The construction of the KCA series also incorporates techniques to improve long-term resilience against vibration and bending stresses. This includes the use of metal terminals as protection against substrate expansion and contraction forces that can cause solder crack failure as a result of the wide temperature changes experienced. Also, the series offer higher reliability characteristics compared to discrete capacitor elements since they are designed to accommodate the higher levels of mechanical shock and movement encountered in any automotive environment.
The KCA series is also certified to the automotive industry AEC-Q200 stress test qualification for passive components. Rated at 630 VDC working voltage, the KCA series is available in 2,200, 4,700 or 10,000 pF capacitance values.
