KEMET to reveal advanced ceramic capacitor technology at APEC 2016

March 17, 2016

KEMET announced it will preview new multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) featuring its advanced U2J Class-1 dielectric technology at the 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). The event will take place in Long Beach, CA, from March 20-24.

Also displayed at the event will be KEMET’s F862 enhanced polypropylene film capacitors, which deliver superior performance in high-humidity or series-coupling applications. When used as X2 capacitors in equipment deployed in harsh environments, such as smart meters, F862 devices can achieve life ratings over 15 years compared to standard capacitors that may last only two or three years.

In addition, KEMET is demonstrating its new electronic components smartphone/tablet app, which provides access to over 350 capacitor and electronic component datasheets directly on the user’s device. The app also features CapacitorEdge, a parts finder capable of searching KEMET’s database of nearly 6 million part numbers, as well as the Engineering Center online educational resource for designing with passive components, and the K-SIM simulator for analyzing capacitor performance over a variety of conditions. Boosting the value of the booth demonstration, KEMET technical marketing engineer Wilmer Companioni will describe the tool while presenting the exhibitor seminar “Methods and Techniques for Simulating Capacitor Behavior” on Tuesday March 22, 3:45-4:15 pm.

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Rick Nelson | Contributing Editor

Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.