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News Release from: Kemet Electronics Corp | Subject: FT-Caps
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 September 2007
Flexible MLCCs resist PCB abuse
Multilayer ceramic capacitors feature flexible terminations to protect devices from failure due to PCB flexing.
The latest addition to the Kemet range of surface-mount X7R multilayer ceramic capacitors feature flexible terminations to protect against capacitor failure due to short-circuits caused by PCB flexing FT-Caps complement Kemet's existing open-mode and floating-electrode technologies that provide flex crack mitigation
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed for high-capacitance applications, FT-Caps use unique end-termination technology to add pliability, shifting any flex stress into the termination area and away from the ceramic body and the component's active layers.
FT-Caps provide protection for up to 5mm of PCB flex-bend.
Floating-electrode capacitors (FE-caps) provide flex crack mitigation in low-capacitance-value applications, whereas open-mode technology is relevant to mid-value-capacitance devices.
FT-Caps are available in EIA case sizes from 0603 up to 1210.
Kemet plans to expand its offering to larger case sizes in the near future.
The operating temperature range of Kemet X7R multilayer FT-Cap ceramic capacitors is -55 to +125C with zero bias capacitance shift limited to +/-15% over that range.
All parts are RoHS compliant and offered with 100% pure matte tin-plated terminations to give excellent solderability.
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