Automated characterization of ceramic multilayer capacitors

Author

Benabe, E. ; Skowronski, K. ; Weller, T. ; Gordon, H. ; Warder, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec. 1998

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

94

Abstract

This paper describes an automated test configuration that is used for rapid characterization of the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of ceramic multilayer capacitors. The primary components in this system are a coaxial resonant line, an HP 8753D vector network analyzer, and a personal computer. Sample measurements are provided for several 1206 style capacitors, and the trends in ESR versus the internal capacitor architecture are presented.

Keywords

UHF measurement; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; ceramic capacitors; electric resistance measurement; electron device testing; 1206 style capacitors; HP 8753D VNA; automated characterization; ceramic multilayer capacitors; coaxial resonant line; equivalent series resistance; personal computer; vector network analyzer; Automatic testing; Capacitors; Ceramics; Coaxial components; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Instruments; Measurement techniques; Nonhomogeneous media; Paramagnetic resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ARFTG Conference Digest, 1998. Computer-Aided Design and Test for High-Speed Electronics. 52nd

Conference_Location

Rohnert Park, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARFTG.1998.768629

Filename

768629