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Capacitors

Panasonic provides various capacitor technologies including hybrid, electrolytic, polymer and plastic film.
We constantly develop our product range to contribute to the optimization of your product.
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Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
Capacitors

Hybrid capacitors

These devices combine the low ESR characteristics of specialty polymer capacitors and the low leakage current of aluminium electrolytic capacitors.
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Capacitors

Polymer capacitors

Panasonic is a leading manufacturer of specialty polymer aluminum capacitors: SP-Caps; OS-CON and POSCAP.
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Capacitors

Film capacitors for a wide variety of applications

Low ESR, high reliability and long life solutions for industrial, automotive, infrastructure and home appliance applications.
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Aluminium electrolytic capacitors

Panasonic manufactures aluminium electrolytic capacitors in both surface mount and radial lead types.
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Capacitors

Electric double layer capacitors (Gold capacitors) (EOL Oct. 1st, 2020

Large capacitance; small size; superior charge and discharge performance. (EOL Oct. 1st, 2020)

Whitepaper on capacitor technologies

Name File type Size Date Language
PDF Evolving Capacitor Technology with outstanding ESR Whitepaper 2MB 24.07.2020 English
PDF Understanding Polymer and Hybrid Capacitors Whitepaper 4MB 17.11.2020 English
PDF Polymer Capacitors vs. MLCCs Whitepaper 405KB 17.11.2020 English
News & Events

Capacitor News

Read the latest news about our capacitors and stay informed about our upcoming events.
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New product introductions

Proven technology, phenomenal increase in lifetime - and ready for the heat

5,500 hours at 125°C: Panasonic Industry enters new era by extending SP-Cap Polymer Capacitor line-up with temperature resistant KX series
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Application Insights

Polymer Capacitors – a superior alternative for MLCCs in every regard?

It's not only because of the industry-wide MLCC shortage: Panasonic’s range of Polymer caps stands out with excellent characteristics that are clearly outperforming conventional MLCCs
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New product introductions

New SP-Cap JX series: Next-level heat resistance and lifetime

Panasonic Industry extends SP-Cap Polymer Capacitor line-up with temperature resistant JX series
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New product introductions

More capacitance, less dissipation

New ZU and ZSU series of Electrolytic Polymer Hybrid Capacitors – a remarkable evolution of the previous ZS series.
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New product introductions

Capacitance that lasts

New V-FH long life type of SMT Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor range coming with excellent temperature characteristics.
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Corporate information

Polymer capacitors and graphic cards – Panasonic disproves rumours

Panasonic Industry disproves rumors regarding the alleged harmfulness of Polymer capacitor technology for CPU and GPU boards
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New product introductions

The SVT series capacitors stand for robustness and reliability

With low ESR and excellent noise reduction capability the SVT series capacitors are ideal for industrial applications.
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Design support for capacitors

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Simulation data libraries

Equivalent circuit models and S-parameter data can be downloaded for each individual item.
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Characteristic viewer

This tool presents various characteristics of a selected part using a graph of the operating frequency, temperature etc.
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CAD data

CAD data can be download.
(3D STEP, 3D PDF)
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Capacitor selection tool

Download the tool here, which displays the characteristics, like ESR, ripple current, capacitance, needed for a capacitor and an automated selection.
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LC simulator

Simulates attenuation requirements when configuring an LC filter using a power inductor and aluminium electrolytic capacitors.
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