Kyocera's original technologies are a strong contributor to the rapid advancement of electronics and digital imaging.
As the market for mobile communications equipment and digital consumer products expands, so does demand for electronic components. Kyocera utilizes the superior electrical properties of fine ceramics to provide high-quality electronic components - such as capacitors, RF modules, oscillators, filters and crystal products featuring high-purity synthetic quartz crystals.
Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
Capacitors are used to store electricity in a wide range of electronic devices. A mobile phone, for example, may pack hundreds of capacitors into its compact form factor. So it's easy to see why demand for smaller components with greater capacitance keeps growing. To meet this demand, Kyocera has developed microminiature capacitors consisting of several hundred laminated sheets of dielectric ceramic, each measuring just a few microns in thickness.
Kyocera's comprehensive line of ceramic, niobium oxide and tantalum capacitors supports the industry's trend toward smaller, lighter, more functional electronic equipment.
Taking advantage of its advanced technologies, Kyocera delivers compact yet sophisticated timing devices; crystal oscillators; and resonators that generate audio signals in many types of electronic products.
Kyocera's integrated development and manufacturing spans the full spectrum from crystal growing to massproducing crystal-based electronic devices, such as oscillators and resonators.
SAW devices are used in mobile communication handsets and automotive radio communication systems. Kyocera's miniature, high-performance SAW devices include filters, resonators and duplexers.
Kyocera's multilayer ceramic substrate and packaging technologies are essential to RF modules, which are used in mobile communications and related equipment.
Piezoelectric ceramics convert electrical signals into mechanical vibrations or vice versa. Utilizing this property, Kyocera produces shock sensors and resonators for diverse applications.
Electronic connectors in a broad range of configurations help manufacturers meet demand for advanced equipment with higher circuit density, thinner form factors, smaller footprints and higher-frequency operation.
Kyocera's thermal printheads are used in applications ranging from photo printers for digital cameras to full-color ID-card and ultra-highspeed barcode printers.
Kyocera's long-life a-Si photoreceptor drums provide outstanding optical sensitivity for high-speed copiers and printers, with high resistance to temperature and humidity fluctuations.
Light-Emitting-Diode (LED) printheads help simplify and miniaturize printing equipment. They offer better dot uniformity, quieter operation and lower maintenance than laser-based printing systems.
Our piezoelectric ceramic technology allows efficient inkjet printing with unprecedented resolution and speeds up to 100 A4 sheets per minute. This technology is expected to open new applications for commercial on-demand printing.
LCDs for Industrial Use
Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are vital to factory automation, industrial instrumentation and medical equipment. Kyocera's LCD line includes narrow-bezel displays with excellent brightness and long operating life.
Kyocera's thermal printheads are made using thin-film technologies to place micro heating elements at exact coordinates on a ceramic substrate. By individually activating each of these rapid-response heating elements, thermal printheads can produce alphanumeric characters or high-resolution color images on thermal media. Kyocera incorporates glaze with superior thermalstorage properties and ceramic substrates with excellent thermal transmission characteristics to facilitate fast, high-quality printing from very compact equipment.
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