In addition to smaller case size 01005BB and the 0201BB broadband capacitors, Passive Plus, Inc. (PPI) has developed larger broadband capacitors in three larger case sizes: 0402BB, 0603BB and 0805BB. Values available are 10 nF (10,000 pF) and 100 nF (100,000 pF), depending on case size.

These capacitors are intended primarily for coupling RF signals or, occasionally, for bypassing them to ground, while blocking DC. The applications for which they are intended require small, surface-mountable devices that provide low RF impedances, i.e., low insertion losses and reflections, across extremely large RF bandwidths and temperatures typically ranging from -55°C to +125°C.

Applications for the broadband series are primarily found in the signal integrity market:

  • Optoelectronics/highspeed data
  • ROSA/TOSA (Transmit/Receive optical subassemblies)
  • SONET (Synchronous Optical Networks)
  • Broadband test equipment
  • Broadband microwave and mmWave amplifiers and oscillators.

Customers requiring surface-mountable, 10 nF or 100 nF capacitors that provide resonance-free, low insertion loss, low reflection operation over extremely large RF bandwidths will be well served by PPI's broadband series. 

0402BB104KW500 (.040” x .020”): 

  • Capacitance: 100 nF
  • WVDC: 50 V
  • TCC: 0 ± 15% /°C (-55°C to +125°C)
  • Typical Operating Frequency:16 kHz (-3 dB point) to > 50 GHz
  • Insertion Loss: < 1.2 dB, typical
  • Termination: Gold, Non-RoHS Tin/Lead (90/10), and RoHS Tin Plated over Nickel Barrier

0603BB104KW101 (.060” x .030”)

  • Capacitance: 100 nF
  • WVDC: 100 V
  • TCC: 0 ± 15% /°C (-55°C to +125°C)
  • Typical Operating Frequency: Up to > 20 GHz
  • Insertion Loss: < 1.2 dB, typical
  • Termination: Gold, Non-RoHS Tin/Lead (90/10), and RoHS Tin Plated over Nickel Barrier

0805BB103KW101 (.080” x .050”): 

  • Capacitance: 10 nF
  • WVDC: 100 V
  • TCC: 0 ± 15% /°C (-55°C to +125°C)
  • Typical Operating Frequency: 160 kHz (-3 dB point) to > 3 GHz
  • Insertion Loss: < 0.25 dB, typical
  • Termination: Non-RoHS Tin/Lead (90/10), and RoHS Tin Plated over Nickel Barrier.