[sdiy] caps -- NPO or NP0?

[Ian Fritz]

At 04:18 PM 5/11/2004, Neil Johnson wrote:
>Well,
>
>According to
>
>         http://www.novacap.com/tech_classes.pdf
>
>"C-zero-G" is the most popular Class I dielectric, and is also known as 
>"N-P-zero" for "negative-positive-zero".
>
>Neil

Thanks, Neil.  We just had this same discussion a couple of weeks ago.  Mr. 
Schreiber claims it is negative-positive-offset (NPO), which doesn't jibe 
with what I learned, besides not seeming sensible.

Of course, this is a specification of the temperature coefficient for 
ceramic caps, and there is thus no consideration of polarized vs. 
non-polarized.

   Ian