Single layer ceramic capacitors (SLC) are passive components that use ceramic materials as their insulator. They are similar in construction to ceramic multilayer capacitors but have only one layer of insulating material instead of multiple layers. RS offer an extensive range of high-quality devices from lea... ...
The manufacturing of traditional single layer capacitors begins with a fired ceramic substrate with a typical thickness of 0.005". The ceramic substrates use various dielectric formulations, depending on the type of capacitor that is being constructed. Next, both surfaces of the fired substrate are metallized by either a thick or thin film process.
Ceramic multilayer capacitors are used when sufficient levels of capacitance need to be obtained within a single capacitor. Consequently, single layer capacitors are more limited when used as stand-alone capacitors.
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The most common design of a ceramic capacitor is the multi layer construction where the capacitor elements are stacked as shown in Figure C2-70, so called MLCC (Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor). The number of layers has to be limited for reasons of the manufacturing technique. The upper limit amounts at present to over 1000.
Single layer ceramic capacitors are suitable for high-frequency decoupling in switching circuits due to their inductance and series resistance. Ceramic multilayer capacitors are used when sufficient levels of capacitance need to be obtained within a single capacitor.