Fairview, PA – March 9, 2011 – Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products now offers DC link power film capacitors with voltage ratings up to 1300 VDC. Due to harsh operating conditions of wind and photovoltaic installations, components used in power inverter applications require superior life expectancy. Spectrum’s DC link power capacitors utilize segmented, self-healing metallized polypropylene, internally fused using a T-design pattern, giving them a life expectancy of over 100,000 hours.

Spectrum’s DC link power film capacitors feature low ESR (1 to 4.3 mΩ, typ.) and low ESL (50 to 80 nH, typ.), ripple currents up to 70A RMS from 10kHz to 100kHz, and a capacitance range of 160µF to 680µF standard. All capacitors are tested to the environmental specifications of MIL-STD-202, and come in a compact, cost-effective design. The high capacitance density and ripple current capabilities of DC power link capacitors make them ideal replacements for electrolytic capacitors. Custom, application-specific designs are welcome, with a variety of terminations and specifications available.

About Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products:

Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products produces coaxial filters & interconnects, advanced ceramics, antennas & assemblies, specialty connectors & harnessing and power filters & film modules. Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products is a Spectrum Control Business.

About Spectrum Control:

Spectrum Control, an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, is comprised of four businesses: Advanced Specialty Products, Sensors and Controls, Power Management Systems, and Microwave Components and Systems

Spectrum Microwave produces a wide range of microwave components and systems. Products include microwave filters, amplifiers, mixers, voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), dielectric resonator oscillators (DROs) and a wide range of RF & microwave systems & assemblies.

Spectrum Sensors & Controls Precision Positioning Sensors Operation produces potentiometers and position sensors including rotary, motorized, hollow shaft, linear and fader types, as well as element segments and custom assemblies. The company’s Advanced Thermal Products Operation produces temperature sensing probes and assemblies, PTC and NTC thermistors and resistive temperature detectors (RTDs). Spectrum Sensors also offers inertial measurement products, including accelerometers, rate gyros and six-degrees-of-freedom inertial measurement systems.

Spectrum Power Management Systems produces AC and DC power distribution and remote management systems. Power solutions include off-the-shelf products as well as customized products or systems designed to suit specific user requirements.