High Reliability Tantalum Capacitors - AVX

AVX Tantalum DivisionBiddeford Military/Aerospace ProductsINTRODUCTIONThe Biddeford facility within the AVX Tantalum Division is the leadingsupplier of high reliability tantalum chips to the medical, military andaerospace industry.As tantalum technology continues to develop, we are able to offerextended ratings providing more downsizing opportunities, highercapacitance ratings, new case sizes and Low ESR options for criticaloutput filtering applications. Combining this with in-line reliabilitygrading capability for all chip capacitor series, we are able to supplythese products to the most demanding applications.Based on the core qualifications maintained for CWR09, CWR19/29,CWR11 and CWR15 product families, new products are now availableutilizing the latest advances in tantalum technology, which enable PCBdownsizing and component count reduction, yet which incorporatemanufacture & test in accordance with MIL-PRF-55365.A special facility within the plant enables the production of applicationspecific modules and arrays, providing custom solutions forspecialized requirements.AVX facility in Lanskroun, Czech Republic is manufacturing locationwith production of high end SMD & Wet tantalum capacitors includingautomotive, industrial, medical, aerospace and specialty applications.Lanskroun is European Space Agency (ESA) approved facility formanufacturing of ESCC 3012 SMD tantalum capacitors includingdetail specification ESCC 3012/001 TAJ-ESA series and ESCC3012/004 low ESR and High CV SMD tantalum capacitors. Specialtyapplications are including industry unique hermetically sealed SMDtantalum capacitors THH with continuous operation temperature up to230ºC and TCH series of low ESR hermetically sealed SMD polymercapacitors for mission critical applications.WET TANTALUMA new axial leaded wet tantalum series named TWA has beenintroduced. This utilizes a unique cathode system that enables themanufacture of high capacitance / voltage ratings. The TWA series isqualified to DSCC 93026, which has been updated to include some ofthe new high capacitance ratings available.The AVX proprietary cathode system TWA-E is also used on wettantalum capacitors manufactured in Lanskroun facility in accordancewith CECC 30202 standard.In addition the TWC series, which corresponds to the conventional wettantalum capacitors, has been launched with COTS-Plus and MIL-PRF-39006 options available. These wet tantalums are also availablein 200°C versions or modular configurations (TWM) for the mostdemanding applications.This catalog provides details for the latest product families andprovides the necessary part numbering information to allow users totailor any of these products to their own requirements.COTS-PLUS TANTALUM CHIP –WEIBULL GRADE:EXTENDED RANGE/LOW ESR SERIESThese series have been developed in response to the “Commercial OffThe Shelf” initiative taken by many military users to enable costeffective procurement of current technologies.They are based on TAZ (CWR09/19/29), TBJ (CWR11) & TBC(CWR15) form factors. Leadership in tantalum technology has enabledthe introduction of extended capacitance/voltage ratings for allstandard case sizes, giving the designer scope for downsizing existingassemblies and reducing component count. To reduce time to marketfor the introduction of extended CV ratings into military applications,these parts are supplied with Weibull grading and Group A / surgeoptions in accordance with MIL-PRF-55365 Rev. G, but are not JANbranded. These parts can also be supplied to Source ControlDrawings for specific military requirements. A standard nonestablishedreliability level is available, together with the options of100% testing to Weibull “B”, “C” or “D” grade. Other options includeambient or high/low temperature surge, additional Group Aconformance testing (to MIL-PRF-55365 or alternative) and Low ESRratings below current MIL-PRF-55365 specification limits.Extended case sizes beyond the CWR standards are also available,especially targeted to high capacitance power supply filteringapplications.For TBJ series family case sizes, the new DSCC drawing 07016,superceding 95158, lists all available Low ESR ratings with full WeibullGrading and MIL-PRF-55365 Rev. G surge test options.New additions to the AVX COTS-Plus portfolio are NBS & NBM seriesOxicap TM . Based on niobium oxide technology these series offer idealsolutions for lower voltage applications required by DSP and IC / ASICbulk decoupling. This technology has the added advantage of a benignfailure mode if ever subjected to forward overvoltage conditions.MIL QPL - ESTABLISHED RELIABILITYThe new CWR19 & CWR29 TAZ series offer widely extendedcapacitance / voltage ratings. While the CWR09 remains available forall legacy programs with no planned obsolescence, CWR19 / 29 arerecommended for all new designs, due to the opportunity to use ahigher voltage rating in a given application or downsize a design toachieve real estate savings and weight reduction. CWR 19/29 are alsoavailable for ratings from 4 - 50V. Reliability levels up to and including“D” Weibull grading are available along with ambient and high/lowtemperature surge options. A new case size (X case) has been addedto extend capacitance ratings to 470μF; for the larger case size (G, Hand X case) low ESR options (to sub-100 mOhm levels) are availablefor critical power supply designs.The new CWR15 series offers maximum capacitance / voltage ratingsin micro miniature L (0603 equivalent), R (0805 equivalent) & A (1206equivalent) sizes. These provide a unique opportunity for the designerto upgrade commercial designs using X5R ceramic to an equivalentcapacitance / voltage / size rating in tantalum technology, with theadditional benefits of established reliability, wider operatingtemperature range, improved temperature coefficient, no voltagecoefficient, and elimination of piezo noise.All Established Reliability series are MIL QPL listed ratings with bothGroup A & Group C tests maintained for MIL-PRF-55365 approval.SPACE LEVEL, AVX SRC9000& MIL T- LEVELFor Space applications, additional testing is available with full detailslisted in our SRC9000 specification for Space Level products. As aminimum, SRC9000 requires both Weibull level voltage conditioning(“C” & “D” Level) and surge test (option “C”). Additional tests includeDPA, 100% Real Time X-Ray, surge voltage, hot DCL test, 3 sigmaparametric test limits and additional Lot Conformance Test protocols.While AVX SRC9000 remains the standard for Space Level, MIL-PRF-55365 now defines a new “T” level, which specifies C Weibull gradereliability minimum, “C” surge and also includes DPA, X-ray and 3-sigma test limits common to SRC9000.2 ■ DECEMBER 2013