CeraLink voted passive component of the year at Annual Creativity in Electronics Awards in China

TDK announced that the company's EPCOS CeraLink™ capacitor was selected this year's "High-Performance Component of the Year" in China's prestigious Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards. The ACE awards honor the technologies, companies and people that shape innovative electronics design in mainland China. The winners were determined in online voting. CeraLink™ is an innovative DC link capacitor for frequency converters that is based on a PLZT ceramic material (lead lanthanum zirconate titanate) and can be produced with several commonly available terminal configurations. The new capacitors offer many benefits in the stabilization and filtering of DC link circuits of power converters, especially converters for industrial and automotive electronics that use fast-switching MOSFETS or IGBTs. The CeraLink™ covers a capacitance range from 1 μF to 100 μF with a rated voltage of 400 V DC. A further type features a rated voltage of 800 V DC and a capacitance of 5 μF. Thanks to their low ESL value of less than 4 nH as well as their low ESR of less than 4 m?, these new capacitors are ideally suited for applications with rapid rise times and high switching frequencies. CeraLink™ is designed for temperatures between -40 °C and +125 °C (also up to +150 °C for short periods), and is thus suitable for SiC-based power modules as well. Compared to conventional MLCCs, CeraLink™ features a positive DC bias. Another benefit of the new capacitor is the very compact dimensions. Depending on the type, they range between 6.84 x 7.85 x 2.65 mm³ and 52.5 x 30.5 x 10.5 mm³. TDK