RFMW Ltd. announced a distribution agreement with Knowles Precision Devices effective, 1st July 2018. Under the agreement, RFMW is franchised for worldwide marketing and sales of Knowles Precision Devices brands: Dielectric Laboratories (DLI), Johanson Manufacturing (JMC), Novacap, Syfer Technology, Voltronics and Compex. Knowles Precision Devices offers a portfolio of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, EMI Filters, High…
Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN), a market leader and global supplier of advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing, and precision device solutions, today announced that it has completed the sale of its timing device (oscillator) business, part of the Precision Devices segment, to Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) for $130 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The Company…
Knowles Corporation launched the new RAF Series of balanced armature drivers for the next generation of premium headsets. Developed for wireless products, the receiver’s small dimensions and high efficiency make it well suited for a variety of applications including premium music earphones, hearables, Bluetooth headsets, communications earpieces, and miniature sound amplifiers. The RAF Series occupies less volume than…
Faced with a second year of stagnant growth, competition in the consumer and mobile micro-electromechanical (MEMS) sensor market will continue to be tough for suppliers. After declining by 3.4 percent in 2015, a slow growth trend in the consumer and mobile MEMS sensor market is not expected to start until 2017, according to IHS Markit.…
Global MEMS Foundry Market: New York, N.Y. – The global MEMS foundry outsourcing market is expected to increase from $685.9 million in 2014, and reach$860.4 million in 2020, growing with a CAGR of 3.7% during 2015-2020. The global market of MEMS foundry outsourcing is mainly driven by the growth of the fabless business model segment in the MEMS industry. The…
Fort Worth, Tex. − TTI, Inc., the leading authorized distributor of interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components, today announced the company has signed a distribution agreement with Syfer, a global leader in EMI filters, EMC solutions and capacitor products. A division of Erie Electronics in the 1960s, Syfer was later acquired by Dover Corporation and…
Electronic component manufacturers and distributors are getting ready to converge at Electronica 2014, November 11-14, in Munich, Germany. One of the biggest topics of discussion at the show will be the Internet of Things (IoT) and its huge growth potential for the electronics industry ranging from networked medical devices to smart homes and connected vehicles.…
For the first time under the Knowles name the established brands of DLI, Novacap, Syfer Technology and Voltronics Corp. bring many new products to Electronica 2014. DLI’s (Dielectric Laboratories, Inc.) recently released EW series of Gain Equalizers offering DC-18 GHz performance with varying slopes in a 0302 case size. These Thin Film integrated R-C networks…
El Segundo, Calif. — Revolving around the needs of Apple Inc., the global market for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone chips is split into two segments – bare dies and packaged MEMS – that are dominated by two suppliers Knowles Corp. and Infineon Technologies AG, reports IHS Technology. U.S.-based Knowles was the biggest supplier of packaged MEMS…