​Application brief

Surface Mount Multilayer Ceramic
Capacitors for High Power Applications
PRODUCTS
HiQ-CBR Series (RF & Microwave)
Why Choose KEMET
Applications
KEMET Electronics Corporation is a leading
global supplier of electronic components. We
offer our customers the broadest selection of
capacitor technologies in the industry, along
with an expanding range of electromechanical
devices, electromagnetic compatibility solutions
and supercapacitors. Our vision is to be the
preferred supplier of electronic component
solutions for customers demanding the highest
standards of quality, delivery and service.
Field applications:
Typical applications:
• Wireless and cellular base stations
• Critical timing
• Wireless LAN
• Tuning
• Subscriber-based wireless services
• Bypass
• Wireless broadcast equipment
• Coupling
• Satellite communications
• Feedback
• RF power amplifier (PA) modules
• Filtering
• Filters
• Impedance matching
• Voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs)
• DC blocking
• PAs
Features & Benefits
• Ultra high Q
• Base metal electrode (BME) dielectric system
• Pb-free and RoHS compliant
• No piezoelectric noise
• Low ESR
• High thermal stability
• No capacitance change with respect to
applied rated DC voltage
• Negligible capacitance change with respect
to temperature
• No capacitance decay with time
• Non-polar device, minimizing installation
concerns
• 100% pure matte tin-plated termination finish
allowing for excellent solderability
• Matching networks
• RF modules
• Medical electronics
HiQ-CBR
KEMET Electrical/Physical Characteristics
Product Checklist
• Do you have a radio frequency or microwave
application?
• Is low loss performance (high Q) required?
• Is stability of capacitance required?
• Do you require high self-resonance frequency
characteristics?
• Do you require a capacitor that is well suited
for resonant circuit applications?
Ultra HiQ-CBR Squared
Ultra HiQ-CBR Squared Series
Case Size
Typical ESR Ω
(10 pF at
1 GHz)
Dielectric
Operating
Frequency
Range
Operating
Temperature
Range
Temp Coefficient
(TCC)
Capacitance
Range
Max Voltage
(VDC)
0505
< 0.068
C0G
1 MHz – 50 GHz
–55ºC to + 125ºC
0 ± 30 ppm/ºC
0.4 – 100 pF
250
Case Size
Typical ESR Ω
(10 pF at
1 GHz)
Dielectric
Operating
Frequency
Range
Operating
Temperature
Range
Temp Coefficient
(TCC)
Capacitance
Range
Max Voltage
(VDC)
0201
–
C0G
1 MHz – 50 GHz
–55ºC to + 125ºC
0402
< 0.095
0603
< 0.100
0805
< 0.085
HiQ-CBR Series (EIA Case Sizes)
0 ± 30 ppm/ºC
(0 ± 60 ppm/ºC
for 0201 case
size product
≥ 22 pF)
0.1 – 33 pF
50
0.1 – 100 pF
200
0.3 – 100 pF
250
0.3 – 100 pF
500
For more information, samples
and engineering kits,
please visit us at www.kemet.com
or call 1.877.myKEMET.
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