Ceramic Capacitor 100nf 50V

A ceramic capacitor uses a ceramic material as the dielectric. Ceramics were one of the first materials to produce capacitors, as it was a known insulator. Many geometries were used in ceramic capacitors, of which some, like ceramic tubular capacitors and barrier layer capacitors, are obsolete today due to their size, parasitic effects or electrical characteristics.

It is constructed of two or more alternating ceramic layers and a metal layer acting as electrodes. The composition of the ceramic material defines the electrical behavior and applications. Ceramic capacitors are divided into two application classes multi-layer chip capacitors (MLCC) and ceramic disc capacitors.