[sdiy] bypass caps, subbing MLCC for Electrolytic

David G. Dixon dixon at interchange.ubc.ca
Tue Oct 5 18:26:34 CEST 2010


>   Hello, Has anybody ever had any problems subbing a MLCC type cap for
> an electrolytic in a bypass situation? Low ESR is not required. 16V 10uF
> Electrolytic was called, I'd like to use 16V 10uF MLCC in order to save
> space.

I use 10uF electrolytics in this application which are only about 0.2" in
diameter and about 0.5" high, and have 0.1" lead spacing.  Is it the
diameter or the height that you are worried about?




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