Bourns

10/16/2026

Marlan and Rosemary Bourns started our company in their Altadena garage in 1947 and moved it to Riverside three years later. The Bourns College of Engineering at UC Riverside has carried their names since 1994.

The Bourns Foundation has made a new gift to the college, this time to help launch UCR's Advanced & Integrated Manufacturing (AIM) Hub. Students there will test designs against live sensor data before building anything.

Gordon Bourns put it simply: "We hope many of these students will build their careers right here in the Inland Empire."

Read more from UCR: https://bourns.co/3VMKq0m

A new gift from The Bourns Foundation will support the development of UCR’s Advanced & Integrated Manufacturing (AIM) Hub, a newly approved center within the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) that is now in its launch phase.

10/16/2026

📰 Hot off the presses – the September issue of Bourns Spotlight is here.

The big story this month: Bourns has opened a new custom magnetics R&D center in Göttingen, Germany!

Get an inside look at the new facility and the engineering team behind it, then catch up on new product releases, application resources, industry events, and company milestones.

Highlights from the September newsletter:

• Bourns’ new 3,000-square-meter home for our 44-person custom magnetics engineering team • New current sense resistor options for high-current and automotive applications
• Expanded rotational input solutions, including the PER40 Ring Encoder
• An application note on magnetics for GaN-based single-phase cycloconverters
• Bourns’ 13th consecutive TTI Asia Supplier Excellence Award

Subscribe now to read the full September issue: https://conta.cc/4xUSzho

10/15/2026

You’re running out of PCB area in a wearable or IoT design, but your power stage still needs to handle higher current without adding unwanted magnetic field radiation.

A compact, low-profile power inductor with high current capability and magnetic shielding helps meet those requirements without taking up valuable board space.

You’re running out of PCB area in a wearable or IoT design, but your power stage still needs to handle higher current without adding unwanted magnetic field radiation.

A compact, low-profile power inductor with high current capability and magnetic shielding helps meet those requirements without taking up valuable board space.

We have just released the new SRP201210V Series of shielded power inductors to give designers a space-saving option for wearable devices, IoT modules, smartphones, tablets, and other portable, battery-powered electronics.

SRP201210V Series features include:
• 2.0mm × 1.2mm footprint
• 1.0mm maximum height
• Typical saturation current up to 7.6 A
• Low DC resistance
• Magnetically shielded construction for low radiation
• -55°C to +125°C operating temperature range

Explore the SRP201210V Series for your power design: https://bourns.co/3TfMqgR

When optimizing a wearable or IoT power stage, which constraint becomes more difficult to manage first: available PCB area, thermal rise or EMI performance?

10/15/2026

Day 1 at ELIV 2026 is in the books, and it was great connecting with automotive innovators, engineers and technology leaders in Baden-Baden. The conversations around current sensing, electrification and next-generation vehicle architectures have been insightful and inspiring.

Visitors to the Bourns booth had the opportunity to see our Bourns® Clip-On Current Sensor, which leverages TMR technology to deliver accurate current measurement without requiring modifications to standard rectangular busbars.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to discuss current sensing challenges and explore new approaches to simplifying system integration while maintaining performance.

We're looking forward to another full day of discussions tomorrow.

📍 ELIV 2026
📅 October 14-15, 2026
👋 Booth 11 | Kongresshaus Baden-Baden, Germany

If you're attending Day 2, stop by and say hello.

10/14/2026

B is for Bourns. B Reliable.

As our Content Strategy and Development Manager, Tom Rust supports projects that touch many areas of Bourns. To Tom, being reliable means: “Supporting this network not only by doing your job, but by putting forth your best effort to help everyone else do their best too.”

With so many projects and details moving through Marcom, collaboration and organization are essential.

“One of my challenges is keeping track of things,” Tom shared. “So much passes through Marcom, we have a stake in so many different aspects of Bourns’ daily business. I rely on my colleagues. And I take lots of notes.”

When the project allows, he also listens to meditational music to help him focus on the task at hand.

How do you help your team stay steady when there are a lot of moving pieces?

10/13/2026

Noise on a high-voltage battery stack can interfere with the communication signals your BMS relies on for monitoring and control.

Reinforced isolation and common mode noise rejection help maintain reliable BMS communications while addressing the isolation requirements of higher-voltage EV architectures.

Our newest BMS Signal Transformer, Model SM91595AL, brings these capabilities to 1500V battery systems in a single-channel, AEC-Q200 compliant design.

Model SM91595AL offers:
• Working voltage up to 1500 VDC
• 6400 VDC Hi-Pot isolation
• Integrated common mode chokes for noise rejection
• Creepage and clearance distances greater than 23.0mm
• AEC-Q200 compliance
• -40°C to +125°C operating temperature range

Explore the Model SM91595AL for your BMS design: https://bourns.co/4rDvw8B

As battery voltages continue increasing in EV platforms, what isolation margin and noise immunity targets are driving your current BMS communication architecture decisions?

10/13/2026

What if adding accurate current sensing didn’t require modifying your busbar?

Conventional current sensors can add machining, positioning and assembly requirements that increase system cost and design complexity.

At ELIV 2026, visit us at Booth 11 to see the Bourns® Clip-On Current Sensor, which uses TMR technology and clips directly onto standard rectangular busbars. No notches, cut-outs or other mechanical modifications required.

See how its design offers:
- Contactless current measurement
- Robust accuracy despite positioning variations
- Interchangeable clips for different busbar sizes
- Electronically configurable measurement range
- Compact integration for space-constrained power electronics
- Analog and digital interfaces

📅 October 14–15
📍 Kongresshaus Baden-Baden, Germany
👋 Booth 11

What assembly or mechanical constraints have the greatest influence on your current sensor selection?

Learn more and plan your visit: https://bourns.co/3V9PGLj

10/12/2026

The automotive industry continues to push new requirements for electrification, sensing, connectivity and reliable power electronics.

Meet the Bourns team at the International Suppliers Fair (IZB) 2026, October 27–29 in Wolfsburg, Germany, to explore component technologies designed to address today’s automotive engineering challenges.

📅 October 27–29, 2026
📍 Allerpark, Wolfsburg, Germany
👋 Hall IZB3, Booth 3117

Stop by to connect with our team, see the latest Bourns solutions and talk with us about the requirements shaping your next automotive design.

Learn more and plan your visit: https://bourns.co/4rNPWvI

What automotive design challenges are you looking forward to discussing at IZB?

10/12/2026

Protecting Power Through Every Stage of an SST ⚡

A fault in a solid-state transformer can put semiconductor switching networks at risk and disrupt power delivery to critical data center loads.

Coordinating protection and sensing across the SST architecture helps safeguard these components while maintaining reliable power conversion.

Our white paper, “Solid-State Transformers for Data Centers: Bourns Circuit Protection Solutions,” explores SST architecture for data centers and the component technologies used throughout its conversion and protection stages, including:
• High-power, high-frequency switching
• Overcurrent and fault protection
• Precision current sensing
• Galvanic isolation

See how these technologies work together in solid-state transformer designs for high-density data center power distribution.

Read the white paper: https://bourns.co/4xbL701

How does a multi-stage SST architecture change the way you approach protection compared with a conventional power conversion system?

10/09/2026

CAREER OPPORTUNITY: Product Compliance Engineer -- Xiamen

Bourns is seeking a Product Compliance Engineer for our Xiamen location to support the implementation of global regulatory requirements across our industrial product lines.

The person in this role will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand materials and processes, maintain compliance documentation, and help ensure changing regulations are properly addressed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Researching and interpreting regulations such as RoHS, REACH, Responsible Minerals and Proposition 65
• Responding to customer product compliance requests
• Reviewing material declarations, certificates, and supplier documentation
• Supporting responsible minerals reporting and supply chain due diligence
• Advising internal teams on changing regulatory requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• A Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing or chemical engineering
• Experience with regulatory requirements, BOM documentation, component materials and compliance documents
• Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills

Apply now: https://bourns.co/3TtzYu1