Components: Tiny Submicro Automotive Relay Can Manage 30 A

Nov. 24, 2003
Designed for pc-board mounting in tight automotive spaces, the minuscule AZ989 12-V submicro automotive relay can handle up to 30 A of current. It's well suited for power windows, door locks, seat adjusters, sunroofs, liftgates, wiper motors, and...

Designed for pc-board mounting in tight automotive spaces, the minuscule AZ989 12-V submicro automotive relay can handle up to 30 A of current. It's well suited for power windows, door locks, seat adjusters, sunroofs, liftgates, wiper motors, and many other applications. Gold-tin-oxide (AgSnO2) contacts come with either a 180-Ω or a 225-Ω coil. A Form C contact arrangement inside an epoxy-sealed case targets automotive wave soldering. The device is manufactured in a QS9000-certified environment. In lots of 1000, the AZ989 costs $0.73 each.

American Zettler Inc.www.azettler.com; (949) 831-5000

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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.

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