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SMD ceramic capacitors are shaped in the form of a rectangular block or cuboid. The capacitor itself consists of the ceramic dielectric in which a number of interleaved precious metal electrodes are contained. This structure gives rise to a high capacitance per unit volume. The inner electrodes are connected to the two terminations, either by silver palladium (AgPd) alloy in the ratio 65 : 35, or silver dipped with a barrier layer of plated nickel and finally covered with a layer of plated tin (NiSn).

Suntan supply many kinds of Ceramic Capacitors such as High Voltage Ceramic Capacitors, Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors, Ceramic Disc Capacitors, Mini Type Ceramic Capacitors etc.

For example of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor - SMD --TS18 Specifications:

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The service life of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor for mid- to high-voltage filters is affected by the applied voltage. If the applied voltage is between 60% and 100% of the rated voltage, the estimated service can be extended by lowering the applied voltage below the rated voltage. However, if the applied voltage is less than 60% of the rated voltage or the capacitor is used in low-pressure (100 WV or less) applications, the impact of the applied voltage on the service life is negligible.

Therefore, service life is estimated assuming no impact from voltage. Continuous application of a voltage over the rated voltage rapidly increases leakage current in a capacitor. This may increase internal pressure due to generation of gases, resulting in activation of the safety vent in a short time and/or formation of an internal short circuit. For this reason, the applied voltage must be maintained below the rated voltage during use.

Besides, it should be noted that the circuit design is such that the applied voltage will remain 80% or less of the rated voltage during use.

Where more than one capacitor connected in series is used, the applied voltages across the individual capacitors may become out of balance, resulting in the application of excessive voltage to them. To avoid this, either choose a rated voltage allowing for voltage imbalances, or connect a voltage divider(resistors) to the capacitors. Please be careful about charge/discharge.

Any three-terminal potentiometer can be used as a two-terminal variable resistor by not connecting to the third terminal. It is common practice to connect the wiper terminal to the unused end of the resistance track to reduce the amount of resistance variation caused by dirt on the track.

1.Small-size, large capacity, excellent voltage holding.
2.Unlike battery, unlimited charge/discharge cycle.
3.Wider temperature range.
4.Ideal for backing up of CMO's.microcomputers, RAM's and also used in VCR's tuners, TV sets, telephone sets and other.
5.Serial structure, two cell with same characteristics.
6.Low ESR, high energy density.
7.The capacity range is from 0.1F-3000F, and the operating voltage of capacitors range from 2.5V-5.5V.

Electric Double Layer Capacitor is supplied by Suntan Technology Company Limited, in website www.suntan.com.hk there is a full products list of Gold Capacitors and other electrical products.

There are many types of mica, but only six or so are common rock-forming minerals. Mica capacitors are normally made from muscovite mica, or potassium aluminum silicate, KAl2Si3O10(OH)2. It is thermally stable up to 500°C, and has a high dielectric strength. Phlogopite mica, or potassium magnesium silicate, KMg3Si3AlO10(OH)2, is softer than muscovite mica and has less desirable electrical characteristics, but it may be used up to 900°C. Mica deposits are found in Madagascar, Central Africa, South America, and India. India is probably the biggest supplier of mica.
 
Natural mica contains many other materials including, iron, sodium, ferric oxide, and lithium. Because of the variability in composition of natural mica, mica destined for use in capacitors must be carefully inspected and classified, which adds to the manufacturing cost. All varieties of mica are chemically very stable and inert. Mica does not react with oil, water, most acids, (the exceptions are hydro-fluoric and sulfuric acid) alkalis, and solvents.
 
Mica Capacitors in Suntan suppliers is means High Reliability and Stability, Compact and High Moisture – Resistance.

In www.suntan.com.hk there has a Mica Capacitors Specifications, and there has detailed PDF for Mica Capacitors. The following picture is Suntan Mica Capacitor’s shape for your kindly reference. If you are interested in these products, welcome to Suntan’s website www.suntan.com.hk for a view.

Tantalum SMD capacitors are widely used to provide levels of capacitance that are higher than those that can be achieved when using ceramic capacitors. The capacitor technology that is used within SMD tantalum capacitors is based on the solid tantalum capacitor technology. This is robust and enables very small capacitors to be made.

For many years tantalum capacitors were used in SMD applications because electrolytic capacitors were not able to survive the high temperatures of the soldering process. Now that electrolytic capacitor technology has been developed to withstand the soldering process, these capacitors are now also widely used. Despite this, the other advantages of tantalum capacitors are employed in many circuits, and they are still used in vast quantities.

Suntan’s Chip Tantalum Capacitor - SMD is solid electrolyte, high Volumetric efficiency, stable electric performances.

The following is Features:

• Molded case available in six case codes
• Compatible with all popular 'High Volume' automatic pick and equipment   
• Optical character recognition qualified

A varistor is an electronic component with a significant non-ohmic current-voltage characteristic. The name is a portmanteau of variable resistor

SMD resistors are manufactured by a number of different companies. Accordingly the specifications vary from one manufacturer to the next. It is therefore necessary to look at the manufacturers rating for a specific SMD resistor before deciding upon exactly what is required. However it is possible to make some generalisations about the ratings that might be anticipated.

Power rating: The power rating needs careful consideration in any design. For designs using SMD’s the levels of power that can be dissipated are smaller than those for circuits using wire ended components. As a guide typical power ratings for some of the more popular SMD resistor sizes are given below. These can only be taken as a guide because they may vary.

• 1206: 1/8 watt
• 0805: 1/10 watt
• 0603: 1/16 watt

Some manufacturers will quote higher power levels than these. The figures given are conservative.

Tolerance: In view of the fact that SMD resistors are manufactured using metal oxide film they available in relative close tolerance values. Normally 5%, 2%, and 1% are widely available. For specialist applications 0.5% and 0.1% values may be obtained.

Temperature coefficient: Again the use of metal oxide film enables these SMD resistors to provide a good temperature coefficient. Values of 25, 50 and 100 ppm / C are available.

Suntan has supply SMD Varistor which called TSVC, TSVC is widely used in Notebook, PDA, Cellular Phone, MP3,Main board, LCM, HUB, Microphone, Wireless LAN, VOIP, Auto electronic and so on. At Suntan website: www.suntan.com.hk ,they have introduced the details about SMD Varistor TSVC by PDF: http://www.suntan.com.hk/pdf/Varistor/TSVC.pdf

The ceramic SMD capacitors form the majority of SMD capacitors that are used and manufactured. They are normally contained in the same type of packages used for resistors.

• 1812 - 4.6 mm ~ 3.0 mm (0.18" ~ 0.12")
• 1206 - 3.0 mm ~ 1.5 mm (0.12" ~ 0.06")
• 0805 - 2.0 mm ~ 1.3 mm (0.08"~ 0.05")
• 0603 - 1.5 mm ~ 0.8 mm (0.06"~ 0.03")
• 0402 - 1.0 mm ~ 0.5 mm (0.04"~ 0.02")
• 0201 - 0.6 mm ~ 0.3 mm (0.02"~ 0.01")

Suntan Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor - SMD - TS18 has four types of packages used for resistors. In Suntan’s website www.suntan.com.hk there is a Dimensions of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor - SMD - TS18 as followings:

MLCC capacitors are marvels of modern material science. Manufacturing MLCC capacitors is considerably more complicated than manufacturing dipped ceramic capacitors. First, the base ceramic material is mixed with a binder and fashioned into thin sheets. Electrodes are painted onto one side of the sheets using a paint that consists of a liquid binder with fine metal particles in suspension. The metals that are used include gold, palladium, platinum, and silver alloys. The reason for using these metals is that when the base ceramic is fired, oxygen is required for the ceramic proper to form.

Once the ink is dry, the sheets are stacked on top of each other. The painted electrodes are arranged so that alternate electrodes exit from opposite ends. The top- and bottom-most layers do not have painted electrodes. The laminated layers are then compressed and fired, which sinters them into one monolithic structure.

Next, the ends are terminated, often using silver. For leaded capacitors, wires are attached, and finally the capacitor is encapsulated in plastic and marked. In the case of chip capacitors, the silver end terminations are covered with tin to aid soldering. The whole capacitor may be covered with lacquer.