AVX INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE TESTING PROCESS FOR TANTALUM CAPACITORS

摘要

AVX Corporation has developed an innovative and extremely effective new process for the manufacture and test of high-reliability tantalum capacitors. Initially introduced to members of the military and aerospace industries at a Tantalum Hi-Rel Symposium held in Biddeford, Maine, in January, AVX's new Q-Process was also presented in a technical paper at the Capacitor and Resistor Technical Symposium (CARTS) International conference in Houston, Texas, in March. Well received by participants in both events, the Q-Process stands poised to replace the Weibull Reliability Assessment as the industry standard for tantalum capacitors. Driven by MIL standards and used to characterize the reliability of tantalum capacitors for decades, Weibull has become less relevant in recent years due to widespread improvements in manufacturing and testing technology.