TAIYO YUDEN Adds ME Series to Its Metal Power Inductor MCOIL™

TOKYO, September 30, 2015 - TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. announced today the commercialization of "MEKK2016" (2.0 x 1.6 x 1.0 mm, the maximum height value), belonging to the metal power inductor MCOIL™ product family, in which next-generation materials are used to simultaneously achieve the world's top-class low DC resistance and high DC bias characteristics. The product is a power inductor

suitable for choke coil applications and developed for use in power supply circuits used in digital devices such as smartphones and wearable devices in response to the increasing trend of smaller, thinner size and improved performance.

With the MCOIL™ ME series, use of next-generation materials together with the sophistication applied to the process technology nurtured through the development of the metal power inductor MCOIL™ series has achieved even greater improved efficiency by reducing core loss that occurs in inductors, while maintaining the high DC bias characteristics of conventional products. This contributes to the realization of

small and thin digital devices typified by smartphones with lower power consumption and improved performance.

Production of MEKK2016 commenced at our subsidiary company, FUKUSHIMA TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. (Date-City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan) in September 2015