Mil-Spec Surface Mount Tantalum Chip Capacitors

Capacitor Data
- Chip Size -





Common SMD Part Sizes

The table provides the common dimensions for both SMD resistor chip and capacitor chip packages.

Some chip styles, such as, Low Inductance Chip Capacitors move the terminals to the long side of the body.
However this alternate style is still some what uncommon, as compared to this orientation.

Surface Mount Chip Size Drawing and dimensions for passive components
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Surface Mount Electrolytic Can Capacitors
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Design Notes;
The physical size for chip resistors and capacitors is shown in the graphic above.
The standard EIA component designations are shown under the type heading.
The common values for capacitors or standard wattage size for resistors are shown for each EIA component type.
The smaller the physical part, the lower the inductance.
Pick the smallest possible package size which still meets the design criteria.
The table provides dimensions in mm, the 'Type' is the English designation.
The 'type' used above are different for metric designations.
Also, there is an additional designation for Tantalum capacitors [shown above].


Case codes include:
... P ..... 0805
... A ..... 1206
... B ..... 1411
... C ..... 2412
... D/E . 2917




Additional Surface Mount [SM] chips sizes may include the following:

SM Chip Sizes, Inches
Case Size Length Width Height
0306 0.032 0.063 0.013
0505 0.050 0.050 0.020
0508 0.050 0.080 0.005
0612 0.063 0.126 0.005
0805 0.080 0.050 0.020
1005 0.100 0.050 0.020
1206 0.126 0.063 0.020
2010 0.197 0.098 0.035
2512 0.250 0.120 0.035
2525 0.250 0.250 0.035
3725 0.375 0.250 0.035

The dimensions are in inches, are nominal and may not follow released standards.

SM Chip Sizes, millimeters
Case Size Length Width Height
0202 20 +/- 5 20 +/- 3 15
0303 30 +/- 5 30 +/- 5 15
0403 45 +/- 5 30 +/- 5 20
0404 40 +10, -5 40 +/- 5 20
0502 50 +10, -5 25 +/- 5 20
0505 50 +10, -5 25 +/- 5 20

The dimensions are in millimeters, are nominal and may not follow released standards.

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Note that military specifications do not use the EIA component size designation.
For example a military specification tantalum capacitor is shown below the size is CWR09.





Surface Mount Chip Capacitor CWR09
CWR09 Capacitor

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