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AVX's Fused Tantalum Capacitor Series Protects Against Short Circuits

-- AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and connectors, has developed a family of fused tantalum capacitors that feature an internal fuse to protect against short circuits and damaging high DC leakage currents. Designated the TAW Series, the tantalum capacitor will remove itself from the circuit and into 'fail safe mode' when the internal fuse exceeds the current limit.

The rugged TAW fused tantalum capacitor provides high capacitance values, up to 10Mohms, and low equivalent series resistance (ESR) for high reliability applications including aerospace, automotive, servers and telecoms infrastructure products.

"Manufactured using thin film technology, the TAW Series is one of the industry's only tantalum capacitor series to combine high reliability and an ultra-fast response time with short circuit failure mode protection," said Dan Lane, marketing manager of tantalum products at AVX.

Unlike conventional devices that incorporate an embedded lead wire fuse, the TAW tantalum capacitor series is lead-free and RoHS compliant.

 available from stock to 10 weeks.

For more information, contact AVX at 801 17th Avenue South, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29578; by calling 843-448-9411, by fax at 843-444-2864 or on the Web at www.avx.com.

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