Although advancements in dielectric materials and fabrication processes have improved integrated capacitors, chip designers still depend on board-level devices to support virtually all ICs. Primary ...

Although higher switching frequencies in modern dc-dc converters allow the use of lower-valued capacitors, designers continue to choose tantalum capacitors for such applications. However, the latest ...

Murata Manufacturing Co.has developed the world’s smallest 0201 size (0.25 mm x 0.125 mm) * monolithic ceramic capacitor – a first in the industry. The volume of this new capacitor is approximately 25 ...

Power system designers are constantly under pressure to attain larger power densities and improved conversion efficiencies, whether it is for data servers for the internet of things or data centers.

Kyocera AVX is once again stacking its ceramic capacitors to increase CV product in a small footprint, this time for high reliability applications. ‘DSCC 25007 Mini BME Stacks’ combine multiple ...

Because of their high ESL compared to ceramic, tantalum capacitors are not the optimum choice for high frequency decoupling. Paralleling tantalum capacitors for bulk capacitance and ceramic for high ...