Increasing Product Values

We are aiming to increase the value of our products by increasing environmental performancethrough the elimination of hazardous chemical substances, increased energy saving and theextension of product service life, and development and provision of eco-conscious products.

Providing Super-Green Products and Factor 2 Achievement
During the Fourth Environmental Action Plan phase, we continue to aim at the development and provision of super-green products with
top-level environmental characteristics. Furthermore, we will aim at achieving Factor 2.

Aim of the Fourth Environmental Action PlanIncrease the ratio of super-green products with top-level environmental characteristics among newly
developed products to over 20% by the end of FY2009.
Achieve Environmental Efficiency Factor 2, compared against FY2005 products, among newly developed
products by the end of FY2009.

Development of Eco-Friendly Products

Our Efforts for the Achievement of Factor 2

At the FDK Group, we review the design of new products at thedevelopment phase for product environmental assessment to build
eco-friendliness in our products. By assessing and considering
non-hazardous materials, energy saving, longer product life, andthe recycling of materials and packaging as they pertain to related
laws and regulations such as the RoHS Directive, we strive todevelop and provide eco-friendly products.

Factor 2 aims at more than doubling product value over productenvironmental burdens. By FY2009, we plan to make the value(features and performance) of our newly developed products
equivalent to FY2005 products while reducing their environmental burdens to less than half. If a product has an environmental
burden equivalent to its FY2005 counterpart, its product value
must be at least twice the value of its FY2005 counterpart. Thisis the Factor 2 achievement plan drafted in FY2007, and we havecommenced our product development programs accordingly.

Providing Super-Green ProductsSuper-green products are green products (products enhanced
through environmental consideration) that are judged top-level
characteristics by product environmental assessment such as theworld s ﬁrst, the world s smallest, Japan s ﬁrst, the industry sﬁrst, Japan s smallest, and the industry s smallest. The FDKGroup has positioned the development of super-green products as
our mission since 2004.
So far, we have developed and made available two super-green
products, the MIPF2520 series multilayer power inductor, theworld s smallest , and the AML0603E series RF multilayer chip
inductor with the top-level energy savings in the world. We arecontinuing to pursue the development of new super-green products
throughout FY2007.

Positioning of Super-Green Products

What Is an Environmental Efficiency Factor?
Product performance,features and etc.

Environmental＝Eﬃciency Factor

Assessment Criteria for Eco-Friendly Products
Major Categories
Products ■ Harmfulness (containing hazardous chemicals)

Making products recyclable,energy eﬃcient and etc.

Reduction ofenvironmental
burdenOur Super-Green Products to Date
FY2005

FY2006World s smallest

The top-level energy saving
performance in the world

The MIPF2520 series
multilayer power inductor

The AML0603E series
RF multilayer chip inductor■ Recyclability■ Decomposition■ Energy saving■ Ease of decomposition processing

Packaging ■ Resource saving and recyclable design
Materials ■ Reusability■ Materials used

Eco-Friendly Products

Overall ■ Information disclosure■ Environmental considerations

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Environmental Burden Ratio(burden of new product/burden of old product)■ Resource saving and recyclable design

Super-Green Products(Top-Level Eco-Friendly Products)
Green Products(Products Enhanced throughEnvironmental Consideration)

Increasingvalues

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※We determine top-level environmental characteristics (world s smallest,world s ﬁrst, etc.) at the point we publicly announce product development.

Major Eco-Friendly Products Developed during FY2007
Non-Isolated DC-DC Converter DK Series

Product Applications
This series is used toequipment and components
including servers, routers,
multi-function printers,
and amusement equipment.

※Regulated type
Method of stably supplying a speciﬁc voltage in spite of ﬂuctuating output
current.

Focus of Environmental Consideration
Power supply eﬃciency can be improved by approximately 12% by
replacing the power supply made with the discrete design※ by thisproduct. It also contributes to resource saving due to its small sizeby eliminating the need for a radiator, in addition to energy saving
due to its high eﬃciency. Its substrate is halogen-free.
※Discrete design
Method of designing using discrete components (individual components
mounted on a circuit board)

Comment from the Development Engineer
This is a new series of DC-DC
converters succeeding the Senseiand Senpai series. It is characterized by a new concept aiming toreplace discrete design. Our major
challenge was coming up with
innovations for energy saving, downsizing and resource saving. We willcontinue to develop eco-friendly
products in response to customer
needs.
Yurika Nakajima
Fire ProjectPower Devices Division
Electronic Devices GroupProduct Applications
autofocus and image
stabilization in digital
cameras and aberration

Comment from the Development Engineer
Although the external dimensionsof this product are the same as theprevious model, we have realized
higher output and energy eﬃciency
by aggregating the design and production technologies that we havenurtured through manufacturing.
Its energy saving feature contributes
to the prevention of global warming
by reducing CO2 emissions. We willcontinue to develop eco-friendly andhigh performance compact motors.

Focus on Environmental Consideration
The SMSH6-20 series realized approximately 30% energy saving
under FDK test conditions (voltage between terminals: 3.0V, twophase excitation, 1000pps, and 20Ω) compared with the previousmodel. The presoldered area of the coil terminal is lead-free.

correction in Blu-ray

Small Size Motor TeamSM Engineer Group
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.

equipment.

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This series is used forProduct Features
By combining FDK s own magnetic circuit and coil design technology, as well as high performance magnets manufactured by aGroup company, we have realized a high output model while
maintaining the size of the previous model. This series enables
smaller, lighter and more energy-eﬃcient motorized equipment.

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Stepper Motor SMSH6-20 Series

Management andOrganizational Structure

supply power to electronic

Product Features
The DK series oﬀers a comprehensive lineup of non-isolated regulatedtype※ compact DC-DC converters with speciﬁcations ranging
between 3.3V to 12V for input and 1.0V to 6.0V for output. Theseries yields up to of 93.5% eﬃciency at 3A output, and provides
high reliability by suppressing temperature increase of mounted
components. Its attached metal cap improves heat discharge andnoise reduction.

Alkaline Battery G-PLUS
Comment from the Development Engineer
Recently, alkaline batteries are seeing
application in wider varieties of equipment, due to more complex featuresin digital cameras, the popularizationof TV game consoles with remote controls, and the permeation of simple
cellular phone rechargers. Developing
alkaline batteries that accommodatea wide range of usage conditions
such as current load, temperature, humidity, vibration, environmental consideration and safety was no easy feat,but we are enjoying the challenge.

※Wide-range performanceOﬀering appropriate performance in a wide range of applications from small
to large current load

Focus on Environmental Consideration
Incorporation of new technologies improved discharge performance by approximately 20% in discharge tests equivalent todigital cameras※. This also prolonged battery life by approximately 20%, contributing to the eﬀective use of resources.
※ (1,500 mW 2 seconds /650 mW 28 seconds) x 10 times /1 hr, end point
voltage 1.05 V

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Product Applications
The G-PLUS series
thoroughly pursues
wide-range performance.
Its main applications include
equipment needing large
current such as digitalcameras, as well as remotecontrol units and clocks.

Product Features
Four new technologies were introduced in the development of thisproduct, namely ① thin ﬁlm separator, ② internal short-circuit
prevention technology [patent pending], ③ increased negativeelectrode material, and ④ optimized electrolyte composition, thus
improving its wide-range※ and discharge performance. This series
oﬀers the leading edge performance worldwide in the areas requiring large discharge capacity such as digital cameras.

Takeo Nogami
1st Technical Section
Technical Department
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.

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