Automotive Earthing Connectors

Amphenol rises 1.11% on low volume August 26, 2011

BONDS

Amphenol (APH.GC.N) rose US$1.192 (or 1.11%) to close at US$108.164. The yield to maturity has decreased by 37.0 basis points from 2.47% to 2.1%.

ISSUE DETAILS

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Significant Uptrend

Support: the support price is hovering at the US$106.972 level. In the last month the lowest price was US$106.972 on Aug 25. The second lowest was US$107.435 on Aug 23, the third lowest was US$107.881 on Aug 22, the 4th at US$108.164 on Aug 26 and the 5th at US$108.185 on Aug 16.

Resistance: in the last one month the highest was at US$110.137 on Aug 05, the second highest at US$109.879 on Aug 03. The third advance halted at US$109.665 on Aug 10, the 4th at US$109.43 on Jul 29 and the 5th at US$109.212 on Aug 12.

PRICE DYNAMICS

Relativities: in the global market of 4,863 bonds traded today, the bond has a 6-month relative strength of 46 which means it has underperformed 54.0% of the market.

KEY STATISTICS

CREDIT RATING SUMMARY

DEBT AND COVERAGE RATIOS

EBIT/Interest: the ebit to interest ratio is 17.3

INVESTOR RETURNS

Trailing one week: the bond fell three times (60% of the time), rose once (20% of the time) and was untraded once (20% of the time). The value of US$1,000 invested a week ago is US$991, for a capital loss of US$9(or loss of 0.9%).

Trailing one month: the bond was untraded ten times (43% of the time), rose seven times (30% of the time) and fell six times (26% of the time). The value of US$1,000 invested a month ago is US$992, for a capital loss of US$8(or loss of 0.8%).

The present value of US$1000 invested at a previous date is shown below:

DESCRIPTION

Amphenol Corporation (Amphenol) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, interconnect systems and coaxial and flat-ribbon cable. Amphenol operates in two business segments: interconnect products and assemblies, and cable products. The Company designs and manufactures connectors and interconnect systems, which are used primarily to conduct electrical and optical signals for a range of electronic applications. Amphenol has developed a range of connector and interconnect products for the information technology and communications equipment applications, including the converging voice, video and data communications markets. It offers a range of interconnect products for factory automation and motion control systems, machine tools, instrumentation and medical systems, mass transportation applications and automotive applications, including airbags, pretensioner seatbelts and other on-board automotive electronics.

How fast can you plug in your power supply? | - The Connector

In a previous blog I commented on First Mate Last Break (FMLB) power and signal pins, also known as hot-plugging. A connector design in which power contacts engage before signal contacts when two connector halves are mated, FMLB prevents damage to electrical circuitry in the system by having the ground pin mate first, followed by the power pin, and finally by the signal pins.

Often used for grounding power and for signal sequencing, FMLB blades and pins rely on the different lengths to regulate when current, whether it be for power or lower voltage signals, begins flowing through a power supply.

What fascinates me about FMLB or LMFB (Last Mate First Break) is the fact that it is not uncommon for the pins to be as little as 2 millimeters in length difference! Mull that over. Since a power supply is often engaged using the same motion as you would use in closing a kitchen drawer it seems as though you can gently close the drawer or you can slam it shut. Literally we are talking about milliseconds of time in delay between the first mate blade and the remainder of the blades—a difference barely perceptible to the naked eye, much less the user. But then I listen to my high speed connector brethren and realize that this is actually quite slow.

I still marvel at how we can make milliseconds count for us! And, I wonder how might perceptions of speed change in the coming decade?

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