Murata Electronics offers a multilayer ceramic chip capacitor (MLCC) that delivers a capacitance value of 1.0 µF in a 01005 package with dimensions of just 0.4×0.2 mm. Designated the GRM022R60G105M, the tiny capacitor has a rated voltage of 4 VDC. Mass production of its 6.3-VDC counterpart will begin in 2021.

These diminutive devices can be used in an extensive range of mobile electronic devices, such as smartphones and wearables. Murata uses thin-layer technology for ceramic elements and thin-sheet formation technology to achieve approximately a 35% reduction in footprint and a 50% reduction in volume ratio compared to the company’s existing products with the same capacitance value (015008 size). In addition, capacity has increased by about 2.1 times compared to Murata’s conventional products of the same 01005 size.

Based on an X5R dielectric, the GRM022R60G105M operates over a temperature range of -55°C to +85°C and has a capacitance change rate of ±15.0%.