by Alexander Teverovsky; Jacobs Technology Inc. NASA GSFC, USA BEST PAPER AWARD BY PCNS ATTENDEES presented by A.Teverovsky at the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 5.1. Introduction One of the major benefits of chip polymer tantalum capacitors (CPTCs) compared to conventional MnO2 capacitors is reduction of the equivalent series resistance (ESR).  Reduction of ESR improves the efficiency of parts for...

by Roland Chavasse, T.I.C. Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center presented by Roland Chavasse at the 2nd PCNS Symposium 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 4.5. TOP 5 Best Rated Paper rated by PCNS attendees ! This essay will explain how, over the last decade, supply chain risks in the tantalum industry have decreased considerably and, as a result, consumers of tantalum can have greater...

by Jean Pascal Michelet and Jean Edmond Le Calvé VALEO Créteil, France submitted to the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 4.4. Introduction Some PCBAs were submitted to a whisker test +85°C 85% RH for 200h duration and additional 2h from +85°C/85% RH-T° +25°C/50% RH 5 Cycles. The functional test pass and boards were sent to an external lab for visual...

by Tomas Blecha, Radek Soukup, Jan Reboun (1) and Miroslav Tichy (2) 1] Department of Technologies and Measurement, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic 2] VUB, Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic, tichy@vubas.cz presented by T.Blecha at the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 4.3. Abstract Wearable electronics and smart textiles are a rapidly developing area currently....

by Wai Keung Mo, Kasper M.Paasch and Thomas Ebel Centre for Industrial Electronics, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark presented by W.K.Mo at the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 4.2. INTRODUCTION Low Voltage DC Distribution (LVDC) distribution is an innovative method to the public electricity distribution. Because the customers in the LVDC system are supplied with customer-end inverters...