AVX announces a ceramic capacitor that virtually eliminates the risk of short-circuit failure. Terminated with the award-winning FLEXITERM™ technology introduced last year, FLEXISAFE™ capacitors absorb shock and prevent internal cracking due to board flexure and temperature cycling damage. FLEXISAFE components are also structured with a cascade electrode design (effectively 2 capacitors in series within one MLCC) that protects the ceramic capacitor from low insulation resistance failure that may result from thermal stress, repetitive strike ESD and placement damage. FLEXISAFE capacitors are suitable for designs in military/aerospace COTS+ applications, automotive terminal 30 applications to replace two capacitors in series requirement, automotive terminal 15 applications to replace two capacitors requirement, and other safety-critical designs. FLEXITERM technology is a soft termination system that allows almost three times the amount of board flexure when compared to standard termination systems. Further enhancing the capabilities of a standard MLCC, FLEXITERM was developed as an additional flexible termination layer added to the component to ensure electrical integrity is maintained when external forces are applied. This high conductivity termination material was added to the AVX standard X7R dielectric ceramic capacitor to prevent failures in the system due to cracking
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