Miniature 6-A Power Relay Uses Just 140 mW For Activation

March 31, 2003

The FTR-LY 6-A power relay consumes very little power for activation—just 140 mW of coil power at a 250-V ac contact rating. The 27.8- by 4.9-mm relay has 8 mm minimum of creepage and clearance from coil to contact, which provides high-insulation...

Roger Allan

Use of cadmium-free materials meets the requirements of many environmental programs. A lead-free version is also available. Intended applications include industrial and programmable-logic-controller applications.

Mechanical life is 10 million operations (at 250 V ac with a normally open 6-A resistive load). Other specifications include 100-V dielectric strength between open contacts/4000 V between coil and contacts, 600-V surge strength, and an operating temperature range of −40°C to 85°C.

Available from stock, the FTR-LY comes in a 1 Form A and 1 Form C. A right-angle version is also available. Pricing for a FTR-LYAA012V (1 Form A) is $1.70 in 10,000-unit quantities.

Fujitsu Components America Inc.
www.fcai.fujitsu.com • (800) 380-0059

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About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.