NIC Components Corp. Low ESR Capacitors

What is ESR? ESR is an abbreviation for Equivalent Series Resistance, the characteristic representing the sum of resistive (ohmic) losses within a capacitor. While ESR is undesirable, all capacitors exhibit it to some degree. Capacitor manufacturers look to ways to reduce the ESR of the capacitor…

Low ESR Capacitor Applications DSL equipment Computers Servers Networking Routers Telecom equipment, Semiconductor etching equip FM transmitters Power Supplies Broadband Ballast A/V remote control Slot machines, gaming tables Controller boards Ethernet Video Interfaces Servers Laser printers Optical Networking Storage Area Network Equipment Motherboards, routers, servers, mini PC Smoke detectors, alarms, sensors Lighting Ballast

Market Segments Computer Medical Automotive Telecommunications Industrial Control

Associated Sell Microprocessors Heat Sinks PC board mount fans Power Transistors

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors NIC Components Corp. Product Offering

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Aluminum Liquid Electrolyte: NACZ, NACZF, NACX V-Chip = larger size SMT Lowest Cost of SMT types Highest capacitance values (to 6800uF) Highest ESR of the low ESR family Wears out (electrolyte dissipation) under high temperature operation Crosses to: » Elna “RVH” series » Nichicon “UWF” & “UUJ” series » Panasonic “FC” series » Sanyo “CV-GV”

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Aluminum Hybrid Electrolyte: NSPE V-Chip 22uF ~ 820uF Moderate Cost 0.025 100KHz ESR BEST VALUE OF LOW ESR FAMILY Wears out (electrolyte dissipation) under high temperature operation

(all terms for the same thing) Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Aluminum Solid* Electrolyte: NSP Small Flat Chip (D- 7343 case) 2.2uF ~ 270uF 0.010ohm 100KHz ESR Specs BEST LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF LOW ESR FAMILY Solid Electrolyte does not exhibit WEAR-OUT LOWEST ESR & HIGHEST COST NSP Crosses to: Panasonic - “CD” series ( same specs & sizes) Kemet – “A700” series Solid* = “OS-CON = Organic Semi-Conductor ”, “Polymer Aluminum”, “Solid Aluminum” (all terms for the same thing)

(all terms for the same thing) Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Aluminum Solid* Electrolyte: NSPZ V-Chip 15uF ~ 680uF 0.020 ohm 100KHz ESR BEST LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF LOW ESR FAMILY Solid Electrolyte does not exhibit WEAR-OUT LOW ESR & HIGH COST NSPZ Crosses to: Sanyo “SV” & “SVP” & “SVQP” series “OS-CON” Nichicon “NA” series Vishay “94SV”, “OS-CON” United Chemi-Con - “PX” series Solid* = “OS-CON = Organic Semi-Conductor ”, “Polymer Aluminum”, “Solid Aluminum” (all terms for the same thing)

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Tantalum Polymer* Cathode: NTP Small Flat Chip (A ~ D sizes) 3.3uF ~ 470uF 0.025 ohm 100KHz ESR Lowest ESR Tantalum type Polymer Cathode suppressions combustion = improved safety HIGHEST COST of tantalum types NSP Crosses to: NEC - “PSL” & “PSN” series ( same specs & sizes) Kemet – “KO-Cap” - “T520” series Sanyo- “POS-Cap” – “TPA”, “TPB”, “TPC” series Nichicon- “F55” series * Also referred to “Polymer Tantalum”, “KO-CAP” or “POS-CAP” (all terms for the same thing)

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Tantalum Standard Cathode (MnO2): NTC-L Small Flat Chip (B ~ D sizes) 10uF ~ 330uF 0.10 ~ 0.70ohm 100KHz ESR Specs Solid Electrolyte does not exhibit WEAR-OUT Lower costly than NTP (polymer cathode) series NTC-L Crosses to: » AVX “TPS” series » Cornell Dubilier “SHJL” series » Kemet “T494” & “T495” series » NEC “SVZ” » Vishay – Sprague “593D”

Low ESR Electrolytic Capacitors Aluminum Liquid Electrolyte: NRSZ, NRSX, NRSY, NRSJ, NRSG & NRSX Radial can = largest sizes Lowest Cost (up to ½ the cost of SMT versions) Highest capacitance values (to 15,000uF) Lowest ESR (to 0.012 ohm) of leaded type products Wears-out (electrolyte dissipation) under high temperature operation

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