16SVPG270MX

• 270uF capacitance, 16V DC rating, 20 Percent Tolerance
• Very Low 10 M Ohm Equivalent Series Resistance
• 5.08A Ripple Current Rating
• Solid Conductive Polymer electrolyte, No Liquid Electrolyte to Dry Out
• 5, 000 Hour Rated Life at 105C
• -55C to 105C Operating Temperature Range
• Surface-Mount can, 6.3mm Diameter X 7.9mm Height
• RoHS compliant; Panasonic SVPG series; Tape and Reel

The 16SVPG270MX is a Panasonic SVPG series aluminium polymer capacitor of 270uF rated at 16V DC with a 20 percent tolerance, in a surface-mount can measuring 6.3mm in diameter by 7.9mm high. Its defining specification is a very low 10 m Ohm equivalent series resistance paired with a 5.08A ripple current rating. It is rated across a -55C to 105C range with a 5, 000 hour life, has a 12 percent dissipation factor and 864uA leakage current, is RoHS compliant, and is active and in current production on tape and reel. Polymer Electrolytic Capacitors use a conductive polymer rather than a liquid electrolyte, which gives lower ESR and no dry-out failure mode.

The 10 m Ohm ESR and 5.08A ripple rating are what this part is bought for: it is a bulk input and output capacitor for switching power supplies, placed where a design has to absorb high ripple current in a small volume that a conventional aluminium electrolytic could not survive. Typical positions are the input and output bulk stages of point-of-load DC/DC converters and VRMs, decoupling reservoirs on high-current digital rails, and the output filter of adapters and chargers. The 16V rating gives working headroom on 5V and 12V rails. It appears in servers and networking equipment, telecom line cards, industrial power supplies, graphics and compute boards, and consumer power adapters. Buyers are OEM power design teams and contract manufacturers, with polymer capacitors a recurring allocation item during power-component shortages.