Company Profile:
Bourns
Bourns is a manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products.
Headquartered in Riverside, California, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments.
Bourns products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs.
Company and product information: www.bourns.com.
Latest Bourns Products
Bourns push-pull switch industrial strength
August 31 2011 - Bourns has introduced industrial-grade push-pull switch and rotary panel switches... more
Bourns simplifies surge protection for RS-485
August 08 2011 - Bourns has introduced two boards for evaluating circuit protection on RS-485 serial device ports... more
Bourns circuit protector can deal with AC mains
February 08 2011 - Bourns has introduced its first electronic current limiters designed to tolerate AC mains power contact without circuit damage... more
Bourns blocks transients over wide range
September 10 2010 - Bourns’s latest Transient Blocking Unit (TBU) series of circuit protection devices is designed to provide fast overcurrent protection in a range of trigger currents and voltages... more
Bourns circuit protector triggered by V or I
July 02 2010 - Designated the TBU PL-series SLIC, the circuit protection devices are designed to offer fast overcurrent protection combined with SLIC battery voltage tracking triggered protection... more
Bourns, Littelfuse ESD-related design kits
June 22 2010 - All designers know they need to protect ICs from electrostatic discharge (ESD). So it may be useful to know that protection device suppliers Bourns and Littelfuse have a number of design kits to help with the selection of the most appropriate level of ESD protection.... more
Bourns cuts surge protector capacitance for VDSL2
March 24 2010 - Bourns has expanded its TISP thyristor surge protector product line to include some -low capacitance models designed for VDSL2 applications... more
National Semiconductor’s Webench Designer customised for inductor customers
December 01 2009 - Bourns is offering a version of National Semiconductor’s Webench Designer customised for its inductor customers on its website.... more
Bourns adds RF termination to fixed resistors
October 28 2009 - Bourns has expanded its line of fixed resistor products to include a new radio frequency (RF) power termination that is its first Stripline 50ohm termination to feature 1000W at frequencies up to 1GHz... more
Bourns angle sensors are absolute
September 04 2009 - Bourns has introduced a range of semi-absolute and absolute, non-contacting steering angle sensors... more
Bourns adds through-hole option for position sensor
August 19 2009 - The model 3382 range is designed for applications such as navigation systems, automotive power seats and mirrors, robotic systems and home applications including mechanical compartment systems, appliances and in-wall temperature control systems... more
Bourns has six-line protection diode array
July 09 2009 - Bourns has a steering diode array that provides up to six lines of protection using a rail-to-rail clamping technique with low leakage current and low capacitance per line... more
Bourns TISP4C015L1N, TISP4C020L1N and TISP4C025L1N surge protectors
June 03 2009 - Bourns has a low capacitance surge protector designed to protect ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL and VDSL2 ports in modems or telephone exchanges.... more
Bourns PWR263S-20 power resistor
April 23 2009 - Bourns has developed a power resistor engineered to meet high temperature soldering requirements that enable improved automated board assembly. ... more
Bourns C650, C850 and P40 TBU protectors
April 09 2009 - Bourns announces circuit protection products for industrial, test, security and process control equipment.... more
Bourns PWR2010, PWR3014, PWR4318 and PWR5322 SMT power resistors
February 06 2009 - Bourns PWR2010, PWR3014, PWR4318 and PWR5322 SMT power resistors feature high power density, low temperature coefficient with power ratings of 0.5 to 3W. ... more
Bourns SinglFuse SF Series of thin film chip fuses
September 29 2008 - Bourns SinglFuse product line provides overcurrent protection and expands circuit protection line.... more
Allegro MicroSystems Europe A4935 automotive-grade 3-phase MOSFET pre-driver IC
July 15 2008 - The A4935 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is an automotive-grade 3-phase MOSFET pre-driver IC targeted at automotive and industrial applications. ... more
Allegro MicroSystems ACS756 Hall-effect current sensor
June 02 2008 - Allegro MicroSystems Europe introduces a new high-speed, low-noise Hall-effect current sensor which offers 3 kV RMS voltage isolation and a low-resistance current conductor for 50-100 A current measurements.... more
Allegro MicroSystems automotive-grade full-bridge MOSFET pre-driver IC
May 23 2008 - The A3941 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is an H-bridge device which complements the company's existing line of automotive-grade MOSFET pre-driver ICs.... more
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