Wet aluminium electrolytic capacitors qualified to industrial endurance levels

Kyocera AVX has released the new surface-mount AEF Series wet aluminium V-chip electrolytic capacitors, created for industrial and consumer electronics applications with high-density PCBs and qualified to industrial endurance levels. The series is available in 11 different case sizes spanning 0608 to 1216 and provides a wide range of capacitance values and voltage ratings extending from 2.2–470μF and 6.3–400VDC. It also exhibits low DCL and low ESR, which permits higher tolerance for ripple currents, low impedance over the full range of category temperatures, which extend from -40 or -55C to +105C, and exceptional reliability over extended lifetimes of up to 6,000 hours at +105C and rated voltages. The new series of wet aluminium electrolytic capacitors currently provides customers with 59 part numbers, which is ideally suited for an extensive range of high-density industrial and consumer electronics ranging from lighting systems to DC-DC converters.

“We are thrilled to introduce the new surface-mount AEF Series wet aluminium V-chip electrolytic capacitors to market,” said Slavomir Pala, Technical Marketing Manager, KYOCERA AVX. “KYOCERA AVX has a robust portfolio of high-performance aluminium electrolytic capacitors, and this latest addition provides customers with a high-endurance solution that exhibits low DCL and low ESR characteristics, delivers outstanding reliability over extended lifetimes, and is available in a wide range of capacitance values, voltage ratings, and case sizes optimized to overcome design and performance challenges in consumer and industrial electronics applications with high-density PCBs.”

In terms of installation, surface-mount capacitors are supplied with pure tin terminations on 13” or 15” reels compatible with automated assembly equipment and support reflow assembly. They are also RoHS-compliant and lead-free compatible.