Ceramic Capacitors: Recent in-Orbit Failure and Proposed Way Forward
Full paper download This paper shows some of the most recent examples of ceramic capacitor failures that ESA has detected, investigation on the potential cause and prevention. The paper was presented by Adrià Escoda Marches and Joaquín Jiménez Carreira, European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands at the 4th PCNS 10-14th September 2023, Sønderborg, Denmark as paper No. 3.4. Abstract Electrical, Electronic and Electro-mechanical (EEE) components...