Polymer capacitors replaced electrolytic aluminum and manganese tantalum capacitors in many applications. While this trend was driven mainly by low equivalent series resistance (ESR) requirements in the past, high reliability performance is additionally requested for polymer capacitors nowadays. The development of new conductive polymers has opened the field of high reliability applications for polymer capacitors such as automotive, space and telecommunication. Even in consumer...

Carbon is one of the basic elements that has been used in electronics for a long time. Carbon occurs in various forms (allotropes) such as graphite, diamond, carbon nanotubes or graphene. In particular, carbon nanotubes and graphene are increasingly used in the field of electronic components and sensors. Carbon nanotubes can be modified by organic or inorganic substances and based on this to change...

Increase of capacitors’ energy density is of prime interest in number of today’s applications. High energy density, high voltage capacitors are especially needed in fast-growing segments such as automotive, renewable energy generation and transmission, medical etc. This paper evaluates high energy density low Curie ceramic dielectric materials. The paper was presented by Tomas Zednicek, EPCI, Czech Republic at the 3rd PCNS 7-10th September 2021,...

Custom designed inductive components are widely used in the design of power conditioning equipment to individualize the conversion of energies for specific purposes. These components can be approved for application by individual qualification campaign either as a one off based on various international standards, as a qualified entry to the Qualified Parts List (QPL) or as a component designed, manufactured, and tested by a...

Attendees of the 3rd PCNS Passive Components Networking Symposium that took place on 7-10th September 2021 in Milano, Italy discussed the latest news and trends in passive components. The main theme of the conference was RELIABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY of PASSIVE COMPONENTS that also covered MATERIALS development and PROCESSES. 3rd PCNS was attended by 50 live attendees and 25 virtual attendees from 16 countries including...