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With the rapid development of the electronics industry, the types and functions of the miniature fuses are constantly emerging. Following
the development of various smart electronics, miniature fuses will continue to generate a variety of new products, including higher rated
voltage, larger or smaller current rating, smaller internal resistance, more current characteristics, stronger breaking capacity and PTC
resettable fuses, as well as multi line array, intelligent functions, multi-functional integrated components or modules, to meet the needs
of the circuit protection of more updated terminal products. Shanghai Songshan Electronics will also develop more and better quality
miniature fuses according to the different needs of the market.
Main fuse Market
In the past one hundred years, fuses have passed through four major historical changes in the history of fuses, and have developed
extremely rapidly, from the beginning of the metal alloy wire for the protection of incandescent lamps to the present micro SMD fuses. The
main market has been transferred from Europe and America to the Asia Pacific region, especially in China. From the 90s of last century
through the past more than 20 years, miniature fuses have occupied the main share of the fuse market and the share is expanding. Most
of the assembly plants in the world's large number of electronic enterprises are located in China, and the large population base of China
determines that the main market of the electronic industry is also in China. These make China the most important market for the fuse
industry. According to the data, the actual annual consumption amount of China's SMD fuses (including Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and
Taiwan funded factories in the mainland of China) accountsfor about 50% of the total amount of the global SMD fuses and nearly 15% of
the total amount of the miniature fuses.
Expanding application fields
Miniature fuses, especially SMD fuses, as new components, are suitable for all kinds of electronic products with compact structure and
small size, especially in the field of digital handheld electronic equipment. From the current data, the application areas include:
Communication field: from base station, switch to terminal, miniature fuses are used in all electronic circuits. The most important market is
mobile phone and network and peripheral products, such as cell phone charger, switch power, liquid crystal screen over power
protection, network router, modem, network card, etc.
Computer field: computer motherboard, hard disk, all kinds of plates, the vast majority of the need to use miniature fuses, especially the
disposable fuse and resettable fuse, as well as the printer, scanner, copier and other office equipments around computers.
Auditions: in almost all of the auditions, such as DVD, radio, TV, set-top box, GPS navigator, MP3/MP4 and etc., miniature fuses are
used as over-current protection.
Small household appliances: the application in this field is almost everywhere, such as microwave oven, soya bean milk machine, induction
cooker and etc.
Digital electronic personal products: the fastest growing and endless variety of industries, including digital cameras, palm computers,
PDA, electronic translators, video games machines, multimedia players, learning and various new digital electronic products and etc.
Other areas: financial and commercial ATM machines, tax control machines, high-end computers, POS machines, mobile scanners,
cash registers, medical instruments, electronic toys, precision instruments and instruments and etc.
Prospect
With the rapid development of electronic products, the consumption of miniature fuses is growing. According to the data, the use of
miniature fuses will increase year by year, but the price will continue to decline as other electronic products. For the fuse manufacturers,
we can survive in a more intense future only by constantly improving technology, reducing costs and developing new products.
Shanghai Songshan Electronics has a long history of 60 years focusing on miniature fuses. If you are interested in the fuses of Shanghai
Songshan Electronics, please contact xl@sh-songshan.com.