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Technical Papers

This page offers a collection of technical papers and articles written by KEMET scientists and engineers covering all of our product lines (tantalum, ceramic, aluminum organic, aluminum electrolytic, film and paper). They provide valuable information about advanced products as well as applications for existing or standard products. Several are papers that were presented at various industry and trade conferences, including some that have received "Best Paper" and other awards at CARTS and other conferences.

Technology is one of the priorities listed among KEMET's Guiding Principles. These papers and articles provide just one example of KEMET's technology leadership in the science and engineering of capacitance solutions.



Full Technical Paper Listing

2008-04 Technical Overview of Flex Mitigation Solutions 04/08 (409.7K PDF)

2008-03 Why 47 uF capacitor drops to 37 uF- 30 uF- or lower 03/08 (734.8K PDF)

2008-03 Growing Importance of ESL in Tantalum Capacitors 03/08 (537.5K PDF)

2008-03 Decoupling Solutions 03/08 (510.4K PDF)

2008-03 Advances in Class-I C0G MLCC and SMD Film Capacitors 03/08 (1174.9K PDF)

2008-01 Highly Accelerated Testing of Capacitors for Medical Applications 01/08 (206K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - The Battle for Maximum Volumetric Efficiency - Part 2: Advancements in Solid Electrolyte Capacitors 11/07 (1038.2K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - The Battle for Maximum Volumetric Efficiency - Part 1: When Technologies Compete, Customers Win 11/07 (543.2K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - Study of MnO2 Coverage on Ta Capacitors with High CV Powders 11/07 (704.3K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - Soldering of SMD Film Capacitors in Practical Lead Free Processes 11/07 (203.3K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - Reliability and Critical Applications of Tantalum Capacitors 11/07 (423.6K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - Improved Ripple Current Capability with Facedown Terminations 11/07 (508.1K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - ESR Stabilization of Ta Capacitors for Automotive Applications in Severe Environmental Conditions 11/07 (65.3K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - D-Pack 3D Interposer Decoupling System 11/07 (1240.5K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - BME C0G MLCCs: The High Capacitance Class-I Solution 11/07 (229K PDF)

2007-11 CARTS - Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors' performance in Very High Ripple Current and Temperature Applications 11/07 (179.1K PDF)

2007-03 Thin Film MLCC 03/07 (790K PDF)

2007-03 Reduced Microphonics and Sound Emissions 03/07 (157.1K PDF)

2007-03 Low Impedance Ta Capacitors 03/07 (513.1K PDF)

2007-03 High CV BME C0G 03/07 (252.2K PDF)

2007-03 Flexure Robust Capacitors 03/07 (993.8K PDF)

2007-03 Facedown Terminations Improve Ripple Current Capability 03/07 (524.2K PDF)

2007-03 Decoupling Solutions 03/07 (762.1K PDF)

2006-09 CARTS - Effects of Thermal Oxide on Anodic Oxide of Ta 09/06 (635.7K PDF)

2006-07 Arrow Asia Times - MLC Noise 04/06 (12.6K PDF)

2006-04 CARTS Scintillation 04/06 (251.3K PDF)

2006-04 CARTS Flex Improvement 04/06 (1147.3K PDF)

2006-04 CARTS-US Capacitor Considerations for Power Management 04/06 (219.5K PDF)

2006-03 Arrow Asia Times - Lead-Free and RoHS Compliant 04/06 (253.5K PDF)

2006-01 Arrow Asia Times - Voltage Coefficients 07/06 (113.4K PDF)

2005-11 CARTS Asia KEMET Facedown Termination 11/05 (412.4K PDF)

2005-11 CARTS Asia - Lead-Free Solders Flex Performance 11/05 (1123.8K PDF)

2005-11 CARTS Asia - Flex Fail Open 11/05 (864.2K PDF)

2005-10 Design ConnEast - Lower ESL 10/05 (1162.5K PDF)

2005-10 CARTS Improved SMT Performance of Tantalum Conductive Polymer Capacitors with Very Low ESR 10/05 (197K PDF)

2005-09 Arrow Asia Times - Flex ExtTerm Clip On Lead Frame 11/05 (277.4K PDF)

2005-07 Arrow Asia Times - Lead-Free Process Capable 07/05 (197.5K PDF)

2005-05 CARTS US Strategies for Ultra Low ESR Ta Caps 05/05 (226.1K PDF)

2005-05 CARTS US Reliability Low-V Ta-Polymer Caps 05/05 (653.5K PDF)

2005-05 CARTS US Power Low-Cap MLCC 05/05 (845.9K PDF)

2005-04 Arrow Asia Times - FD Lower Thinner Ta Al Chips 04/05 (84.6K PDF)

2005-03 CARTS US - Proofing Impact on Reliability 03/05 (657.6K PDF)

2005-03 CARTS US - Effects of Pb-Free Solders on Flex 03/05 (249.6K PDF)

2004-10 CARTS Ta-Polymer Reliability 10/04 (1008.4K PDF)

2004-10 CARTS Spice Update - Ripple Currents 10/04 (495.8K PDF)

2004-10 CARTS New Ripple Current Guidelines - V Low ESR Ta - w 10/04 (507.9K PDF)

2004-10 CARTS Europe - High Temp Capacitors 10/04 (140.4K PDF)

2004-10 CARTS Europe - Derating Differences 10/04 (322.1K PDF)

2004-10 Article Ripple Current Confusion 10/04 (116.3K PDF)

2004-09 Comparison of Ceramic and Tantalum Capacitors 09/04 (149.8K PDF)

2004-07 Flex Cracks and Fail-Open 07/04 (92.6K PDF)

2004-06 Surface Mount Technology... Repair... Touch Up... Hand Solder... Can These Be Controlled? 06/04 (125.7K PDF)

2004-03 IPC-JEDEC Tin Whiskers 03/04 (2877.5K PDF)

2004-03 IEEE HVW - High Voltage Considerations for MLCCs 03/04 (280.5K PDF)

2004-01 TIC Conference - Ta Challenges and Developments 01/04 (402.1K PDF)

2004-01 TIC Conference - Ta Capacitor Markets 01/04 (951.9K PDF)

2003-11 EMAP Conference - Power-on Failures - Singapore 11/03 (433.7K PDF)

2003-07 Arrow Asia Times - T520 Lower ESR and E-Codes 07/03 (117.5K PDF)

2003-04 Derating differences in Tantalum- MNO2 versus Tantalum - Polymer Versus Aluminum - Polymer 04/03 (399.1K PDF)

2003-04 Ceramic Life Model Sub-2-Micron 04/03 (245.2K PDF)

2003-01 TIC Conference - Ta Challenges & Developments 01/03 (402.1K PDF)

2003-01 CARTS Derating Differences Ta-KO-AO 01/03 (298.2K PDF)

2003-01 CARTS Ceramic Life Model Sub-2-Micron 01/03 (245.2K PDF)

2002-03 CARTS Reverse Voltage Failures 03/02 (554.8K PDF)

2002-03 CARTS Power On Failures 03/02 (311.3K PDF)

2001-09 Nb vs Ta Capacitors 09/01 (53.8K PDF)

2001-04 CARTS Surge Step Stress Testing (SSST) 04/01 (877.7K PDF)

2001-04 CARTS Impact of Circuit Resistance on the Breakdown Voltage of Tantalum Chip Capacitors 04/01 (206.5K PDF)

2001-04 CARTS HALT Presentation 04/01 (278.4K PDF)

2001-04 Arrow Asia Times - BMT to HiCV MLCC 04/01 (17.9K PDF)

2001-04 APEC Performance Improvement With Polymer 04/01 (1588.8K PDF)

2000-12 CARTS - Stable Low ESR Ta 12/00 (537.7K PDF)

2000-06 Surface Mount - Mounting Pad Dimensions and Considerations 06/00 (275.7K PDF)

1999-06 Sun Paper on ESL & ESR 06/99 (33.7K PDF)

1999-05 CARTS Replacing MnO2 with Polymer 05/99 (108.5K PDF)

1999-05 CARTS ESD Concerns for MLCCs 05/99 (444.6K PDF)

1999-05 Alternative Surface Mount Cleaning Processes 05/99 (996.8K PDF)

1999-01 CARTS Europe - Replacing MnO2 with Polymer 01/99 (312.5K PDF)

1998-11 Scanning Acoustic Microscopy - A Valuable Tool 11/98 (1574.2K PDF)

1998-10 IEEE-IAS - New Ta in Power Supply Applications 10/98 (485.4K PDF)

1998-07 New SPICE Models 07/98 (379.1K PDF)

1998-05 PCIM - Tantalum in Power Supply Applications 05/98 (608K PDF)

1998-01 Ceramic Chip Capacitors "Flex Cracks" 01/98 (120.8K PDF)

1997-11 BME for MLCs 11/97 (688.5K PDF)

1997-10 Reflow Soldering Process Considerations for Surface Mount Applications 10/97 (121.8K PDF)

1997-08 Capacitance Monitoring While Flex Testing 08/97 (141.7K PDF)

1997-07 Another Look - Wave Solder Process for Surface Mount Applications 07/97 (393.2K PDF)

1997-06 Electrode Development For Multilayer Capacitors 06/97 (203.4K PDF)

1996-11 Challenges in Manufacturing 0402 Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors 11/96 (745.2K PDF)

1996-10 CARTS ESD Paper 10/96 (70.4K PDF)

1996-10 Bulk Cassette Packaging 09/96 (169.2K PDF)

1995-11 A New Tin Electroplating Bath for KEMET Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors 11/95 (432.8K PDF)

1995-10 CARTS SPICE 10/95 (278.3K PDF)

1995-06 ESD Withstand Capability of Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCs) 06/95 (165.2K PDF)

1995-05 Mechanical Strength Properties of Multilayer Ceramic Chip Capacitors 05/95 (585.5K PDF)

1995-05 Improving Supplier Quality 05/95 (241.3K PDF)

1994-11 Scintillation in Ta Caps 11/94 (412.6K PDF)

1994-10 Flex Testing II 10/94 (754.9K PDF)

1994-09 SPICE Models of Capacitors 09/94 (539.8K PDF)

1994-05 ECTC-Flex 05/94 (208.4K PDF)

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