(Knowles: Itasca, IL) -- Knowles Corp., a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers, audio solutions, and high-performance capacitors and RF products, announces the QAS Series, a new line of RC-type arc suppressor/snubber components that extend the operating life of electronic and electromechanical devices.

Knowles’ Cornell Dubilier brand QAS Series devices provide single-device RC networks in two-lead radial packages. QAS networks extend the operating life of electronic and electromechanical devices by reducing or eliminating electrical arcing at the point of electrical contact. Without a snubber circuit, arcing often leads to early failures in relays, switch contacts, and solid-state components such as SCRs and TRIACs.

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