For over 30 years KEMET has been teaching engineers about capacitors in the KEMET Institute of Technology (KIT). With over 100 locations planned this year, there is a seminar that will be held near you. See some of the topics covered in this deeply technical seminar.

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Preview of Capacitor Technical Seminar
Learn how to use passive components
In your application

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Learn how
Capacitors
are made

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MLCC Construction

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Electrolyte
Anode
Plate
Aluminum Electrolytic
C1 C2
C2 must remain » C1
Cathode
Plate
d
AK
C 0
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Understand
How Their
Characteristics
Change

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Ceramic Characteristics
Voltage, Temperature, and Aging
Capacitance Change vs. DC Bias
-30%
-25%
-20%
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
0 10 20 30 40 50
Applied DC Bias (VDC)
CapacitanceChange
-14
-12
-10
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000
Time Post Heat
PercentageNominal

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Know how
to avoid the
common
failure
modes

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KO-CAP:
Improved Technology
MnO2 Polymer
Current through fault
generates enough heat
and O2 for ignition.
Conductive polymer
does not have enough
heat for ignition.
Tantalum Crack
Nickel
Ta Polymer
Polymer
oxidized
Ta2O5
Crack
Nickel
Ta MnO2
Mn2O3
Ta2O5
Ta
Ta2O5

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Where is KIT?
100 Locations
Around The
World

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There is a KIT near you
Simpsonville
100 Locations 15 Countries 1000+ Engineers

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