Polymer capacitors, polymerized organic semiconductor solid-electrolyte capacitors and conductive polymer capacitors with different chemistry, are types of electrolytic capacitor

Electrolytic capacitor

An electrolytic capacitor is a type of capacitor that uses an electrolyte, an ionic conducting liquid, as one of its plates, to achieve a larger capacitance per unit volume than other types. They are often referred to in electronics usage simply as "electrolytics"...

 with solid, rather than the more usual liquid, electrolyte. Names used for similar technologies are OS-CON

OS-CON

OSCON or OS-CON is a Sanyo trademark for their polymer capacitors. The name is used for polymerized organic semiconductor solid-electrolyte capacitors and conductive polymer capacitors with different chemistry.-Characteristics:...

 (Sanyo

Sanyo

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 trademark

Trademark

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), Aluminum Organic Polymer Capacitors (AO-CAPS), Organic Conductive Polymer Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor (OC-CON).

Characteristics

• Some types have longer life at higher cost than standard (liquid) electrolytics. 50Khours life at 85 °C. Others are specified typically for guaranteed 1000 hours at 105 °C.
• Equivalent series resistance
  Equivalent series resistance
  Practical capacitors and inductors as used in electric circuits are not ideal components with only capacitance or inductance. However, they can be treated to a very good approximation as ideal capacitors and inductors in series with a resistance; this resistance is defined to be the equivalent...
  
   (ESR) is lower than electrolytic of same value, and stable under varying temperature, unlike standard electrolytics.
• Working voltage up to around 35 V
  Volt
  The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
  
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Construction

• Cathode is aluminum foil.
• A separator sheet is impregnated with electrolyte.
• Anode is aluminum foil with an oxide layer.

Sandwich is rolled and assembled into a leaded or surface-mount can.