Metallized Polyester Film Capacitors (MKT)
Metallized Polyester Film Capacitors (MKT)
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Climatic
Max. operating temperature: 125 °C
Climatic category (IEC 60068-1:2013):
55/125/56
Construction
Dimensions in mm
Dielectric: polyethylene terephthalate
(polyester, PET)
Lead spacing Lead diameter Type
Stacked-film technology for lead spacing
±0.4 d1 ±0.05
5 to 15 mm (= code C, D or E in digit 7 of
ordering code) 5.0 0.5 B32529
Wound capacitor technology for lead 7.5 0.5 B32520
spacing 10 to 37.5 mm (= code N, Q or R in 10.0 0.61) B32521
digit 7 of ordering code) 15.0 0.8 B32522
Plastic case (UL 94 V-0) 22.5 0.8 B32523
Epoxy resin sealing (UL 94 V-0) 27.5 0.8 B32524
Features 37.5 1.0 B32526
High pulse strength 1) 0.5 mm for capacitor width w = 4 mm
High contact reliability
RoHS-compatible
Halogen-free capacitors available on request
AEC-Q200D compliant
Terminals
Parallel wire leads, lead-free tinned
Special lead lengths available on request
Marking
Manufacturer's logo,
rated capacitance (coded),
cap. tolerance (code letter), rated DC voltage,
date of manufacture (coded),
coded type ("1") for lead spacing 5 mm,
series and lot number for lead spacing ≥10 mm
Delivery mode
Bulk (untaped)
Taped (Ammo pack or reel)
For notes on taping, refer to chapter
"Taping and packing".
Technical data
Reference standard: IEC 61071:2007. AEC-Q200D compliance on request. All data given at
T = 20 °C, unless otherwise specified.
Rated temperature TR +85 °C
Operating temperature range Max. operating temperature Top,max +125 °C
Upper category temperature Tmax +125 °C
Lower category temperature Tmin 55 °C
Rated temperature TR +85 °C
Dissipation factor tan δ (in 10 ) at
-3
CR ≤ 0.1 μF 0.1 μF < CR ≤ 1 μF CR > 1 μF
at 20 °C (upper limit values) 1 kHz 8 8 10
10 kHz 15 15
100 kHz 30
Insulation resistance Rins VR CR ≤ 0.33 μF CR > 0.33 μF
or time constant τ = CR Rins ≤ 100 V DC 3750 MΩ 1250 s
at 20 °C, rel. humidity ≤ 65% ≥ 250 V DC 7500 MΩ 2500 s
(minimum as-delivered values)
DC test voltage 1.4 VR, 2 s
Category voltage VC Top (°C) DC voltage derating AC voltage derating
(continuous operation with Top ≤ 85 V C = VR VC,RMS = VRMS
VDC or VAC at f ≤ 60 Hz) 85<Top≤125 VC = VR (165Top)/80 VC,RMS=VRMS (165Top)/80
Operating voltage Vop for Top (°C) DC voltage (max. hours) AC voltage (max. hours)
short operating periods Top ≤ 100 Vop = 1.25 VC (2000 h) Vop = 1.0 VC,RMS (2000 h)
(VDC or VAC at f ≤ 60 Hz) 100<Top≤125 Vop = 1.25 VC (1000 h) Vop = 1.0 VC,RMS (1000 h)
Biased humidity 1000 h / 40 °C / 93% relative humidity with VR,DC
Limit value after biased
Capacitance change ΔC/C ≤ 5%
humidity test
Dissipation factor change Δ tan δ ≤ 5 10-3 (at 1 kHz)
Insulation resistance Rins ≥ 50% of minimum
or time constant τ = CR Rins as-delivered values
Reliability:
Failure rate λ 1 fit (≤ 1 10-9/h) at 0.5 VR, 40 °C
Service life tSL 200 000 h at 1.0 VR, 85 °C
For conversion to other operating conditions and temperatures,
Failure criteria: refer to chapter "Quality, 2 Reliability".
Total failure Short circuit or open circuit
Failure due to variation Capacitance change ΔC/C > 10%
of parameters Dissipation factor tan δ > 2 upper limit value
Insulation resistance Rins < 150 MΩ (CR ≤ 0.33 μF)
or time constant τ = CR Rins < 50 s (CR > 0.33 μF)
"dV/dt" represents the maximum permissible voltage change per unit of time for non-sinusoidal
voltages, expressed in V/μs.
"k0" represents the maximum permissible pulse characteristic of the waveform applied to the
capacitor, expressed in V2/μs.
Note:
The values of dV/dt and k0 provided below must not be exceeded in order to avoid damaging the
capacitor.
dV/dt values
Lead spacing 5 mm 7.5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 22.5 mm 27.5 mm 37.5 mm
Technology S S S W S W W W W
VR VRMS
V DC V AC dV/dt in V/μs
50 32 200
63 40 250 120 50 30 3 1 0.8
100 63 300 150 75 50 5 4 3 1
250 160 400 200 150 100 10 8 5 4
400 200 600 275 175 125 10 8.5 6
450 200 20
630 400 800 320 150 15 12
S = Stacked, W = Wound
k0 values
Lead spacing 5 mm 7.5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 22.5 mm 27.5 mm 37.5 mm
Technology S S S W S W W W W
VR VRMS
V DC V AC k0 in V2/μs
50 32 20000
63 40 30000 15000 6300 3800 375 130 100
100 63 60000 30000 15000 10000 850 800 600 200
250 160 200000 100000 75000 50000 5000 4000 2500 2000
400 200 500000 220000 140000 100000 10000 8500 6000
450 200 15000
630 400 1000000 400000 190000 18000 15000
S = Stacked, W = Wound
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 5 mm
50 V DC/32 V AC 63 V DC/40 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 5 mm
400 V DC/200 V AC 630 V DC/400 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 10 mm
63 V DC/40 V AC 100 V DC/63 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 10 mm
630 V DC/200 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 15 mm
63 V DC/40 V AC 100 V DC/63 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Lead spacing 15 mm
450 V DC/200 V AC 630 V DC/200 V AC
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Permissible AC voltage VRMS versus frequency f (for sinusoidal waveforms, TA ≤55 °C)
For TA >55 °C, please refer to "General technical information", section 3.2.3.
Mounting guidelines
1 Soldering
Before a solderability test is carried out, terminals are subjected to accelerated ageing (to
IEC 60068-2-2:2007, test Ba: 4 h exposure to dry heat at 155 °C). Since the ageing temperature
is far higher than the upper category temperature of the capacitors, the terminal wires should be
cut off from the capacitor before the ageing procedure to prevent the solderability being impaired
by the products of any capacitor decomposition that might occur.
The overheating associated with some of these factors can usually be reduced by suitable coun-
termeasures. For example, if a pre-heating step cannot be avoided, an additional or reinforced
cooling process may possibly have to be included.
EPCOS recommendations
As a reference, the recommended wave soldering profile for our film capacitors is as follows:
The table below summarizes the safety instructions that must always be observed. A detailed de-
scription can be found in the relevant sections of the chapters "General technical information" and
"Mounting guidelines".
Topic Safety information Reference chapter
"General technical
information"
Storage Make sure that capacitors are stored within the specified 4.5
conditions range of time, temperature and humidity conditions. "Storage conditions"
Flammability Avoid external energy, such as fire or electricity (passive 5.3
flammability), avoid overload of the capacitors (active "Flammability"
flammability) and consider the flammability of materials.
Resistance to Do not exceed the tested ability to withstand vibration. 5.2
vibration The capacitors are tested to IEC 60068-2-6:2007. "Resistance to
EPCOS offers film capacitors specially designed for vibration"
operation under more severe vibration regimes such as
those found in automotive applications. Consult our
catalog "Film Capacitors for Automotive Electronics".
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Important notes
7. Our manufacturing sites serving the automotive business apply the IATF 16949
standard. The IATF certifications confirm our compliance with requirements regarding the
quality management system in the automotive industry. Referring to customer requirements
and customer specific requirements (“CSR”) TDK always has and will continue to have the
policy of respecting individual agreements. Even if IATF 16949 may appear to support the
acceptance of unilateral requirements, we hereby like to emphasize that only requirements
mutually agreed upon can and will be implemented in our Quality Management System.
For clarification purposes we like to point out that obligations from IATF 16949 shall only
become legally binding if individually agreed upon.
8. The trade names EPCOS, CeraCharge, CeraDiode, CeraLink, CeraPad, CeraPlas, CSMP,
CTVS, DeltaCap, DigiSiMic, ExoCore, FilterCap, FormFit, LeaXield, MiniBlue, MiniCell, MKD,
MKK, MotorCap, PCC, PhaseCap, PhaseCube, PhaseMod, PhiCap, PowerHap, PQSine,
PQvar, SIFERRIT, SIFI, SIKOREL, SilverCap, SIMDAD, SiMic, SIMID, SineFormer, SIOV,
ThermoFuse, WindCap are trademarks registered or pending in Europe and in other coun-
tries. Further information will be found on the Internet at www.epcos.com/trademarks.
Release 2018-06
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