PASSIVE COMPONENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE- THE CERAMIC AND TANTALUM ISSUE

F E A T U R E S

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Capacitor Failure Solutions

AVX FlexitermTM: A Soft

Termination MLCC Solution

to Guard Against Capacitor

Crack Failures

16

Low ESR Tantalum Capacitors

Strategies for Manufacturing

Ultra Low ESR Tantalum

Capacitors

26

Electronics in Korea

Paumanok’s Fact Finding

Tour of Korea

D E P A R T M E N T S

4

Letter from the Publisher

Key Isues Affecting Tantalum and

Ceramic Capacitor Markets

5

Letter from the ECA

CES Stokes Excitement,

but What’s Really in

Store?

6 Technical Paper

How Far Can We Go

with High CV Tanatlum

Capacitors?

32

People Watch

Who’s Who in Passives

33

Newsmakers

The Latest Deals and Happenings in

the Passive Component Marketplace