Bourns

Name: Bourns
Address: 1200 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92507, US
Telephone: +19517815500
Price range: Not applicable

Bourns, Inc.

is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products.

10/30/2026

Bourns at electronica: Six Decades and Counting

The electronica trade fair launched in Munich in 1964 with 407 exhibitors and around 14,000 visitors. Bourns was among those original 407, and we are honored to have exhibited there ever since.

In 2024, Bourns was one of five companies recognized during the show’s 60th anniversary celebration, commemorating our participation since electronica's inaugural event.

Now, we’re preparing to return for electronica 2026.

📅 November 10–13
📍 Messe München, Booths A6/638 & 639

Visit us there explore the latest Bourns solutions in power, protection, sensing, and timing, and be a part of a 60+ year story.

Learn more: https://bourns.co/4ex6UZB

10/29/2026

High-power motor controls put resistors under heavy thermal and electrical stress, making heat dissipation, insulation performance, and voltage withstand critical to component selection.

Choosing a resistor with enough power and temperature headroom gives designers more flexibility to manage those demands within the power stage, even as operating conditions grow more demanding.

Bourns’ new UALH Series provides an ideal solution with a line of aluminum housed high power wirewound resistors, specifically designed for industrial motor controls, power supplies, and high-power machinery operating.

The UALH Series offers:
• 100 W power rating (with heat sink @ 25°C)
• 30 W power rating (without a heat sink @ 25°C)
• Resistance values from 0.5 Ω to 22 kΩ
• 1483V maximum working voltage
• 4500V dielectric withstanding voltage
• -55°C to +275°C operating temperature range
• ±5% resistance tolerance

Explore the UALH Series: https://bourns.co/4yODi1Z

When specifying a housed resistor for an industrial motor control, how do you balance heat-sink capacity against resistance value and operating-temperature derating?

10/28/2026

B is for Bourns. B Connected. 🌎

Bourns Quality Manager Guillermo Thompson has learned a lot from working with colleagues across North America, Asia and Europe through his involvement with the BPS Awards.

Collaborating across regions has introduced him to different approaches to leadership, continuous improvement, and employee engagement. It has also reinforced the value of sharing ideas beyond your immediate team.

“Some of the most valuable lessons of my career have come from conversations with people whose experiences were completely different from my own,” he says.

Guillermo also makes a point to create opportunities for people across locations and roles to contribute and be recognized.

“Connection happens when people stop seeing themselves as separate sites and start seeing themselves as one global team.”

Thank you, Guillermo, for helping us B Connected!

10/27/2026

In compact Li-ion battery designs and other portable electronics, overcurrent protection needs to fit into extremely limited space that is already crowded with battery, sensing, and charging circuits. Often, that leaves the designer with no choice but to make layout compromises.

One way to help preserve board space while protecting low-power circuits is the use of an ultra-small, resettable fuse with low hold-current options and fast trip response.

The new Bourns MF-ASMF Series Multifuse® PPTC Resettable Fuses brings that protection strategy to a compact 0402 footprint.

MF-ASMF Series features include:
• 0402 footprint with a 0.6 mm maximum profile
• Hold-current options from 0.05 A to 0.10 A
• Maximum voltage ratings of 6 VDC or 9 VDC
• Maximum time-to-trip of 1.0 second at specified fault conditions
• ENIG terminals for excellent solderability
• cUL recognition and TÜV certification

Explore the MF-ASMF Series: https://bourns.co/4BbUnog

When protecting compact Li-ion battery circuits, what drives your resettable fuse selection more: available board space, trip response performance, or hold current requirements?

10/26/2026

Accurate current sensing shouldn’t require extra machining of your busbar.

Conventional current sensing approaches can introduce notches, cut-outs, tight positioning tolerances and additional assembly requirements that add complexity and cost.

At IZB 2026, visit Bourns at Hall IZB3, Booth 3117 to see the Bourns® Clip-On Current Sensor. Its TMR-based design clips directly onto a standard rectangular busbar without notches, cut-outs or other mechanical modifications.

Designed to simplify current sensing integration, it offers:
• Precise, 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 27–29
📍 Allerpark, Wolfsburg, Germany
👋 Hall IZB3, Booth 3117

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

10/26/2026

Mapping Protection Across a Data Center SST 🧩

A single input fuse can’t address every electrical stress in an SST.

Switching transients, isolation requirements, and current-monitoring accuracy each call for different technologies, so it's crucial to match the right component to the right points in the architecture.

Our “Solid-State Transformers for Data Centers” brochure provides a quick look at SST architecture and recommended component technologies, including:

• POWrFuse™ High-Power Fuses for overcurrent and short-circuit protection
• Power resistors for snubber circuits and transient energy dissipation
• Current sense resistors for precision monitoring across SST power stages
• Isolation transformers and inductors for power conversion, isolation, EMC, and signal integrity
• IGBTs for active rectifier, PFC and H-bridge switching stages

Browse the brochure: https://bourns.co/4yLYYvT

🧩 How do you decide which protection functions need to sit closest to the semiconductor switching devices in an SST?

10/23/2026

School spirit was on full display at the Bourns Riverside Q2 Quarterly Celebration!

After meeting our Q2 goals, the Riverside team came together for a well-earned afternoon of food, games, and a little friendly competition. The theme was College Day, giving team members the chance to rep their alma maters or favorite college teams.

The team enjoyed a college scavenger hunt, “Are You Smarter Than a College Student?”, a blindfold backpack game, raffles, and a Best Dressed School Spirit contest. 🏆

Thanks to everyone who joined in and helped make the celebration such a fun way to recognize what we accomplished together in Q2!

10/23/2026

That’s a wrap on ELIV 2026 in Baden-Baden, Germany!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Bourns booth, shared their automotive design challenges, and spent time talking with our team about current sensing and next-generation vehicle technologies. We appreciated the opportunity to connect with so many of you and showcase our Bourns Clip-On Current Sensor.

A big thank you as well to the ELIV organizers, speakers, and fellow participants for two days of practical education and fresh ideas around automotive electronics.

Looking forward to continuing the conversations and seeing what’s next at ELIV 2027!

10/22/2026

In compact industrial power supplies, thermal sensors often sit close to heat-generating components. The issue: board space is tight and operating temperatures vary widely, making rapid sensor response and stable temperature feedback critical.

A compact NTC thermistor with reliable electrical performance and a robust mounting footprint helps deliver consistent thermal sensing in space-constrained layouts.

The new Bourns BTN08G Series SMD NTC Thermistor provides thermal sensing in an 0805 package designed with sufficient bonding area for high mounting reliability.

The BTN08G Series offers:

• Approx. 7.5-second thermal time constant
• Maximum power rating of 240 mW at 25°C
• -40°C to +125°C operating temperature range
• Resistance values from 10 kΩ to 200 kΩ
• Highly stable electrical characteristics
• UL agency recognition

Explore the BTN08G Series: https://bourns.co/3VEv65Y

When selecting an NTC thermistor for industrial power supplies, how do you balance thermal response time versus long-term measurement stability in space-constrained designs?

10/21/2026

B is for Bourns. B Tenacious.

For Jed Boyer, Bourns e-Commerce Distribution Sales Manager, tenacity means “staying committed to solving the problem, even when the path forward isn’t obvious.”

In his current role, Jed has been advocating for expanding Bourns’ e-Commerce product portfolio, particularly around new product introductions. Driving that kind of change required persistence, patience and a data-driven approach.

Rather than relying on opinion alone, Jed gathered distribution channel analytics, reviewed SKU breadth and built business cases showing how expanded product availability could help increase market reach.

“There were times when progress was slow, but I kept refining the data, building stronger business cases, and continuing the conversation,” Jed shared.

That experience reinforced an important lesson: meaningful change rarely happens after one conversation.

“Tenacity isn’t just about working harder,” Jed said. “It’s about working smarter.”

What helps you keep going when the answer is not immediately “yes”?

Address

1200 Columbia Avenue
Riverside, CA
92507

Telephone

+19517815500

Website

http://www.bourns.com/

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