Ceramic Input Capacitors Can Cause Overvoltage Transients.pdf

CeramicInputCapacitorsCanCauseOvervoltageTransients.pdfApplicationNote88March2001CeramicInputCapacitorsCanCauseOvervoltageTransientsGoranPericaArecenttrendinthedesignofportabledeviceshasbeenBuildingtheTestCircuittouseceramiccapacitorstofilterDC/DCconverterinputs.Toillustratetheproblem,atypical24VwalladapterusedCeramiccapacitorsareoftenchosenbecauseoftheirinnotebookcomputerapplicationswasconnectedtothesmallsize,low