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Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
Radial, High Temperature, Low Impedance
FEATURES
• Very long useful life:
2500 h to 6000 h at 125 °C
• High stability, high reliability
• Very low ESR
• AEC-Q200 qualified
• Excellent ripple current capability
• Polarized aluminum electrolytic capacitors,
non-solid electrolyte
• Radial leads, cylindrical aluminum case with pressure
relief, insulated with a blue PET sleeve
140 RTM • Charge and discharge proof
• Material categorization: for definitions of compliance
lower Z please see www.vishay.com/doc?99912
longer life
APPLICATIONS
• Power supplies (SMPS, DC/DC converters) for industrial,
125 °C 146 RTI
automotive, telecommunications and military
150 RMI
• Smoothing, filtering and buffering
MARKING
QUICK REFERENCE DATA The capacitors are marked (where possible) with the
DESCRIPTION VALUE following information:
Nominal case sizes (Ø D x L in mm) 10 x 12 to 18 x 35 • Rated capacitance (in μF)
Rated capacitance range, CR 68 μF to 6800 μF • Tolerance on rated capacitance, code letter in accordance
Tolerance on CR ± 20 % with IEC 60062 (M for ± 20 %)
Rated voltage range, UR 16 V to 63 V • Rated voltage (in V)
Category temperature range -55 °C to +125 °C • Date code, in accordance with IEC 60062
Endurance test at 125 °C 2000 h to 5000 h
• Code indicating factory of origin
Useful life at 125 °C 2500 h to 6000 h
• Logo of manufacturer
Useful life at 40 °C, 1.8 x IR applied 400 000 h
Shelf life at 0 V, 125 °C 1000 h • Upper category temperature (125 °C)
Based on sectional specification IEC 60384-4 / EN 130300 • Negative terminal identification
Climatic category IEC 60068 55 / 125 / 56 • Series number (146)
SELECTION CHART FOR CR, UR, AND RELEVANT NOMINAL CASE SIZES (Ø D x L in mm)
CR UR (V)
(μF) 16 25 35 50 63
68 - - - - 10 x 12
100 - - - 10 x 12 10 x 16
150 - - - - 10 x 20
220 - - 10 x 12 10 x 16 12.5 x 20
330 - 10 x 12 10 x 16 10 x 20 12.5 x 25
390 - - - - 16 x 20
470 10 x 12 10 x 16 10 x 20 12.5 x 20 18 x 20
560 - - - - 16 x 25
10 x 16 10 x 20 12.5 x 20 12.5 x 25 18 x 25
680
- - - - 16 x 31
820 - - - 16 x 20 16 x 35
10 x 20 12.5 x 20 12.5 x 25 18 x 20 18 x 31
1000
- - - 16 x 25 -
SELECTION CHART FOR CR, UR, AND RELEVANT NOMINAL CASE SIZES (Ø D x L in mm)
CR UR (V)
(μF) 16 25 35 50 63
- - 16 x 20 18 x 25 18 x 35
1200
- - - 16 x 31 -
1500 12.5 x 20 12.5 x 25 18 x 20 16 x 35 -
1800 - 16 x 20 16 x 25 18 x 31 -
12.5 x 25 - 18 x 25 18 x 35 -
2200
- - 16 x 31 - -
16 x 20 18 x 20 16 x 35 - -
2700
- 16 x 25 18 x 31 - -
3300 18 x 20 16 x 31 18 x 35 - -
3900 16 x 25 18 x 25 - - -
18 x 25 16 x 35 - - -
4700
16 x 31 18 x 31 - - -
5600 16 x 35 18 x 35 - - -
6800 18 x 31 - - - -
+
L +1
L 4 0
Fig. 2 - Form CA: Long leads Fig. 3 - Form CB: Cut leads
Table 1
Table 2
1.0 0.6
0.4
0.9
0.2
0.8 0.0
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 10 100 1000 10 000 100 000
T (°C) f (Hz)
Fig. 5 - Typical multiplier of capacitance at 100 Hz Fig. 6 - Typical multiplier of capacitance as a function
as a function of temperature (C0 = C at 20 °C) of frequency at 20 °C (C0 = C at 100 Hz)
10
3
2
1
0.1 0
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 10 100 1000 10 000 100 000
T (°C) f (Hz)
Fig. 7 - Typical multiplier of ESR at 100 Hz as a function Fig. 8 - Typical multiplier of ESR at 20 °C as a function
of temperature (ESR0 = ESR at 20 °C) of frequency (ESR0 = ESR at 100 Hz)
IMPEDANCE (Z)
100 100
Curve 1: 220 µF, 35V, 10 x 12
Curve 2: 330 µF, 35 V, 10 x 16
Z Z (Ω) Curve 3: 470 µF, 35 V, 10 x 20
Curve 4: 680 µF, 35 V, 12.5 x 20
Z0 Curve 5: 1000 µF, 35 V, 12.5 x 25
10 Curve 6: 1800 µF, 35 V, 16 x 25
1 Curve 7: 3300 µF, 35 V, 18 x 35
10
2
3
4
5
1
6
7
1
0.1
0.1 0.01
-60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 10 100 1000 10 000 100 000
T (°C) f (Hz)
Fig. 9 - Typical multiplier of impedance at 100 kHz as a function Fig. 10 - Typical impedance Z at 20 °C as a function of frequency
of temperature (Z0 = Z at 20 °C)
0.1
0.01
10 100 1000 10 000 100 000
f (Hz)
Fig. 11 - Typical impedance Z at 20 °C as a function of frequency
10 x 12 14 2000 2500
10 x 16 15 2000 2500
10 x 20 16 2000 3000
16 x 25 19 3000 5000
16 x 31 20 4000 6000
16 x 35 21 5000 6000
18 x 35 22 5000 6000
Note
• Multiplier of useful life code: MBC242
MBC242
IA 4.3
IR 4.2
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.1
3.0
Lifetime multiplier
2.8
1.
0
2.6
1.
5
2.
0
2.4
3.
0
4.
0
2.2
6.
0
8.
2.0
0
12
1.8
20
1.6
30
1.4
10
1.2
0
(1)
Useful life at 125 °C and IR applied; see Table 4 (1)
20
1.0
0
0.8
40
0.5
0
0.0
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Tamb (°C)
Fig. 12 - Multiplier of useful life as a function of ambient temperature and ripple current load
Table 4
C/C: ± 15 %
IEC 60384-4 /
Tamb = 125 °C; UR applied; tan 1.3 x spec. limit
Endurance EN130300
for test duration see Table 3 Z 2 x spec. limit
subclause 4.13
IL2 spec. limit
C/C: ± 30 %
tan 3 x spec. limit
CECC 30301 Tamb = 125 °C; UR and IR applied; Z 3 x spec. limit
Useful life
subclause 1.8.1 for test duration see Table 3 IL2 spec. limit
no short or open circuit
total failure percentage: 1 %
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