Passive Components > Taiyo Yuden
Since 1950, Taiyo Yuden has been engaged in research, development and production of capacitors, inductors, circuit modules, SAW/FBAR devices and recording media under the philosophy that the process of product commercialization should start with material development. Now in its 64th year, Tokyo-based TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. is a worldwide manufacturer of surface-mount and leaded passive components, Bluetooth modules, CCFT inverters and recordable digital media.
With approximately 50% of the worldwide market in high-frequency multilayer chip inductors used in cell phones, the company reports annual sales of nearly US$2.06B. Worldwide, TAIYO YUDEN employs more than twenty thousand people. The company’s North American affiliate, TAIYO YUDEN (U.S.A.), INC., operates sales and engineering offices in Chicago, IL, Raleigh, NC, Irving, TX, and in California at San Jose and San Diego
Products
Bluetooth modules
Capacitors
CCFL Inverters
Ferrite Beads
High Frequency Multilayer Chip Antenna
High Frequency Multilayer Chip Filter
Inductors (multilayer, wire-wound chip, axial/radial leaded)
Power Supplies (now redirected to Tamura Corp.)
Recording media (made by That’s Fukushima for START Lab)
Resistors
Simulation Tools
Piezoelectric speakers
Taiyo Yuden is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 60 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand. TAIYO YUDEN, established in 1950, has been engaged in research, development and production of capacitors, inductors, circuit modules, and SAW/FBAR devices under the philosophy that the process of product commercialization should start with material development. TAIYO YUDEN’s extensive range of products demonstrates world-leading support of development and progress in the information technology and electronics industries. In addition, TAIYO YUDEN is proactively pursuing and expanding business activities into energy-related fields as well as strengthening their position in existing applications such as smartphones, PCs and TVs.