Silicon MIS and MOS Capacitors Silicon-based dielectrics are used within semiconductor manufacturing processes of high density electronic devices by semiconductor manufacturing processes. Silicon based dielectrics for capacitor technologies are usually based on silicon dioxide (MIS) or silicon nitride (MOS) insulating layers. Figure below describes a conventional MOS technology to make silicon capacitors. SEM image at a 70° tilt after RIE etch. Top shows remaining...

C 2.11 CERAMIC CAPACITORS CLASS 2 Ceramic Class 2 capacitors can be divided in two main groups, one with a moderate temperature dependence for the class - ΔC ≤ ±15% within the temperature range – and the other with such changes that only a fraction of the capacitance remains at the temperature limits. The first group is in our tables and diagrams represented by...

C 2.10   Ceramic Capacitors Class I Capacitors with Class 1 ceramic are manufactured with temperature coefficients between +100 and –1500 ppm/°C. In tables and diagrams we will confine ourselves to the type that is called NP0 or COG (0 ± 30 ppm/°C) and which is predominant over all remaining Class 1 variants. To the Class 1 ceramics we also count porcelain that above all...

C 2.9 INTRODUCTION to CERAMIC CAPACITORS Within the electrostatic capacitor family we can distinguish two groups: the organic film capacitors described on the foregoing pages and capacitors with inorganic dielectrics. Of these dielectrics we will start with the dominating ceramic materials. C 2.9.1  Construction The capacitors consist, as the name tells us, of some kind of ceramic. The manufacturing process starts with a finely...

source: KEMET Electronics Corporation; ESA SPCD 2018 Symposium EPCI e-symposium library article There is a trend to use the commercial (automotive) grade parts is space applications to reduce the cost of the end electronic device. In Tantalum (Ta) capacitors 50% or higher de-rating (reduced application voltage Vavs. rated voltage Vr) is the way the reliability issues with the commercial parts is addressed. In reality,...