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Bourns Inc.

Bourns' products are found in automobiles, cellular telephones, notebook computers, implanted x-ray sensors for cancer treatment and even in a vehicle on Mars.
1200 Columbia Ave.
Riverside, CA 92507-2129
+1 951 781 5690
+1 951 781 5006

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Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Riverside, California, Bourns employs more than 7,000 people in 17 manufacturing centers worldwide.

The company serves a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, low to medium risk medical, audio, and various other market segments. Additional company and product information is available at www.bourns.com.

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Bourns’ advanced power inductor design provides performance, efficiency, and safety features suited to point-of-load converters and data center environments.
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Bourns’ low-profile common-mode inductors feature high impedance over a wide frequency range while their rugged, semi-shielded inductors offer cost-effective automotive-grade ...
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A new series of high-power fuses from Bourns offers enhanced voltage and current ratings that comply with the gPV protection UL 248-19 standard.
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Bourns’ latest current transformer provides high permeability and low energy losses, delivering high-frequency current sensing to power systems.
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Designed with ferrite core and ferrite shield for low magnetic-field radiation, Bourns’s high-current inductors provide reliability and low noise operation.
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This minuscule, surface-mount GDT has a relatively lower-voltage sparkover threshold in an EIA 1206-size package to provide another layer of system protection.
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The latest digital shunt sensor from Bourns is a precise, compact, cost-effective measurement solution that supports RS-485, Modbus, and CAN bus interfaces.
Feb. 6, 2025
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Innovations in cool-running packaging technologies and embedded passive networks are enabling power devices to run at higher power densities and frequencies.
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