Film Capacitors – General Purpose, Pulse and DC Transient Suppression
F5A Series Metallized Polyester Film with Integrated Ceramic Varistor, 18 – 63 VDC
Environmental Test Data
Test
Conditions
Performance
≤ 5%
Δ C/C
Vv change
≤ 10%
+40°C ±2°C and 93% ±2% RH,
56 days
Damp Heat Steady State
DF change
≤ 50 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 100 µA
Leakage current at VR
Δ C/C
≤ 10%
Vv change
≤ 10%
+125°C ±2°C/100°C ±2°C,
0.5 x VR/1.0 x VR, 1,000 hours
Endurance
DF change
≤ 50 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 100 µA
Leakage current at VR
Δ C/C
≤ 3%
Vv change
≤ 5%
Resistance to Soldering Heat
Peak Current Derating
+260°C ±5°C, 10 ±1 second
DF change
≤ 30 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 50 µA
Leakage current at VR
Δ C/C
≤ 10%
Reference CECC 42,000/Test C 2.1,
100 times (2 ms), 120 seconds between
each current peak
Vv change
≤ 10%
DF change
≤ 30 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 100 µA
Leakage current at VR
Δ C/C
≤ 3%
Vv change
≤ 5%
Long Term Stability
(After 2 Years)
-40°C to +80°C, ≤ 70% Humidity
DF change
≤ 20 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 50 µA
Leakage current at VR
Δ C/C
> 10%
Vv change
≤ 10%
Reference MIL HDB 217
+40°C ±2°C, 0.5 x VR, ≤ 5 FIT
Reliability Failure Criteria
DF change
≤ 20 x 10-4 @ 1 kHz
≤ 200 µA
Leakage current at VR
Environmental Compliance
All KEMET EMI capacitors are RoHS Compliant.
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F3068_F5A • 4/4/2013
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