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150 CLZ

Aluminum Capacitors

SMD (Chip), Very Low Z

Vishay BCcomponents

RIPPLE CURRENT AND USEFUL LIFE

I

I

(1) = useful life at 105 °C and I

case code

≤ 1010 : 2500 h

case code = 1014 : 3000 h

Fig.11 Multiplier of useful life as a function of ambient temperature and ripple current load

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.5

0.0

3.1

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

Tamb(°C)

I

A

R

I

1)

MEA240

lifetime multiplier

FREQUENCY

(Hz)

100

0.70

0.65

0.60

300

0.80

0.80

0.75

1000

0.85

0.85

0.85

3000

0.93

0.93

0.93

10 000

0.95

0.95

0.95

30 000

0.97

0.97

0.97

100 000

1.00

1.00

1.00