Impedance vs. Frequency
Impedance vs. Frequency
Max. Aging Rate %/Decade
Effects of Mechanical Stress 鈥?/div>
High 鈥淜鈥?dielectric ceramic
capacitors exhibit some low level piezoelectric reactions
under mechanical stress. As a general statement, the
piezoelectric output is higher, the higher the dielectric con-
stant of the ceramic. It is desirable to investigate this effect
before using high 鈥淜鈥?dielectrics as coupling capacitors in
extremely low level applications.
100
200
0.1
1
10
Log Frequency, MHz
Reliability 鈥?/div>
Historically ceramic capacitors have been one
of the most reliable types of capacitors in use today.
The approximate formula for the reliability of a ceramic
capacitor is:
L
o
=
L
t
V
t
V
o
X
Impedance vs. Frequency
Effect of Lead Length 鈥?Military CKR05 .01mF
100.0
Log Impedance, Ohms
.500"
.250"
.062"
0"
T
t
T
o
Y
where
L
o
= operating life
T
t
= test temperature and
L
t
= test life
T
o
= operating temperature in 掳C
V
t
= test voltage
V
o
= operating voltage
X,Y
= see text
10.0
1.0
0.1
1
10
100
Log Frequency, MHz
1000
Historically for ceramic capacitors exponent X has been
considered as 3. The exponent Y for temperature effects
typically tends to run about 8.
Figure 8
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