The identification of the ceramic capacitor

The identification method of the ceramic capacitor: the identification method of the capacitance is basically the same as the identification method of the resistance, and there are three kinds of methods: the direct label method, the color scale method and the number standard method. The basic unit usage of the capacitor is (F), and other units are: millifarad (mF), microfarad (μF)/mju:/, nanofarad (nF), and picofarad (pF). Where: 1 Farad = 1000 millifarads (mF), 1 millifarad = 1000 microfarads (μF), 1 microfarad = 1000 nanofarads (nF), 1 nanofarad = 1000 picofarads (pF)                                                               

The capacity of a large capacitor is directly indicated on the capacitor, such as 10 μF/16V                                                                   Capacitance values of small capacitances are represented by letters or numbers on the capacitors.                                 

Letter notation: 1m=1000 μF 1P2=1.2PF 1n=1000PF

Digital notation: The three-digit representation is also called the digital representation of the capacitance. The first two digits of the three digits are the significant digits of the nominal capacity, and the third digit represents the number of zeros following the significant digit, all of which are in pF.

For example, 102 indicates a nominal capacity of 1000 pF.                                    221 indicates a nominal capacity of 220 pF.                                                          

224 indicates a nominal capacity of 22 x 10 (4) pF.

In this notation, there is a special case where when the third digit is represented by "9", the capacity is multiplied by 10 to the power of -1 to indicate the capacity.

For example, 229 indicates a nominal capacity of 22x (10-1) pF = 2.2 pF.

Allowable error ±1% ±2% ±5% ±10% ±15% ±20%

For example, a ceramic capacitor of 104J indicates a capacity of 0.1 μF and an error of ±5%.