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New HV Capacitor 5500 - 7600 - 7700

Conventional high voltage capacitors are prone to sudden failure if the dielectric film becomes damaged or excess voltage is applied, as dielectric breakdown can quickly spread throughout the entire film. However, the new capacitor design prevents this by using many small individual cell capacitors connected in parallel, each with its own fuse. If one cell fails, its fuse disconnects it from the others, stopping the breakdown from spreading and allowing the capacitor to gradually degrade over time as cells fail rather than experiencing sudden failure.

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New HV Capacitor 5500 - 7600 - 7700

Conventional high voltage capacitors are prone to sudden failure if the dielectric film becomes damaged or excess voltage is applied, as dielectric breakdown can quickly spread throughout the entire film. However, the new capacitor design prevents this by using many small individual cell capacitors connected in parallel, each with its own fuse. If one cell fails, its fuse disconnects it from the others, stopping the breakdown from spreading and allowing the capacitor to gradually degrade over time as cells fail rather than experiencing sudden failure.

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Self-Cutoff Function in New High Voltage Capacitor

Problem in Conventional HV Capacitor Sudden Capacitor Failure

A conventional capacitor consists of a large dielectric film between plus and minus terminals. If the dielectric film is deteriorated or abnormal voltage exceeding the withstanding voltage is applied to the capacitor, dielectric breakdown occurs in part of the dielectric film. This causes a leakage current between the plus and minus terminals and increases dielectric breakdown around the damaged part. This breakdown immediately spreads to all parts of the dielectric film causing sudden failure of the capacitor.

Plus terminal

dielectric film Minus terminal dielectric breakdown


Self Cutoff Function in New HV Capacitor Prevents Sudden Capacitor Failure

The new HV capacitor consists of 4,530 small cell capacitors which have a fuse. The individual cell capacitors are connected in parallel. If dielectric breakdown occurs in one cell capacitor, excessive current blows the fuse of that individual capacitor, disconnecting it from the other cell capacitors. This prevents dielectric breakdown in other cell capacitors. The number of available cell capacitors gradually decreases due to dielectric breakdown and deterioration. Thus, the capacitor gradually wears out rather than failing suddenly.

Plus terminal

F1 C1

F2 C2

F3 C3

F4530 C4530

Minus terminal
Example: One cell capacitor is damaged.1/4530 100 = 0.022% (TEC-7600) The HV capacitor can be used as long as 80% of the cell capacitors are functioning. After 20,000 defibrillations at 360 J, 95% of the cell capacitors should still be functioning. You can check the remaining lifetime of the HV capacitor in HV Capacitor Test in the System Setup screen.
Type of Capacitor:

Model TEC-7600 TEC-7700 TEC-5500

Description NKC-4840SA NKC-30100A NKC-26100B

Capacitance Withstanding voltage 40 F 4700 V 100 F 3000 V 100 F 2600 V

Size Large Large Small

Code No. 506695B 640317 669492

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