If an engineer’s design demands a precision and stable capacitor, she or he will usually turn to NPO-type multi-layer ceramic (MLCC). This old standby is still the best. If you haven’t checked them ...

French firm IPDiA, developing 3D silicon passive components, has introduced silicon capacitors for high voltage and high temperature applications. Compared with multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC), ...

This tutorial explains how ceramic capacitor type designations, such as X7R and Y5V, imply nothing about voltage coefficients. Engineers must check the data to know, really know, how a specific ...

Comparison of Class I and Class II MLCCs. The importance of equivalent series resistance. Why Class I caps are the choice when meeting power-density requirements. Two primary characteristics of a ...

Yageo subsidiary Phycomp has received funding from Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) to develop NPO capacitors with pure silver, which will bring the company to the forefront of the high-frequency ...

Medium- and high-voltage capacitors find widespread use as snubbers or filters in applications, such as switching power supplies for audiovisual and business equipment (computers, modems and fax ...