Vishay’s New Toroidal High-Temperature Inductor Offers Industry’s Lowest Inductance Down to 0.39 µH and Lowest DCR With Vertical- and Horizontal-Mount Options

High-Current Devices Feature Industry’s Highest Rated Current up to 32 A and Highest Saturation Current up to 23 A

MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA — May 16, 2008 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced a new toroidal, high-current, high-temperature inductor that offers the industry’s highest rated and saturation current, and the industry’s lowest inductance and DCR.

With a high operating temperature rating to +200 °C and a toroidal design to reduce EMI, the new TJ3-HT inductor is optimized for switching power supplies, EMI/RFI filtering, and output chokes in automotive, and deep well drilling products.

The low-cost device offers designers horizontal and vertical mount options to optimize the PCB layout. With 10 standard inductance values to choose from, the inductor features a maximum DCR range from 0.108 Ω down to 0.0016 Ω when vertically mounted, and 0.118 Ω to 0.002 Ω when horizontally mounted.

The TJ3-HT offers a wide inductance range from 100 µH down to 0.39 µH, with a high rated current from 2.25 A up to 32 A, and saturation current from 1.15 A up to 23 A. The inductor provides low magnetic radiation and is RoHS-compliant. Custom values and current ratings are available upon request.

Samples and production quantities of the new TJ3-HT inductor are available now. Lead time for production quantities is 10 weeks.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH), is one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors (diodes, rectifiers, transistors, and optoelectronics and selected ICs) and passive electronic components (resistors, capacitors, inductors, sensors, and transducers). These components are used in virtually all types of electronic devices and equipment, in the industrial, computing, automotive, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. Its product innovations, successful acquisition strategy, and ability to provide "one-stop shop" service have made Vishay a global industry leader. Vishay can be found on the Internet at http://www.vishay.com.