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Nichicon Corporation is a global leading supplier of high quality electronic components such as Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors, Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors, and Plastic Film Capacitors. Nichicon´s goal is to offer the highest quality products through their "zero-defect" production management system that ensures stable and reliable production by enforcing strict quality control measures. Their research and development framework puts new technologies to practical use as quickly as possible. Nichicon has acquired ISO 9000 Certification at its headquarters, domestic sales offices, and 18 production sites.

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Nichicon New Products

Added 05/2012 Nichicon LX Solid Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 03/2012 Nichicon UB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 03/2012 Nichicon CB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - New At Mouser Learn More
Added 01/2012 Nichicon Screw Terminal Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - NC Series Learn More
Added 10/2011 Nichicon UCS Series Capacitor Design Kits Learn More
Added 10/2011 Nichicon UPW Series Capacitor Design Kits Learn More
Added 10/2011 Nichicon PZ Series Pencil-Shaped Type Aluminum Capacitors Learn More
Added 10/2011 Nichicon CS Series Pencil-Shaped Type Aluminum Capacitors Learn More
Added 09/2011 Nichicon EDLC EVerCAP® Supercapacitors UW Series Learn More
Added 09/2011 Nichicon GN Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - Snap-In Terminal Type Learn More
Added 08/2011 Nichicon CZ Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 06/2011 Nichicon CV Series Conductive Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 01/2011 Nichicon F75 Series Max-CV Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 01/2011 Nichicon F72 Series Low Profile Solid Tantalum Electolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 10/2010 Nichicon CS Series Conductive Polymer Long Life Capacitors Learn More
Added 10/2010 Nichicon CK Series Conductive Polymer Ultra Low ESR Capacitors Learn More
Added 09/2010 Nichicon FPCAP Series Functional Polymer Capacitors Learn More
Added 08/2010 Nichicon F98 Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
Added 08/2010 Nichicon CL Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors Learn More
 
Nichicon Featured Products

Nichicon LX Solid Electrolytic Capacitors

Nichicon's LX series consists of conductive polymer aluminum solid electrolytic capacitors that offer high reliability and high voltage up to 50V. The LX radial lead type capacitors from Nichicon have capacitance range of 22 to 390µF, low ESR, high ripple current, temperature range of -55ºC to 125ºC, and long life of 3000 hours at 125ºC.

Nichicon CB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

Nichicon's CB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors are chip-type capacitors that offer long life assurance of 7000 hours at +105ºC. CB Series capacitors from Nichicon are well suited for automatic mounting machines fed with carrier tape. Specifications of CB Series capacitors from Nichicon include capacitance range of 0.1 to 1000µF, rated voltage range of 6.3 to 50V, category temperature range of -25ºC to +105ºC, and compliance to RoHS directive (2002/95/EC).

Nichicon UB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

Nichicon's UB Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors are chip-type, high-reliability capacitors that offer a high temperature range up to 125ºC. UB Series capacitors from Nichicon are ideal for use with automatic mounting machines fed with carrier tape. Specifications of UB Series capacitors include rated capacitance range of 1 to 330µF, temperature range of -40ºC to +125ºC, and rated voltage range of 10 to 400V.

Nichicon UPW Series Capacitor Design Kits

Nichicon's UPW Series Capacitor Design Kits include UPW Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors currently being used in Micro/Mini Inverters. Each UPW Series Capacitor Design Kit from Nichicon includes one voltage group of part numbers for a total of 3 kits (350V, 400V, and 450V). The UPW Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors included in Nichicon's Design Kits offer higher voltages that are typically more suitable for energy harvesting applications, such as solar and wind.

Features of the UPW Series Capacitors included in the Kits are capacitance range of 4.7 to 220µF, voltage range of 350 to 450V, miniature size, low impedance, and high reliability for switching power supplies.

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Nichicon UCS Series Capacitor Design Kits

Nichicon's UCS Series Capacitor Design Kits include high-voltage UCS Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors currently used in Micro/Mini Inverters. Each UCS Series Capacitor Design Kit from Nichicon contains one voltage group of part numbers for a total of 3 kits for the series (350V, 400V, and 450V). The UCS Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors offer higher voltages that are typically more suitable for energy harvesting applications, such as solar and wind.

Features of the UCS Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors included in the Design Kits are miniature size, high ripple current, high reliability, long load life of 8000 to 10,000 hours at 105ºC, capacitance range of 6.8 to 100µF, voltage range of 350 to 450V, and compliance to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC.
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Nichicon PZ Series Pencil-Shaped Type Aluminum Capacitors

Nichicon's PZ Series is part of the new product line of pencil-shaped type leaded aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The PZ Series aluminum electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon offer small size, capacitance range of 24 to 270µF, high rated voltage (200 to 450V), high ripple current, and load life of 2000 hours at 105ºC. They are suited for slim-designed products. These capacitors are compliant to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC.

Nichicon CS Series Pencil-Shaped Type Aluminum Capacitors

Nichicon's CS Series is part of the new product line of pencil-shaped type leaded aluminum electrolytic capacitors. The CS Series aluminum electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon offer capacitance range of 18 to 270µF, voltage of 200-450V, miniature size, high reliability, high ripple current, and load life of 10,000 hours at +105ºC. These capacitors are suited for slim-designed products. They are compliant to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC.

Nichicon GN Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors- Snap-In Terminal Type

Nichicon's GN Series Snap-In Terminal Type Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors offer a smaller case size than the GU Series and a 500V version. Nichicon's GN Series capacitors have a rated voltage of 160 to 500V, category temperature range of -40ºC to +105ºC (160 to 250V) and -25ºC to +105ºC (350 to 500V), rated capacitance range of 56 to 3300µF, and capacitance tolerance of ±20% at 120Hz, 20ºC. In addition, these RoHS-compliant, snap-in terminal type capacitors can withstand 3000 hours of rated ripple current application at 105ºC.

Nichicon CZ Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

Nichicon's chip-type CZ Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors operate in a higher temperature range (-40ºC to +125ºC) and have higher ripple, current, and voltage when compared to the CS and CK series. The RoHS-compliant, highly reliable CZ Series capacitors from Nichicon feature a low-temperature ESR specification, SMD mounting ability, long life, rated voltage range of 10-35V, and rated capacitance range of 47 to 470µF.

Nichicon Screw Terminal Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors - NC Series

Nichicon's NC Series Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors are available in an upgraded screw terminal version that offers smaller size and higher ripple current than the NX and NK series. Other features of the NC Series electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon include operating temperature range of -40ºC to +85ºC, rated voltage range of 350 to 500V, rated capacitance range of 1000 to 22000µF, high-speed charge-discharge, and load life of 5000 hours of ripple current application at 85ºC. These RoHS-compliant capacitors are suited for use in industrial power supplies for inverter circuitry and high-frequency regenerative voltage for AC servomotor and general inverters.

Nichicon CV Series Conductive Electrolytic Capacitors

Nichicon's CV Series Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Electrolytic Capacitors offer high voltage and long life. Features of the CV Series Capacitors from Nichicon include rated voltage range of 16 to 63V, low ESR, high ripple current, load life of 3000 hours at 105ºC, category temperature range of -55 to +105ºC, and compliance to RoHS directive (2002/95/EC). In addition, the CV Series consists of SMD- type capacitors that offer lead-free reflow soldering at 260ºC peak correspondence.

Nichicon EDLC EVerCAP® Supercapacitors UW Series

Nichicon has expanded the EVerCAP® Supercapacitor line with the UW Series Electric Double Layer (EDLC) Supercapacitors. The Nichicon UW Series features radial leads and a rated voltage of 2.7V, one rank smaller than the UM Series. The EVerCAP Supercapacitors series is adapted to the RoHS directive (2002/95/EC) and has a wide temperature range from -25º to +70ºC.

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Includes the radial lead UM series, as well as screw terminal types in Series JL, JD, and JC.

Nichicon F75 Series Max-CV Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors

The Nichicon F75 Series Maximum CV Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors are conformal coated chip capacitors that are compliant to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC. These F75 capacitors are available with capacitance rated from 330µF to 2200µF in 4V, 6.3V, 10V, and 16V. The The Nichicon F75 Series Maximum CV Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitor offer ESR (@100Hz) from 0.07Ω to 0.22Ω.

Nichicon F72 Series Low Profile Solid Tantalum Electolytic Capacitors

The Nichicon F72 Series Low Profile Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors are conformal coated chip capacitors that are compliant to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC. These case code R (1.2mm height) F72 capacitors, are available in 4V, 6.3V, 10V, and 16V, as well as 33µF to 330µF. The Nichicon F72 Series Low Profile Solid Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors offer ESR (@100Hz) from 0.70Ω to 0.90Ω.

Nichicon CK Series Conductive Polymer Ultra Low ESR Capacitors

The Nichicon CK Series Conductive Polymer Ultra Low ESR Capacitors offer ultra low ESR (≤ to specified value at 100kHz, 20ºC). The CK Series are aluminum solid electrolytic chip capacitors for SMD with lead-free reflow at 260ºC peak correspondence. The Nichicon CK Series Conductive Polymer Ultra Low ESR Capacitors feature high ripple current, high capacitance (220 to 2200µF) low impedance, an anti-solvent feature, and are ideal for high frequency applications.

Nichicon CS Series Conductive Polymer Long Life Capacitors

The Nichicon CS Series Conductive Polymer Long Life Capacitors offer a load life of 5000 hours at 105ºC. The CS Series are aluminum solid electrolytic chip capacitors for SMD with lead-free reflow at 260ºC peak correspondence. The Nichicon CS Series Conductive Polymer Long Life Capacitors feature high ripple current, low impedance, an anti-solvent feature, and are ideal for high frequency applications.