Ceramic Capacitors Aid High-Voltage Designs

Focus:

The availability of new multilayer ceramic capacitors in higher voltage ratings enables them to replace aluminum electrolytic and film capacitors, permitting better capacitor performance in snubbers and filters.

What you’ll learn:

• How to take understand the performance benefits and limitations of 250-V rated MLCCs versus film and electrolytic capacitors

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Author & Publication:

Kazuyuki Kubota, Product Engineering Manager, and Shigeki Nishiyama, Product Development Manager, Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Izumo, Japan, and Karun Malhotra, Cap Marketing Manager, Murata Electronics, N.A., Smyrna, Ga., Power Electronics Technology, May 01 2004

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