CGA Series 100 V Automotive MLCCs

TDK Corporation has expanded its CGA series for automotive multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to 10 µF at 100 V in the 3225 size (3.2 mm x 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm), with X7R characteristics (class Ⅱ dielectric). These MLCCs offer a very high capacitance for a 100 V rated product in the 3225 size and this temperature characteristic.

While power consumption has increased and high-current systems have become more widespread in recent years with the increasing sophistication of ECUs, there is also demand for lighter vehicles (with lighter wiring harnesses), and the use of 48 V battery systems is becoming increasingly widespread. With this, there has been an increasing demand for high-capacity 100 V products, such as smoothing and decoupling capacitors used in power lines.

CGA series 100 V products achieve twice the capacity of conventional products of the same size thanks to optimized material selection and product design. This product makes it possible to halve the number of MLCCs in the mounting area, contributing to the reduction of component count and miniaturization of sets.