place as a result of the use of big data and the internet of things (IoT). To support these advances, however, large numbers of high-performance servers that can process large volumes of data will be needed. In conjunction with the increased performance of processors and various types of ICs, higher clock speeds of power supply ICs on server boards, high current power saving, miniaturization, noise countermeasures in data lines, and surge countermeasures have become urgent issues. Here, we introduce TDK products for addressing and solving these problems including the VLBU series of ferrite power inductors compatible with the high-efficiency needs of VR13 and VR14 applications, the FS series of DC-DC converters with embedded μPOL™, solutions using the ALT series of pulse transformers and ALC series of common mode filters and chokes, and chip varistors and ceramic transient voltage suppressors used for surge protection.

Haptic devices are starting to be used for applications such as industrial or automotive monitors, displays on white goods such as washing machines, etc. However, these devices are also suitable for smartphones, notebook computers, and other ICT products.
TDK offers haptic device products utilizing the piezoelectric effect.