RE: tantalum cap reliability

2002-07-31 Thread Chris Maxwell
-Original Message- From: Chuck Mullett [SMTP:chuck.mull...@onsemi.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:09 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: tantalum cap reliability Hi all, Paralleling low-esr capacitors is a little scairy. With 8 caps in parallel and each

tantalum cap reliability

2002-07-31 Thread Chuck Mullett
Hi all, Paralleling low-esr capacitors is a little scairy. With 8 caps in parallel and each allotted its maximum ripple current, one capacitor, theoretically, could conduct 8 times its allowable rating! This, of course, is the theoretical limit---all other caps would have to be open. That's a