Construction and Characteristics www.vishay.com Vishay OS-CON Solid Aluminum Capacitors with Organic Semiconductor Electrolyte VISHAY OS-CON SEMICONDUCTOR Inorganic Semiconductor (Element: Si, Ge, Ga, etc.) Transistor, Diode IC LED Organic Semiconductor (Element: C, H, N, etc.) Superconductive Semiconductor Material (Vishay OS-CON) VISHAY OS-CON ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR TCNQ Complex Salt Conventional Organic Semiconductor Organic Semiconductor Simple Crystal Cooling Heating Melting Insulating NC CN Solidifying C Resolving n • C4H9 N+ Developed Organic Semiconductor C NC CN NC CN C Organic Semiconductor Simple Crystal Cooling Heating Melting Solidifying C NC CN Crystallization High Conductor N-n-butyl Isoquinolinium (TCNQ)2 FEATURES OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR AS ELECTROLYTE • High conductivity (low resistance value) compared to other electrolytes. • High conductivity provides stability against temperature. TYPE OF CAPACITOR TYPE OF ELECTROLYTE CONDUCTIVITY (mS/cm) (1) Non-solid Electrolyte Capacitor Electrolyte Solution 3 Solid Electrolyte Capacitor Manganese Dioxide 30 Vishay OS-CON Capacitor Organic Semiconductor 300 Note (1) Conductivity comparisons are abbreviated values. Revision: 05-Feb-14 Document Number: 90015 1 For technical questions, contact: [email protected] THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc?91000