source: Serma Technologies, EPCI e-Symposium Abstract: SERMA TECHNOLOGIES is presenting failure statistics of all return parts analyzed during the last 5 years. For each family of passives components ( ceramic, tantalum, film capacitors and resistors) , percentage of defect will be given. The origin of defect (suppliers, board assembly process, or environment ) will also be discussed. Specific technics was also developed to address...

source: AVX Corporation, EPCI e-Symposium Abstract: In common with commercial applications, demand for established reliability solutions with higher bulk capacitance and lower ESR continues, along with the need for increasing the volumetric efficiency and reducing real estate / payload. Interestingly, voltage trends remain fairly stable within avionics and aerospace as common bus voltages from 5v to 28v remain unchanged; however, there remain a number...

source: SCHURTER AG, EPCI e-Symposium Abstract: The aim of this article is to outline the differences between the high reliable ESA ESCC qualified and the Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) fuse variants from SCHURTER AG for space and related applications. In this century, companies from the private sector have been pursuing business for space applications and setting challenging goals when it comes to accessing the outer frontier....

source: CMST IMEC and Ghent University, AT&S AG, QinetiQ Space, ESA/ESTEC European Space Agency, EPCI e-Symposium Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of embedding passive components in printed circuit boards for space applications. To achieve this goal, an overview of available technologies for component embedding was provided along with their strongpoints and challenges with respect to space projects. The direct...

source: KEMET Electronics Portugal, S.A., ESA/ ESTEC European Space Agency, EPCI e-Symposium Abstract: Solid electrolytic tantalum capacitors utilizing intrinsically conductive polymers as the solid cathode electrolyte have been commercially available since the mid 1990’s. Components utilizing this cathode system offer numerous advantages over traditional manganese dioxide based solid electrolytic capacitors, including lower ESR, improved surge current resistance, benign failure mode and lower voltage derating requirements....