July 30, 2008

Vishay Releases Industry’s First Professional Automotive Thin Film Chip Resistor in the 0603 Case Size to Combine High Temperature up to +175°C and Advanced Power Rating P85 of 150 mW

April 24, 2008

Vishay’s Electro-Pyrotechnic Initiator Chip Resistor Named as Winner of EDN’s 18th Annual Innovation Award In Passive Components and Interconnect Category

February 13, 2008

Vishay’s Electro-Pyrotechnic Initiator Chip Resistor Selected as Finalist in EDN’s 18th Annual Innovation Awards

December 19, 2007

Vishay’s New Electro-Pyrotechnic Initiator Chip Resistor is Industry’s First to Offer Joule Effect Ignition For Fast Firing Times Down to 50 µs, and a No Fire/All Fire Ratio up to 70 %

November 23, 2005

New Vishay Thin Film Flat Chip Resistors Have Resistance Values from 39 Ω to 2 MW and TCR Values from ±25 ppm/K to ±10 ppm/K

October 14, 2005

Vishay's New Chip Resistor Attenuators With 0.040 W and 0.075 W Power Ratings Replace Three or More Discrete Components

January 21, 2005

Vishay Beyschlag Chip Resistors in 0402 Package Feature TCR Ratings from ±25 ppm/K to ±10 ppm/K and Resistance Values from 100 Ohms to 221 kilohms

Sept. 22, 2004

Vishay's New FC Thin Film Chip Resistors Avoid Roll-Off at Frequencies Over 100 MHz, Offer TCR Values Down to ±25 ppm/°C

Sept. 22, 2004

New Vishay MIL-PRF-55342-Qualified Thin Film Resistor Chips Are Industry's First in Standard Package Sizes with Ratings from 100 Ohms to 160 Kilohms and Failure Rate of 0.01% per 1000 Hours

February 20, 2004

Vishay's 0.030-in. x 0.030-in. CTN Center-Tapped Nichrome Resistor Chip Combines Absolute TCR of ±10 ppm/°C, 250-mW Power Level, Military Operating Temperature Range

June 20, 2003

Vishay's New Thin Film Power Resistor Series Offer Best Power/Size Combinations, Including Power Rating up to 1 W in Versatile, Compact 0.07−in. by 0.07−in. Chip

April 25, 2003

Thin-Film, Center-Tapped Resistors Provide <0.1 pF Shunt Capacitance, -20-dB Low-Noise Operation for High Performance in Test and Measurement Systems

April 25, 2003

Industry’s Smallest Thin-Film Resistors for Microwave Applications Offer High Performance in Chip as Small as 0.010" by 0.020"

February 07, 2003

Industry’s First Thin Film Fusible Resistor Chip Reduces Space Requirements and Assembly Costs With Automatic Placement Capability

February 08, 2002

Thin-Film Chip Resistor Provides Broadest Selection of Sizes and Specifications With Superior Stability Under Wide Range of Environmental Conditions

January 03, 2001

New Surface-Mount Chip Attenuators Deliver Superior Performance With Lower Manufacturing Costs

November 21, 2000

BCcomponents introduces the world's first range of ultra-precision MINI-MELF resistors

November 21, 2000

Thin film flat chip resistor family grows to cover virtually every application