Product category:
Electromechanical Components
News Release from: International Rectifier | Subject: PVY117 Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 April 2005
Microelectronic relays boost product
reliability
New microelectronic relays increase product reliability by replacing electromechanical and reed relays with more reliable, solid-state relays that have no moving parts.
International Rectifier has introduced the PVY117 Series microelectronic relay (MER) The new devices are designed to increase product reliability by replacing electromechanical and reed relays that have fragile moving parts and metallic contacts with more reliable, solid-state relays that have no moving parts
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, MERs have lower power consumption than electromechanical relays since they have lower actuation current requirements, and the PVY117 Series MERs are much smaller compared with the electromechanical relays they are designed to replace.
The new MERs feature bounce-free operation.
Their low on-state contact resistance and low off-state capacitance maximise performance in low voltage and high test frequency semiconductor automated test equipment (ATE) and other instrumentation circuits.
Other applications include low voltage audio and RF switching.
The PVY117 is housed in a subminiature, surface-mountable package for high-density applications.
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