Low Inductance Chip Capacitors InterDigitated Capacitor (IDC) GENERAL DESCRIPTION + - + + - - AVX’s interdigitated capacitor is a very low inductance, surface mount capacitor. A measured inductance of 175pH makes this the lowest, FR4 mountable device in the industry. With the high speed microprocessors approaching 500MHz, and beyond, the need for low inductance, decoupling caps becomes critical. Also, by connecting the device with eight (8) vias to the power and ground planes, the inductance of the entire system can be lowered. This allows engineers to speed up board interconnect for the current, and next generation, of microprocessors. - + HOW TO ORDER W 3 Style L 1 Case Low Number Size Inductance of Caps Y C 105 M Voltage 6=6.3V Z=10V Y=16V Dielectric C=X7R Capacitance Code Tolerance M=±20% A T 3 A Terminations Packaging Special T= Plated Ni Code A=Standard and Solder (Reel Size) F=1,000 Per 1=7" Reel Reel Only Embossed Tape 3=13" Reel Embossed Tape Impedance Characteristics of 1µF - X7R IDC Feedthru 0612 1206 Measured Inductance (pH) 175 375 550 1200 30 10 Impedance Package Style IDC 3 Feedthru 1 1206 0612 0.3 0.1 Capacitance (µF) .047 0.1 0.22 0.47 0.68 1.0 2.2 X7R 16V 10V 6.3V 0.03 0.01 0.1 1 10 Frequency (MHz) 100 1000 PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS Capacitance Tolerance X7R ±20% Dissipation Factor For 16 volts: 3.5% max. For 10 volts: 5% max. For 6.3 volts: 6.5% max. Insulation Resistance (+25°C,VDC) 100,000MΩ min. or 1,000MΩ-µF min., whichever is less ESR and Impedance, Ohms Typical Impedance and ESR - 2.2µF - ESR 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 .1 1 10 100 1000 Frequency, MHz 5 Low Inductance Chip Capacitors InterDigitated Capacitor (IDC) PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS AND PAD LAYOUT L X X P S S T E D BW C/L OF CHIP C L A B C BL W PART DIMENSIONS L W T PAD LAYOUT DIMENSIONS millimeters (inches) BW 3.20±0.2 1.60±0.2 1.22 MAX 0.41±0.1 (.126±.008) (.063±.008) (.048 MAX) (.016±.004) BL P X S 0.18 +0.25 0.76 REF 1.14±0.1 0.38±0.1 -0.08 (.007 +.010 ) (.030 REF) (.045±.004) (.015±.004) -.003 A B C D 0.89 1.65 2.54 0.46 (.035) (.065) (.100) (.018) E 0.79 (.030) ASSEMBLY NOTES AVX recommends a minimum spacing of 0.020" between parts when placing them end to end on assembly boards. The purpose of this spacing is to facilitate post assembly board cleaning and inaccuracies in pick and placement, due to machine placement tolerances. 6