SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction August 2009 www.niccomp.com | Technical Support: [email protected] Date: August 2009 Performance Characteristics Comparison SMT V-Chip Format Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Liquid Electrolyte Construction VS. Hybrid Construction NACY series - Liquid Electrolyte Capacitor (Low ESR) NSPE-H series - Hybrid Construction Capacitor ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) over Frequency Comparison (100Hz ~ 10MHz) • 33uF @ 63VDC / 10x10mm case size …Page 2 • 47uF @ 35VDC / 6.3mm case size … Page 3 • 47uF @ 63VDC compared to 22uF @ 63VDC … Page 4 • 100uF @ 35VDC / 8x10mm case size … Page 5 ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) over Temperature Characteristics (-55C ~ +105C) • 100uF @ 35VDC / 8x10mm case size … Page 6 FINDINGS: NSPE-H series hybrid construction capacitors feature greatly improved ESR performance (up to 10X advantage) over liquid electrolyte construction Technical support on this data: [email protected] ISO 9001:2000 REGISTERED www.NICcomp.com Page 1 of 6 SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction 1.00 August 2009 ESR over Frequency Comparison 33uF @ 63VDC / 10mm Diameter NSPE-H330M63V10x10.8F NACY101M63V10x10.5F Liquid Electrolyte NACY ESR(Ω) @ 100KHz: 0.14Ω @ 1MHz: 0.12Ω 0.10 Hybrid Construction NSPE-H Advantage Hybrid Construction @ 100KHz: 0.019Ω @ 1MHz: 0.015Ω 0.01 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Frequency (Hz) www.NICcomp.com Page 2 of 6 SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction August 2009 ESR over Frequency Comparison 47uF @ 35VDC / 6.3mm Diameter 10.00 NSPE-H470M35V6.3x8F NACY470M35V6.3x6.3F ESR(Ω) 1.00 Liquid Electrolyte NACY @ 100KHz: 0.31Ω @ 1MHz: 0.26Ω Advantage Hybrid Construction 0.10 Hybrid Construction NSPE-H @ 100KHz: 0.025Ω @ 1MHz: 0.021Ω 0.01 100 1,000 10,000 Frequency (Hz) www.NICcomp.com 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Page 3 of 6 SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction August 2009 ESR over Frequency Comparison 22uF @ 63V & 47uF @ 63V 8mm Diameter 1.00 NSPE-H220M63V8X10 NACY470M63V8X10 ESR(Ω) Liquid Electrolyte NACY @ 100KHz: 0.19Ω @ 1MHz: 0.17Ω 0.10 Hybrid Construction NSPE-H Advantage Hybrid Construction @ 100KHz: 0.026Ω @ 1MHz: 0.018Ω 0.01 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 FREQUENCY (Hz) www.NICcomp.com Page 4 of 6 SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction August 2009 ESR over Frequency Comparison 100uF @ 35V & 100uF @ 35V 8mm Diameter 1.00 NSPE-H101M35V8x10.8F ESR(Ω) NACY101M35V8x10.5F @ 100KHz: 0.097Ω @ 1MHz: 0.085Ω Liquid Electrolyte NACY 0.10 Hybrid Construction NSPE-H Advantage Hybrid C i @ 100KHz: 0.020Ω @ 1MHz: 0.014Ω 0.01 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Frequency (Hz) www.NICcomp.com Page 5 of 6 SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Typical Characteristics Comparison LiquidConstruction VS. Hybrid Construction August 2009 Typical 100KHz ESR over Temperature Comparison 100uF @ 35VDC / 8mm Diameter 10000 100KHz ESR: 1.30Ω @ -55°C NSPE-H101M35V8x10.8F 1000 ESR(mΩ) NACY101M35V8x10.5F Liquid Electrolyte NACY 100 Advantage Hybrid Construction Hybrid Construction NSPE-H 100KHz ESR: 0.023Ω @ -55°C 10 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Temperature(℃) www.NICcomp.com Page 6 of 6