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To: Jules B. Garfunkel who wrote (105448)	7/11/2000 4:59:36 AM
From: John Walliker	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Jules, wasn't it reported that the tantalum capacitors had a proclivity to catch on fire and I have seen occasional tantalum capacitor failures. It usually happens when they are inserted the wrong way round or if their voltage rating is exceeded for a long time. They don't exactly burst into flames, rather make a pop and a little smoke. However, printed circuit tracks may be melted as they tend to fail to a short circuit, then explode and become an open circuit. It is only in the last couple of years that ceramic capacitors have been available in large enough values and small enough dimensions to take over the tantalum market. Also, as Ali Chen pointed out, the trend towards higher frequency switching supplies requires lower capacitances with lower equivalent series resistance. Ceramics are much better than tantalum in this respect. John

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