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TDK C1608X5R1E106M080AC 10uF 25V X5R 0603 SMD Ceramic Capacitors 55pcs

SMD Capacitors • SKU RFB00435

$14.95

One sealed surplus pack containing 55 genuine TDK C1608X5R1E106M080AC multilayer ceramic chip capacitors from original distributor stock.

These compact high-capacitance MLCCs provide 10uF capacitance at a rated 25VDC in the industry-standard 0603 / 1608 metric surface-mount package. They use an X5R Class II ceramic dielectric with ±20% capacitance tolerance and are part of TDK's C Series commercial-grade multilayer ceramic capacitor family.

PACK CONTENTS: 55 capacitors.

Key specifications:

• Capacitance: 10uF
• Rated Voltage: 25VDC
• Capacitance Tolerance: ±20%
• Dielectric: X5R
• Package Size: 0603
• Metric Package: 1608
• Approximate Dimensions: 1.6mm x 0.8mm x 0.8mm
• Mounting Style: SMD / SMT
• Technology: Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor / MLCC
• Operating Temperature Range: -55°C to +85°C
• Commercial Grade
• Lead-Free
• RoHS Compliant
• Country of Origin shown on distributor label: Japan
• Pack Size: 55 pieces
• Sale Quantity: 1 pack

The original distributor packaging identifies the manufacturer as TDK Corporation of America and manufacturer part number C1608X5R1E106M080AC. The package carries date code 1824 and identifies Japan as the country of origin. The components remain in taped SMD format inside the original surplus packaging.

A 10uF capacitor in a compact 0603 package is particularly useful when substantial local capacitance is required without consuming significant PCB area. Common applications include power-supply bypassing, local decoupling, filtering, regulator support circuitry, DC/DC converter circuits, digital electronics, embedded controllers, communications equipment, instrumentation, industrial electronics, and general PCB repair.

For RF, radio, communications, and test-equipment work, these capacitors may be useful around digital control sections, PLL support circuitry, frequency synthesizer electronics, processor power rails, display boards, logic circuitry, interface boards, voltage-regulator sections, and low-voltage power distribution.

X5R is a Class II ceramic dielectric designed to provide considerably greater capacitance density than highly stable Class I ceramic materials such as C0G/NP0. This makes X5R extremely useful for bypassing, filtering, and power applications where relatively high capacitance is needed in a physically small package.

As with other high-capacitance Class II MLCCs, actual capacitance can vary with applied DC bias, temperature, operating voltage, and circuit conditions. These parts should therefore not automatically be substituted into precision timing networks, critically tuned RF resonant circuits, or other applications where exceptionally stable capacitance is required.

This exact TDK part remains a current-production component rather than an obsolete device, making this surplus pack useful both for modern repair work and for stocking a professional electronics service bench.

HISTORICAL:

TDK has an important connection to the early development of advanced electronic materials. The company was established in Japan in 1935 under the name Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo with the objective of commercializing ferrite technology developed by researchers associated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Ferrite became an important material in twentieth-century radio and communications electronics. Ferrite cores were widely used in radio antennas, tuning assemblies, intermediate-frequency transformers, inductors, transformers, filters, television circuitry, communications equipment, and many other magnetic components.

TDK's early expertise in ceramic and magnetic materials provided a foundation for expansion into a broad range of electronic components. Over succeeding decades, the company developed extensive capability in dielectric materials, capacitors, inductors, magnetic components, recording media, sensors, and other passive electronic devices.

Ceramic capacitors themselves have a long history in radio and electronics. Early ceramic capacitors were typically single-layer disc, tubular, or molded components with wire leads. They were widely used because ceramic dielectrics could provide useful capacitance in a compact and reliable structure.

The development of multilayer ceramic capacitor technology dramatically increased the amount of capacitance that could be placed inside a small component. Instead of relying on one pair of conductive plates, an MLCC contains many alternating layers of ceramic dielectric and internal electrodes stacked inside a monolithic ceramic body.

As manufacturing technology improved, ceramic dielectric layers became progressively thinner and the number of internal electrode layers increased. These advances allowed capacitance values that once required physically large components to be produced in extremely small chip packages.

Surface-mount technology accelerated this evolution during the late twentieth century. Traditional radial and axial leaded components increasingly gave way to standardized rectangular chip components that could be supplied on tape and reel, positioned automatically by pick-and-place machinery, and soldered to printed circuit boards using reflow processes.

The 0603 package became one of the electronics industry's most successful SMD sizes because it provides an excellent compromise between compact dimensions and practical manufacturability. It is small enough for densely populated modern circuit boards while remaining manageable for automated production, inspection, and careful bench rework.

A component such as the TDK C1608X5R1E106M080AC demonstrates just how far ceramic capacitor technology has developed. Providing 10uF at 25VDC in a body approximately 1.6mm by 0.8mm represents a remarkable capacitance density compared with many earlier generations of electronic components.

TDK's C Series represents the mature evolution of multilayer ceramic technology and is used throughout consumer electronics, telecommunications equipment, industrial control systems, instrumentation, computers, power electronics, automotive systems, and communications equipment.

For radio and RF technicians, modern MLCCs are commonly encountered not only in direct RF signal paths but throughout the supporting electronics of contemporary radios. Frequency synthesizers, microprocessors, PLL systems, regulators, digital interfaces, displays, control processors, and power-management circuits all depend heavily on compact ceramic decoupling and filtering capacitors.

This RF Boneyard offering consists of one original surplus pack containing 55 genuine TDK capacitors, making it useful for technicians, engineers, restorers, experimenters, radio builders, laboratory users, and electronic repair shops that prefer identifiable named-manufacturer components over anonymous bulk SMD parts.