Ceramics

Ceramic capacitors are available for well-defined frequency ranges with a defined temperature coefficient (Class 1 capacitors) or for smoothing and suppressing of noise frequencies (class-2 capacitors), e.g. used in power supplies.

Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCC) are the most widely used capacitors in electronics. In addition, ceramic capacitors are available in different special shapes and constructions as to be named as Embedded-, Bonding-, Feed-Thru-, Anti-Noise-, Low-Acoustic Noise-, Power-, High Frequency-, Hi-Q, Low-ESR-, Low-ESL, Safety- or High Frequency Capacitors.

Main applications:

Equipment and systems of information and communications electronics
Consumer electronics equipment
Automotive electronics systems
Noise suppression and stabilization circuits
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Source: Murata

Source: Murata

Source: EPCOS