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Electronic components distributors

Posted on: November 23rd, 2011 by admin
It can be difficult to know where to start looking when you need to order hard-to-find electronic components for your business or project needs. Perhaps you lack the manufacturing resources or networks to obtain the obsolete or rare parts you need, or maybe you have located them in insufficient quantities. Fortunately, there are professional, trusted electronic components distributors who are here to help you. Whether the parts you seek are obsolete, discontinued or just rare and difficult to locate, chances are there is a warehouse somewhere with exactly what you are looking for. An example of one of these electronic components distributors is IC Plus, with over 20 years in the industry and an excellent track record of connecting buyers, sellers and manufacturers for optimum results. We stock a large variety of components for every need, including integrated circuits, diodes, capacitors and more. And all products come from industry leaders with proven track records of manufacturing excellence, so you have the peace of mind in knowing you’re ordering from quality sources. Electronic Components Distributors Maybe you have no purchasing needs at this time, but instead find yourself with a quantity of surplus crystals or surplus resonators to sell. We also buy new and surplus electronic components and integrated circuits at the best prices in the industry. You can trust that your excess inventory will earn you a “top dollar” return on your investment with the best of the electronic components distributors backing you. With the option to sell your entire excess inventory upfront or to be set up on an on-location consignment arrangement, we afford you the choice to sell in the way that works best for you. If you’re looking to purchase hard-to-find or obsolete parts, we are the industry leader in parts procurement. With more than twenty years in the business, we have formed secure relationships with many internationally known leading parts manufacturers. As one of the most established electronic components distributors in the business and with a new bonded warehouse facility, our stock is unbeatable. Our sales technicians are trained to help you get the best deals on the highest quality products, no matter what you are looking for. Our part-locator search tool makes it easy to find exactly what you need in our inventory, and our constantly increasing stock virtually guarantees that we have the obsolete, hard-to-find or surplus parts you are looking for. Whether active or passive components, we buy and sell a huge array of products representing the best the industry has to offer. If you need industry connections, manufacturing resources, or help selling your excess inventory, let one of the top electronic components distributors in the industry assist you in your mission and help you attain the absolute best possible price.

Transistors: one of the most important 20th century inventions

Posted on: November 4th, 2011 by admin

It’s considered one the greatest inventions of the 20th Century. The transistor is the basis of nearly all electronic devices. So what is a transistor? It’s a semiconductor device that is used to amplify and switch electronic signals. The majority of transistors used today are embedded within integrated circuits, although some come separately packaged. Released in the 1950s, the transistor is what helped the widespread advancement and availability of technology like radios, calculators and even computers.

In the 1960s and 1970s the bipolar junction transistor was the most popularly used transistor and the first transistor to be mass produced. The BJT is made up of three terminals, corresponding to the three layers, the emitter, the base, the collector. It is useful in amplifiers because the currents at the emitter and collector are controllable by a relatively small base current.  More recently, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-effect Transistor (MOSFET), a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals, surpassed the BJT . The MOSFET is used in most analog and power applications, including power transmitters and motor drivers. Transistors are also commonly used in electric switches for power appliances.

Today, the widespread use of thousands of different kinds of transistors, in all kinds of electronic products, have made it easier to get a good deal on the electronic components, especially if you are buying online. Vendors buy and sell used and surplus transistors, that work just as well and are more affordable than buying transistors straight from the manufacturer.

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If you are an electronics component company looking to buy transistors online, visit IC Plus. IC Plus is the industry leader in selling transistors online. IC Plus has an easy-to-use and electronic parts database that allows you to search and find the specific transistors you are hoping to buy, whether that’s an older bipolar junction transistor or a MOSFET.

IC Plus, not only provides one of the best quality service approaches to obsolete and hard to find components, we also provide a wide array of services. And once you find the transistors you are in the market for, IC Plus has the capability, in most cases, to ship your product to you the very next day. So if you’re looking to buy transistors online, you can’t go wrong contacting IC Plus. IC Plus guarantees all its products, as each electronic component that comes to IC Plus is tested and reviewed through our 72 point review process. If you buy transistors online from IC Plus and aren’t happy for any reason, we will offer you a 30-day, money-back guarantee on your online order.

If you are an electronic components company with surplus transistor inventory, consider selling your transistors online through IC Plus. IC Plus has a painless transaction process and offers you a number of ways to sell your surplus electronic parts through lot purchases, on-site consignment or off-site consignment. So if you are looking to sell your transistor surplus to make room for your new inventory, selling to IC Plus is a simple way to rid yourself of excess inventory.  IC Plus also offers options for you to keep your surplus transistor inventory at your own site while we use our extensive network of electronic component buyers to find suitable buyers for your surplus transistors.

MOSFETs

Posted on: October 28th, 2011 by admin

surplus MOSFETs onlineIt is the fastest growing of any silicon-based transistor technology because of its use in computer microprocessors. MOSFETs (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-effect Transistor) are used for amplifying or switching electronic signals.

The principles behind the MOSFET transistors go back to the early 1920’s when it was first patented. By the 1950’s, Bell Telephone tried to patent a similar transistor and found a patent already belonged to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, whose patent covered all types of transistors. A deal was reached where Bell Labs version was given the name, Bipolar Junction Transistor, or simply Junction Transistor, and Lilienfeld’s design took the name, Field Effect Transistor. MOSFETs are used in both digital and analog technologies.

The “metal” in the name is a bit misleading as these days, as the materials used in MOSFETs are no longer aluminum, as was used up until the 1970s, but silicon.

Today, the rapid growth of the technology has made it harder to find the MOSFET you might be in the market for because as soon as they come out, they can be as quickly rendered obsolete. Luckily, there are a number of place you can go to buy MOSFETs online. Vendors buy and sell used and surplus MOSFETs, that work just as well and are more affordable than buying MOSFETS straight from the manufacturer.

If you are an electronics component company looking to buy MOSFETs online, visit IC Plus. IC Plus is the industry leader in selling MOSFETs online. IC Plus has an easy-to-use and electronic parts database that allows you to search and find the specific transistors you are hoping to buy, whether that’s digital or analog compatible MOSFETs.

IC Plus, not only provides one of the best quality service approaches to obsolete and hard to find components, we also provide a wide array of services. And once you find the MOSFET you are in the market for, IC Plus has the capability, in most cases, to ship your product to you the very next day. So if you’re looking to buy MOSFET online, you can’t go wrong contacting IC Plus. IC Plus guaranties all its products, as each electronic component that comes to IC Plus is tested and reviewed through our 72 point review process. If you buy MOSFET online from IC Plus and aren’t happy for any reason, we will offer you a 30-day, money-back guarantee on your online order.

If you are an electronic components company with surplus MOSFET inventory, consider selling MOSFETs online through IC Plus. IC Plus has a painless transaction process and offers you a number of ways to sell your surplus electronic parts through lot purchases, on-site consignment or off-site consignment. So if you are looking to sell your MOSFET surplus to make room for your new inventory, selling to IC Plus is a simple way to rid yourself of excess inventory.  IC Plus also offers options for you to keep your surplus MOSFET inventory at your own site while we use our extensive network of electronic component buyers to find suitable buyers for your surplus MOSFETs.

 

Varistors

Posted on: October 21st, 2011 by admin

Much like fuses, varistors are another electronic components used to protect circuits from excessively high voltage. Varistors, also known as Voltage Dependent Resistors or VDR, are incorporated in the circuit so that they can keep excessive current from high voltages away from sensitive parts of the components.

One of the most common types of varistors is the Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV). An everyday example of MOV technology is the surge protector features on a power strip. The surge protector works by protecting electronic devices from power surges. So, if there is a surge in the amount of voltage provided, average in the United States is 120 volts, the surge protector creates a barrier, with the help of the varistor, to stop it from destroying your computer.

Varistors are also used in communications technology, like telephone lines and radio communications equipment to suppress devices. There are some things that varistors will not do, like providing protection for equipment during start-up, when there is a short circuit, or from brownouts also called voltage sags.

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If you are an electronics component company looking to buy varistors online, consider visiting IC Plus. IC Plus is the industry leader in selling varistors online. IC Plus has an easy-to-use electronic parts database that allows you to search and find the specific varistors you are hoping to buy.

IC Plus, not only provides one of the best quality service approaches to obsolete and hard to find component procurement, we also provide a wide array of services. And once you find the varistors you are in the market for, IC Plus has the capability, in most cases, to ship your product to you the very next day. So if you’re looking to buy varistors online, you can’t go wrong contacting IC Plus to buy varistors. IC Plus guaranties all the products it sells. Each electronic component that comes to IC Plus is tested and reviewed through our 72 point review process. If you buy varistors online from IC Plus and aren’t happy for any reason, we will offer you a 30-day, money-back guarantee on your online order. There is no harm in buying surplus varistors when you need them to protect your electronic circuits from excessively high voltage.

If you are an electronic components company with surplus varistors inventory, consider selling your varistors online through IC Plus. IC Plus has a painless transaction process and offers you a number of ways to sell your surplus electronic parts through lot purchases, on-site consignment or off-site consignment. So if you are looking to sell your varistors surplus to make room for your new inventory, selling to IC Plus is a simple way to rid yourself of excess inventory.  IC Plus also offers options for you to keep your surplus varistors inventory at your own site while we use our extensive network of electronic component buyers to find suitable buyers for your surplus varistors.

Buying and selling varistors online has never been easier.

Semiconductors and our everyday technology

Posted on: October 14th, 2011 by admin

You may not know it, but throughout an average day, you are likely to come in contact with hundreds of semiconductors. Semiconductors are the building blocks of a myriad of today’s technology. They reside in everything we use on a daily basis, from your computer, to your cell phone, to radios. Semiconductors conduct electricity due to electron flow and are made of a variety of materials including silicon, arsenic, selenium and tellurium. The majority of commercial semiconductors manufactured are made of silicon.

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Semiconductor devices are electronic components that are manufactured as single discrete devices and as integrated circuits (ICs) which are made of devices manufactured and interconnected on a single semiconductor.  There are a number of semiconductor devices out there that are classified by number of terminal devices. Two-terminal semiconductor devices are diodes, solar cells and laser diodes. Three-terminal semiconductor devices include silicon controlled rectifiers, thyristors and bipolar transistors. There are also multi-terminal devices like microprocessors and integrated circuits.

Because semiconductors are used in almost every technology that consumers now own and use, it is easier than ever to buy or sell surplus semiconductors online. Today, you can find thousands of vendors that are buying and selling used and surplus semiconductors. The majority offer you warranties on the products they buy and sell.

If you are an electronics component company looking to buy semiconductors online, consider visiting IC Plus. IC Plus is the industry leader in selling semiconductors online. IC Plus has an easy-to-use electronic parts database that allows you to search and find the specific semiconductors you are hoping to buy.

IC Plus, not only provides one of the best quality service approaches to obsolete and hard to find component procurement, we also provide a wide array of services. And once you find the semiconductors you are in the market for, IC Plus has the capability, in most cases, to ship your product to you the very next day. So if you’re looking to buy semiconductors online, you can’t go wrong contacting IC Plus to buy semiconductors. IC Plus guaranties all the products it sells. Each electronic component that comes to IC Plus is tested and reviewed through our 72 point review process. If you buy semiconductors online from IC Plus and aren’t happy for any reason, we will offer you a 30-day, money-back guarantee on your online order.

If you are an electronic components company with excess semiconductor inventory, consider selling your semiconductors online through IC Plus. IC Plus has a painless transaction process and offers you a number of ways to sell your surplus electronic parts through lot purchases, on-site consignment or off-site consignment. So if you are looking to sell your semiconductor surplus to make room for your new inventory, selling to IC Plus is a simple way to rid yourself of excess inventory.  IC Plus also offers options for you to keep your surplus semiconductor inventory at your own site while we use our extensive network of electronic component buyers to find suitable buyers for your surplus semiconductors.

Buying and selling semiconductors online has never been easier.

Much Ado About Fuses

Posted on: October 7th, 2011 by admin

buying surplus fusesIn the world of electronic components, the fuse is kind of like the guardian angel.  Its job is to protect the power system by preventing too much current from flowing through a circuit, which can lead to overload or failure. Anyone who’s ever overloaded their home circuit before with a hairdryer or other powerful electronic device has probably “blown a fuse.” What’s happening in that case is the fuse has interrupted the overload of power current and prevented damage and possible fire, by shutting down the system.  The fuse dates back to the mid-1800s when it was first invented. It was later patented, with the help of Thomas Edison, as part of the electronic distribution system.

 

So how does a Fuse work?

A fuse is mounted between electrical terminals and carries the current of power through a protected circuit. If the current of power is too high, the element in the fuse rises in temperature and either melts or joins with the fuse, opening the circuit. When the metal conductor opens, an electric arc is formed between the un-melted ends of the element. The arc grows until the voltage required to sustain the arc is higher than the available voltage in the circuit. Fuse elements are made of alloys with predictable characteristics like aluminum, copper, silver or zinc.

Fuses come in different voltage ratings such as 120V or 230V. The voltage rating has to be the same or larger than the open circuit voltage to work correctly. The International Electrotechnical Commission creates standards that unify a number of national standards of fuses, which help improve the interchangeability, along with the buying and selling of fuses around the world.  In North America, low-voltage fuses to 1kV AC rating are made in accordance Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

Fuse Uses

There are a large array of fuses out there. Thermal fuses are the kind most often found in consumer products like hair dryers, electronic devices and even coffee makers. The thermal fuses are non-resettable devices that cannot be used again once they are “blown”.

Resettable fuses make use of a thermoplastic conductive element that is self-resetting. When the power current is removed, the device will cool and go back to low resistance. These types of resetting fuses are mostly used in computer components so that if a mouse or keyboard shorts, it doesn’t affect the motherboard. Resettable fuses are also often used in the nuclear and aerospace industry.

Buying and Selling Fuses

If you are looking to buy or sell surplus fuses, IC Plus offer the best selection out there. For more than 20 years, IC Plus has been the leading buyer and seller of surplus fuses for all your electronic component needs. IC Plus, not only provides one of the best quality service approaches to obsolete and hard to find fuses, we also provide a wide array of services. And once you find the fuses you are in the market for, IC Plus has the capability, in most cases, to ship your product to you the very next day. So if you’re looking to buy fuses online, you can’t go wrong contacting IC Plus to buy fuses.

With IC Plus, you don’t have to ever worry about buying surplus fuses that don’t work. IC Plus follows strict guidelines and has a rigorous 72 point inspection process that our team goes through with every part that comes through our facility. The best part about buy fuses from IC Plus is that if you aren’t completely happy with your fuses, we offer a 30-day money back guarantee.

On the flip side, if you are an electronic components company with a surplus of fuses, IC Plus can buy your excess inventory through a lot sale or consignment. That means, you free up room in your warehouse and provide surplus fuses and electronic components to us. IC Plus offers you great deals so you can be assured that you will get a return on your investment when you sell your fuses to us.

Thyristors – the choice electronic component for supplying power to circuits.

Posted on: September 23rd, 2011 by admin

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If your electronic component needs include dealing with large sources of power, you may be in the market for thyristors. Also known as silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR), a thyristor is a four-layer semiconductor that is built to handle large amounts of power. The thyristor’s specialty is controlling power circuits. The thryristor electronic parts can be turned off or on, but typically can only be turned off by switching the direction of the current.  In addition to being turned off and on, thyristors can allow the amount of power to be controlled by adjusting the angle of the current. A simple example of this type of use is the dimmer on a light switch.

The idea for the thyristor was conceived in the 1950’s, by one of the creators of the transistor, but it didn’t gain popularity until a decade later when it was brought to the general consumer market by General Electric.  Thyristors soon became the choice electronic components to buy for supplying power circuits.

In the early 1970’s the electronic parts were even being used in color televisions to help stabilize power their supplies. Thyristors also have a long history of use in the motion picture industry and theaters where they replaced older technology.

Thyristors work differently from other electronic components as no current actually flows across the device. When a power supply is connected to the device a small amount flows into the gate and the thyristor fires and conducts. The thyristor then remains conducting until the power supply is removed. .

The electronic components are generally made from silicon because it can handle high voltage and power currents. Silicon is also known for its thermal properties. Silicon is also affordable and can be bought and sold cheaply for manufacturing use.

Analogue electronics often make use of thyristor technology. Thyristor circuits are widely used and available at affordable prices. IC Plus is a certified electronic component distributor and has access to stocks of newer and obsolete surplus thyristor components. The company sells surplus thyristors made from all kinds of manufacturers.

Whether you are looking for a Gate Turn-Off Thyristors (GTO), Reverse Conducting Thyristors (RCT), a Base Resistance Controlled Thyristor or a Static Induction Thyristor (SITh), chances are, IC Plus has the surplus thyristors components you are searching for at an affordable price. Buying surplus thyristors for your electronic component needs is the smart, affordable way to go. IC Plus ensures all of the surplus electronic it buys or sells are the of the highest quality functioning components. If you have surplus thyristors that you would like to sell, IC Plus buys lot purchases or will sell your surplus thyristor inventory for you.

There is no harm in buying surplus thyristors for your large power sourcing needs. IC Plus buys excess inventory, which means many the thyristors you buy from IC Plus are brand new and you have the benefit of getting a great deal. IC Plus looks forward to helping you will all of your electronic component buying needs. Click here to start searching for the surplus thyristors that you are in the market to buy. Our search system will quickly and easily help you find the electronic parts you are looking for.

Resistors and Capacitors, Electrical Component

Posted on: July 26th, 2011 by admin

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electronic component which is used to control voltage by restricting the flow of current in a circuit. Resistors may also protect sensitive electrical components from exploding or blowing due to excessive voltage. Higher resistance means that there will be less current in a circuit. Resistors may either look microchips, or they may be a wire with a small, bead-like colored cylinder of resisting material around it. They are common elements of electronic circuits and electrical networks and are found in almost all electronic equipment. They can be implemented within integrated circuits (microchips), especially in analog devices, and also may be integrated into printed and hybrid circuits.

Resistors can be joined in different combinations in order to complete a circuit. They may be linked in a series, where the resistors are connected on after the other, or that may be parallel, where the resistors are connected over one another. When linked in a series, the current through all of the resistors will be the same, but the voltage across each one will be in proportion to its resistance. When in a parallel configuration, resistors are all subject to the same voltage, but the currents through each one will increase.

There are many varieties of resistors available. Each has a different rating to indicate its resistance to electricity. If a resistor is met with too much power, it may break or its function may become erratic. The bead-like style of resistor has a series of colored bands around it to indicate its rating. Other types of larger resistors are marked numerically, however most modern resistors are so small that marking them is impractical. A resistor’s color may also indicate its rating.

Resistors may be made out of many different materials. In the past, resistors were made from solid carbon, but this type is rare now because it did not fare well with air moisture and can be too expensive to make. Many modern resistors do still utilize carbon as a film. Other modern resistors are made from metal or wire. Newer resistors are also much better at handling air moisture and high heat from electricity. In a properly designed circuit, the failure rate of resistors is much lower than that of other electronic components like electrolyte capacitors and semiconductors. Resistors most often become damaged due to overheating when they receive too much power. This problem can be avoided by ensuring that the resistor is chosen and installed properly.

Electrical Components Distributor

Posted on: July 5th, 2011 by admin

Diodes and circuit boards: Diodes are semiconductors devices that only let the electric current pass one way. Every diode has marked an arrow to the way that the electric flow is being allowed. They can vary in size, but the most common kind used today is semiconductors diodes. They are being used for many ways, like batteries that often contains diodes to protect the equipment if the battery is put backward.


There can also be found a variety of other types of diodes like: the Zener diode, used for intensity stabilization, Varicap diode, Tunel diode, Gunn diode. They can be used as voltage regulators, frequency multiplying devices, mixing devices, switching applications or they can be used in making logic decisions in digital circuits.


Some diodes and electrical components can give “light” and most of the people know this in the term of LED (light-emitting-diodes) that are used even in the domestic lightning or illuminating in general, as well as a sensor, in the telecommunications, especially for the remote controllers. A LED produces light more from electronic excitation than heat generation and it is so common these days that the inventors had no idea how great their idea will be.
Circuit boards, on the other hand, were created in the 1930s and in that time they were used in the World War II for radios. Before they could go out the market for a more variety usage, a long time circuit boards stayed only in the military area. It is mostly known as PCB – Printed Circuit Board and it is like a plate on which there are put chips or another electronic components. Circuit boards may also refer to printed circuits assemblies, or printed wiring boards and capacitors. They are being used in computers, mobile phones, gaming devices and video players. Most of the producers of electronic devices prefer using circuit boards because they have a small cost, they last long and they are very durable.


One of the most important roles of the circuit boards is regulating the flow of power for various aspects of a device. They are made of copper foil and everyone can recognize the green layer that is being coated on every circuit board. Also, before entering the market, every circuit board is being tested, so that it could not be the risk of damaging the device it will be put on or to melt if the temperature gets too high or even worse, to start an electrical fire.

Electronic Components

Posted on: July 5th, 2011 by admin

Semiconductors & transistors: Now, on the 21th century almost everything is being computerized. And there are some small pieces that keep everything from falling apart. These components are semiconductors and they have an important role in all kind of electronic circuits that have a large usage like consumer electronics, telecommunications equipment, home appliances, and also automobiles and they are known as the pulse of the microprocessor chips or transistors. And that’s not all, because in the past few years semiconductors found a lot more uses in the process of making different new products.

When a semiconductor was first created, its goal was to replace the vacuum tubes used in the past for televisions and radios. This way, the electronic devices went smaller and smaller with a more complex structure. Semiconductors are made of germanium or silicon and they can be doped with other impurities to change their characteristics. The term semiconductor is used to describe a solid material that cannot be considered neither a conductor nor an insulator. In fact, at high temperatures, a semiconductor acts more like it is a metal and it is very conductive and instead, at low temperatures, a semiconductor acts more like an insulator, so that at a normal temperature, its particularities come in the middle.

Transistors are the most important type of electronic devices, because they have the possibility of amplifying the electric signals. They can also be used as switches. A transistor is a semiconductor device and it is made from germanium and silicon, too. It was invented in Bell Laboratories by three physicists that got the Nobel prize for physics in 1956 and it is considered one of the best inventions of the 20th century. Nowadays, transistors are being used for all kinds of devices, such as electronic equipments, signal amplifiers (in the video, audio, radio area), amplifiers for instruments, oscillator , modulators and demodulators, filters or integrated circuits (today’s technology gives the opportunity of integrating millions of transistors in just one capsule.

Transistors have become irreplaceable these days and beside their importance in the modern technology, they are flexible and reliable so that now most of the electronic devices depend on them. Also, as the semiconductors, the role of transistors was initially to replace the vacuum tubes, the main components of that period’s electronic equipment. And because their costs are very low, one started the usage of transistors, the price of computers and other electronic products dropped.