Bourns Releases Automotive Grade, AEC-Q200 Compliant Chip Inductor Series Designed for High Frequency Applications

Bourns® CW2012A Series Automotive
Grade, AEC-Q200 Compliant Chip
Inductors (Click to enlarge)

New chip inductors deliver high Q, high self-resonant frequency and low DCR in a compact footprint

RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 9, 2025 - Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced its CW2012A series automotive grade, AEC-Q200 compliant chip inductors. The new chip inductor series features a high Q value, high self-resonant frequency and low DCR in a compact footprint. Designed as an energy-efficient solution for an increasing number of high frequency applications, Bourns® CW2012A Series chip inductors are particularly well-suited for signal filtering in radio transmitters, RF amplifiers, tuning applications and automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and high-frequency power supplies.

These new chip inductors are wirewound constructed on a ceramic core, and offer features that help reduce power dissipation and enhance circuit efficiency and functionality. With high Q values up to 80 and inductances from 2 to 1000 nanohenry (nH), Bourns® chip inductors have a DCR from 30 to 2600 milliohms, up to 800 mA maximum rated current and have an operating temperature range from -55 to +125 °C.

The Bourns® Model CW2012A chip inductors are available now through Bourns’ authorized distribution partners and are RoHS* compliant. For more detailed product information, please see: bourns.com/products/magnetic-products/chip-inductors-wirewound.

*RoHS Directive 2015/863, Mar 31, 2015 and Annex.