Product category:
Resistors
News Release from: BI Technologies SMT | Subject: RC6
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 July 2003
Passive integration saves on assembly
costs
Integrating passive components into a resistor and capacitor chip network can provide significant savings on component placement.
With the real cost of placement in the region of 2 cents per component, the economics of using conventional low-cost chip resistors and chip capacitors is now in question An economical alternative is the RC6 resistor and capacitor chip network which can be configured with up to 16 resistors and capacitors, plus six network circuit options, in one 1206 thick-film package
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The RC6 resistor capacitor chip network offers multiple combinations of resistors and capacitors in a choice of circuit configurations on a single 2512 ten-terminal package.
With an RC6 component cost of around 14 cents plus 2 cent placement the overall manufactured cost compared with conventional chip resistors and capacitors provides a 16 cent saving.
This saving can be multiplied many times on each board.
In addition to this benefits from reduced tape and reel position use, inventory reduction and improved machine usage also benefit the bottom line.
The use of integrated passive devices enable engineers to take chip resistor and capacitor circuits off the board and into a single RC6 component which can be placed closer to active components for example in line termination or adjacent to connectors for filter applications.
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