Safety Certified Capacitors Circuit Applications

Safety Certified capacitors are designed to withstand high impulse voltages in applications where human beings might be exposed to voltage surges.

X2Y Inductance Ratings

X2Y capacitors excel in low inductance performance for a myriad of applications including EMI/RFI filtering, power supply bypass / decoupling.

Johanson Dielectrics Solder Reflow Reccomendations For Lead Free Assembly

Soldering temperature profiles used must provide adequate temperature rise time and cool-down time to prevent damage due to thermal shock.

DC-DC Converter Trends and Output Filter Capacitor Requirements

Historically the volume Dc-Dc converter market has been driven by telecommunications equipment powered by 48V isolated “Brick” DC/DC converters.

Tanceram® MLCs for Smoothing and Decoupling Applications

Historically, Tantalum capacitors have been used for smoothing and decoupling applications for switching power supplies, DC/DC converters, LCD drivers and general digital circuits.

X2Y EMI Filter Evaluation & PCBb Design Guidelines

X2Y capacitors are capable of extraordinary EMI Filtering performance when effectively applied to the PCB.

Sn/Pb SMT Application Notes

Soldering temperature profiles used must provide adequate temperature rise time and cool-down time to prevent damage due to thermal shock.

Impact of Pad Design and Spacing on AC Breakdown Performance

High voltage capacitors are used for isolation and transient protection in electronics that are connected to either phone lines using modems or Ethernet connections.

X2Y Capacitance Ratings and Measurement

The X2Y Capacitor is a four terminal component consisting of two capacitors, A & B, each sharing a common connection at terminals G1 & G2.

AC Power Computations For DC Rated Capacitors

Capacitors are usually rated in terms of DC voltage. This rating means that the part can be expected to operate reliably on a long-term basis.

Corona Effects and Their Impact on PWB Layout Induced HiPot Failures

Understanding conorna interactions between PWB and components is essential to design board layouts that are robust with minimum corona related failures during HiPot testing and operation in a system.

Arc Season and Board Design Observations

This years arcing season is just now fading into bad memories as another year is past but knowing that a new season is just a Monsoon away.

Polyterm Flexible SMD Termination

Cracked capacitors can manifest themselves as latent defects including increased leakage current, intermittent opens, shorts or no problem found when field returned assemblies are analyzed.