This tutorial explains how ceramic capacitor type designations, such as X7R and Y5V, imply nothing about voltage coefficients. Engineers must check the data to know, really know, how a specific ...

Norfolk-based capacitor maker Syfer has pushed up the operation voltage of ceramic chip capacitors, by over 1kV in many case sizes, regardless of local humidity. “Typical devices include a 2kV ...

Medium- and high-voltage capacitors find widespread use as snubbers or filters in applications, such as switching power supplies for audiovisual and business equipment (computers, modems and fax ...

MALVERN, PA — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has introduced a new series of high-voltage ceramic disc capacitors designed to improve efficiency and reliability in demanding industrial and ...

AVX Corporation has further expanded its high-voltage surface mount capacitor offering to include smaller case sizes, higher voltage ranges and higher capacitance values AVX Corporation has further ...

With laptops continuing to slim down in form factor and tablets grabbing larger market shares as time goes on available PCB space is vanishing quickly. To fit into smaller PCB areas, power electronics ...

Murata’s DE6 series (Type KJ) ceramic capacitors are designed for automotive applications and certified to the necessary safety standards. These capacitors have a 300Vac voltage rating and the ...

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.

I suppose a better question is, when is it not OK to use a higher voltage than original? I know with non-polarized capacitors for use in speaker crossovers, they say higher voltage caps simply allow ...