Abstract:

The race on the digital information highway is already underway. Growing data traffic volumes are demanding increasingly higher transmission rates. And multimedia services, such as radio and television on the Internet, audio and video streaming, videoconferencing, video-on-demand, e-commerce, etc. require data speeds that far outstrip the rates used by analog technology. Only digital transmission technologies can rise to the occasion. Demands for improved circuit design and software are being accompanied by calls for advanced components. And as long as transmission routes use copper lines, this is particularly relevant for inductive components. Such components are essential if transmission quality levels and existing EMC, personal safety and device protection guidelines are to be observed.