AVX’s Fused Tantalum Capacitors Protect Against Short Circuits & High DC Leakage Currents

AVX Corp. announced that it has developed a family of fused tantalum capacitors that feature an internal fuse to protect against short circuits and damaging high dc leakage currents. Designated the TAW series, the tantalum capacitor will remove itself from the circuit and into ’fail safemode’ when the internal fuse exceeds the current limit.

The rugged TAW fused tantalum capacitor provides high capacitance values, up to 10MΩ, and low equivalent series resistance (ESR) for applications including aerospace, automotive, servers and telecoms infrastructure products.

"Manufactured using thin film technology, the TAW Series is one of the industry’s only tantalum capacitor series to combine high reliability and an ultra-fast response time with short circuit failure mode protection," said Dan Lane, Marketing Manager of Tantalum Products at AVX.

According to the company, unlike conventional devices that incorporate an embedded lead wire fuse, the TAW tantalum capacitor series is lead-free and RoHS compliant.

Pricing for the TAW Series starts at $0.65 in quantities of 10,000 pieces and the capacitors are available from stock to 10 weeks.