Latest SMD MLCCs Meet AEC-Q200 Standards

Press Release Summary:

  • Offer termination finish with a minimum lead (Pb) content of 4 %.
  • Provide higher capacitance to 1.0 µF, TCC of ± 15 % from -55 °C to +125 °C
  • Suitable for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and other space, military, and avionics applications

Original Press Release:

New Vishay Intertechnology SMD MLCCs Offer Lead (Pb) Bearing Termination Finishes

With A Minimum Lead (Pb) Content of 4 %, Devices Mitigate Tin Whisker Formation

MALVERN, Pa. — Jan. 27, 2021 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) with a lead (Pb)-bearing termination finish suitable for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and other space, military, and avionics applications requiring tin whisker mitigation. Operating temperatures can be as high as +150 °C.

The Vishay Vitramon VJ....32 Lead-Bearing Finish series offers a termination finish with a minimum lead (Pb) content of 4 %. Previously, the option for lead (Pb)-bearing termination finishes was reserved for more expensive Hi-Rel devices. The MLCCs released today provide designers with a cost-effective alternative for aerospace systems in which tin whiskers must be avoided but space-level reliability isn't required.

Manufactured in noble metal electrode (NME) technology with a wet build process, the VJ....32 Lead-Bearing Finish series is available with C0G (NP0) and X7R dielectrics in five body sizes from 0402 to 1210. Devices with a C0G (NP0) dielectric feature low capacitance down to 1.0 pF, a temperature coefficient of capacitance (TCC) of 0 ppm/°C ± 30 ppm/°C from -55 °C to +125 °C, and an aging rate of 0 % maximum per decade. X7R devices provide higher capacitance to 1.0 µF, TCC of ± 15 % from -55 °C to +125 °C, and an aging rate of 1 % maximum per decade.

The MLCCs are qualified according to AEC Q200 to provide designers with Automotive Grade reliability.

Device Specification Table:

Dielectric                      Case code                                 Maximum voltage (V)                            Capacitance
                                                                                                                                                 Minimum       Maximum
C0G (NP0)                      0402                                               100                                             1.0 pF              220 pF
                                        0603                                               200                                             1.0 pF              820 pF
                                        0805                                               500                                             1.0 pF              3.9 pF
                                        1206                                               630                                             1.0 pF              8.2 pF
                                        1210                                               630                                             100 pF              12 pF
X7R                                 0402                                               100                                             120 pF              33 pF
                                        0603                                               200                                             330 pF              150 pF
                                        0805                                               200                                             330 pF              470 pF
                                        1206                                               630                                             220 pF              1.0 pF
                                        1210                                               630                                             390 pF              1.0 pF

Samples and production quantities of the VJ....32 Lead-Bearing Finish MLCCs are available now, with lead times of 12 weeks.

Vishay manufactures one of the world's largest portfolios of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components that are essential to innovative designs in the automotive, industrial, computing, consumer, telecommunications, military, aerospace, and medical markets. Serving customers worldwide, Vishay is The DNA of tech.™ Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a Fortune 1,000 Company listed on the NYSE (VSH). More on Vishay at www.Vishay.com.

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Editorial Contact:
Bob Decker 
Redpines 
Telephone: 1 415 409 0233
Email: bob.decker@redpinesgroup.com

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