Information for Elecsound tantalum capacitors Type: dipped tantalum capacitor and SMD tantalum capacitors
Elecsound Tantalum capacitors are widely used in electronics
design these days. Tantalum capacitors offer a form of capacitor
that provides a very high capacity density. As a result this form
of capacitor has found widespread use in many areas of electronics.
In view of its size and the attainable levels of capacitance, these
capacitors are widely used in many mass produced items of
electronics equipment. The tantalum capacitor is similar to the
electrolytic capacitor, but using tantalum within the construction
of the capacitor it is able to offer extremely high levels of
capacitance for any given volume. As such tantalum capacitors are
widely used in electronics equipment where there is a need for
small size and a high level of capacitance. In view of its
advantages, the tantalum capacitor is used in large volumes within
the electronics manufacturing industry.
Dipped type tantalum capacitors The most common form of leaded tantalum capacitors in use today are
the "solid" tantalum capacitors. They offer particularly small
package sizes and as a result they have been widely used in many
areas of electronics. Leaded tantalum capacitors (solid tantalum variety) are generally
small and encapsulated in epoxy to prevent damage. The capacitor
marking may be written directly onto the encapsulation as figures,
although many used a colour coding system.
SMD tantalum capacitors capacitors Tantalum SMD capacitors are widely used to provide levels of
capacitance that are higher than those that can be achieved when
using ceramic capacitors. The capacitor technology that is used
within SMD tantalum capacitors is based on the solid tantalum
capacitor technology. This is robust and enables very small
capacitors to be made.
For many years tantalum capacitors were used in SMD applications
because electrolytic capacitors were not able to survive the high
temperatures of the soldering process. Now that electrolytic
capacitor technology has been developed to withstand the soldering
process, these capacitors are now also widely used. Despite this,
the other advantages of tantalum capacitors are employed in many
circuits, and they are still used in vast quantities.
As a result of the different construction and requirements for
tantalum SMT capacitors, there are some different packages that are
used for them. These conform to EIA specifications. (mm) SMD tantalum size Size A 3.21.61.6 3216 Size B 3.52.81.9 3528 Size C 6.03.22.2 6032 Size D 7.34.32.4 7343