AVX Corporation expanded the capacitance range for its High Voltage Multilayer Ceramic Chip Capacitor Series. Available in both X7R and NP0 options, the High Voltage MLC Chip Series now offers voltages spanning 600V to 5,000V and capacitance values spanning 1.5 picofarad to 0.82 microfarad in case sizes ranging from 0805 to 3640. Exhibiting high capacitance values, low ESR at high frequencies, and excellent performance across all voltages, the series is ideal for use in a wide variety of automotive, medical, commercial, and industrial electronics applications, particularly as snubbers, resonators, filters, and DC blocking caps in high voltage multipliers, high frequency power converters, and switch mode power supplies.

Rated for operating temperatures spanning -55degC to +125degC, the High Voltage MLC Chip Capacitor Series is available in nine voltages: 600V, 630V, 1,000V, 1,500V, 2,000V, 2,500V, 3,000V, 4,000V, and 5,000V and nine case sizes: 0805, 1,206, 1,210, 1,808, 1,812, 1,825, 2,220, 2,225, 3,640, although nonstandard chip sizes are available upon request. Termination options for the series include Pd/Ag and plated Ni/Sn, both of which are RoHS compliant, as well as SnPb. Additionally, leaded versions of the 1825, 2225, and 3640 capacitors are available in either thru-hole or SMT configurations.

AVX's High Voltage MLC Chip Capacitor Series is compatible with SpiCap 3.0 SPICE modeling software, which can be downloaded at company website, and is available with standard lead times. Samples, kits, and pricing are available upon request.