Wave Soldering for Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

Wave soldering was one of first production techniques for soldering surface mount components, including multilayer ceramic capacitors  (MLCCs), to assemblies. Initially process problems, such as inadequate preheat and excessive dwell time, and inferior ceramic capacitors [e.g. small voids and delaminations], caused cracking of the capacitors.

At CalRamic, we have produced Application Note AN102 to address successful soldering techniques on our MLCC product line.

CalRamic Space Level Grade, High Voltage MLCC Performance Chart