Ultra Low Profile Capacitor?
Ultra Low Profile Capacitor?
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I'm working on an AC to DC power supply application that is very space limited in terms of board thickness. I am looking for a 400V ~10uF cap that is no thicker than 0.090". I have much more room in terms of length and width but the thickness of the cap itself cannot be greater than 0.090". Are there any off the shelf solutions that I could use to solve this problem? I've checked popular sites like Digikey with no such luck. If not, do I have any options in terms of custom cap design?





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Keith Cress
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What ripple current are you expecting this capacitor / capacitor bank to handle, and at what frequency?
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This won't solve the issue, but it might help towards the end.
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The dielectric film needs some finite thickness to store the charge.
Your university physics book should have an equation that tells you the square area you need for dielectric and plates. The voltage determines the dielectric thickness.
So figure how big a sandwich you need, and then fold it to fit the volume available.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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To figure out the rough volume, you might try the following.
Interesting tidbit: 400v 12.5uF = 1 Joule
Ref. http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/calc/capacitor-ch...
"Highest Joule/cc J-CAP™ Conductive Polymer cathode solid electrolytic chip capacitors ... the highest energy per volume (Joules/cc) of any comparable SMT capacitor currently available on the market."
Ref. http://www.avx.com/products/polymer/j-cap-series/
To start, ignore the practicalities of the required series/parallel design, just focus on determining how many cubic cm of their products (AVX as an example) would be required to reach 400v and ~10uF.
Series capacitors for voltage is obviously a bother, but might be feasible. Perhaps with equalizing resistors or similar.
At least you'll get a rough idea of the required volume.
Give some indication of the feasibility.
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http://www.avx.com/products/polymer/high-reliabili...