Tips From The Lab: Vertical Mount MLCC's To Save Board Space And Achieve High Capacitance Values

As many industries, including RF and automotive, need to incorporate more features in less space, engineers are constantly looking for ways to do more in a smaller footprint. To address this problem, Knowles Precision Devices developed a highly reliable stacked capacitor solution, known as StakiCap. StackiCap surface mount MLCCs are designed to provide high capacitance values in compact packages and offer the greatest volumetric efficiency and capacitance per unit mass of any high-voltage X7R ceramic capacitors available.