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name: capacitor description: Use when working with capacitor components - adding capacitor patterns, parsing capacitor MPNs, extracting capacitance values, voltage ratings, dielectric types, or package codes from capacitor part numbers.

Capacitor Component Skill

Guidance for working with capacitor components in the lib-electronic-components library.

Supported Manufacturers & Patterns

ComponentTypes

Copy// Base type
ComponentType.CAPACITOR

// Manufacturer-specific types
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_MURATA
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_TDK
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_SAMSUNG
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_YAGEO
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_KEMET
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_AVX
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_TANTALUM_KEMET
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_TANTALUM_AVX
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_ELECTROLYTIC_PANASONIC
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_ELECTROLYTIC_NICHICON
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_FILM_KEMET
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_FILM_PANASONIC
ComponentType.CAPACITOR_POLYMER_AVX

MPN Structure

Murata GRM Series (MLCC)

CopyGRM 188 R7 1H 104 K A93 D
│   │   │  │  │   │ │   │
│   │   │  │  │   │ │   └── Packaging (D=180mm Reel)
│   │   │  │  │   │ └────── Special code
│   │   │  │  │   └──────── Tolerance (K=±10%)
│   │   │  │  └──────────── Value (104=100nF)
│   │   │  └─────────────── Voltage (1H=50V)
│   │   └────────────────── Dielectric (R7=X7R)
│   └────────────────────── Size (188=0603)
└────────────────────────── Series (GRM=General)

KEMET C Series

CopyC 0603 C 104 K 5R AC TU
│ │    │ │   │ │  │  │
│ │    │ │   │ │  │  └── Packaging (TU=7" Reel)
│ │    │ │   │ │  └───── Termination (AC=Flex)
│ │    │ │   │ └──────── Voltage (5R=50V)
│ │    │ │   └────────── Tolerance (K=±10%)
│ │    │ └────────────── Value (104=100nF)
│ │    └──────────────── Dielectric (C=X7R)
│ └───────────────────── Size (0603)
└─────────────────────── Series

Dielectric Types

Adding New Capacitor Patterns

1. In the manufacturer handler's initializePatterns():

Copyregistry.addPattern(ComponentType.CAPACITOR, "^NEWCAP[0-9]{4}.*");
registry.addPattern(ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_MANUFACTURER, "^NEWCAP[0-9]{4}.*");

1. Add to getSupportedTypes():

Copytypes.add(ComponentType.CAPACITOR);
types.add(ComponentType.CAPACITOR_CERAMIC_MANUFACTURER);

Similarity Calculation

CapacitorSimilarityCalculator compares:

• Capacitance value
• Voltage rating
• Dielectric type (C0G, X7R, X5R, etc.)
• Package size
• Tolerance

Common Package Sizes

Murata Size Codes

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