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MLCC Capacitors in Implantable Applications

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Knowles Precision Devices blog explains requirements on MLCC ceramic capacitors in implantable medical applications such as Pacemakers and Defibrillators (ICDs) and what is a difference between these two devices.

For more than 3 million people in the United States, pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are life-changing technology they rely on. While both devices are implantable medical devices designed to improve the quality of life for people with heart arrhythmia, a condition where the heart beats irregularly, each devices serve a different purpose.

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A pacemaker, shown in Figure 1, is an implantable medical device designed to help patients maintain a normal heartbeat and rhythm.

The small device is placed under the patient’s skin in their upper chest and consists of a computer that senses when the heart beats at the wrong speed, or out of rhythm.

When the pacemaker detects that the heart is out of rhythm, it sends out low-energy electrical pulses to return the heartbeat to a steady rhythm and rate.

Figure 1. An example of leaded pacemaker implanted in a patient.; source: mayoclinic.org
Figure 2. An example of an ICD implanted in a patient; source: mayoclinic.org

Rather than aiding in maintaining a regular heartbeat, an ICD is designed to prevent or stop a potentially dangerous arrhythmia that could lead to sudden cardiac arrest by using low- or high-energy electric shocks (Figure 2). Like a pacemaker, an ICD is implanted under a patient’s skin and contains a computer that tracks heart rate and rhythm. The key difference between the two devices is that with an ICD, if the patient’s heart beats way too fast or is very out of rhythm, the ICD will send out a shock to get it back into rhythm. Some ICDs can also function like a pacemaker and send out a signal when the heart rate gets too slow as well.

While pacemakers and ICDs serve different functions, there are a lot of similarities between these two implantable medical devices. Since both devices are extremely important to the lives of the patients that require them, it is essential that the small circuit boards inside these devices, which contain very tiny electronics such as capacitors, are built using high-reliability (Hi-Rel) electrical components.

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Since both pacemakers and ICDs are implanted inside the body, these devices must be made as small as possible. Today, medical device designers are focused on innovating device designs to further reduce size and are currently working on the development of new leadless pacemakers that are about 1/10th the size of a traditional pacemaker. Therefore, the electrical components such as capacitors used in these devices must continue to be miniaturized, which can be very challenging.

A great option to help reduce capacitor size is to use multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). Since multiple layers can be built in the same capacitor with an MLCC, the result is a single capacitor that provides a capacitance level equivalent to using multiple SLCs connected in parallel. While this multi-layer design is slightly thicker (taller) than an SLC, it decreases the overall footprint needed for a capacitor to achieve the higher capacitance required by pacemakers and ICDs.

In addition to needing increasingly smaller capacitors, the capacitors used in these devices must also be highly reliable. While high reliability sounds like it could be a subjective term, in the medical industry, high reliability has a very specific meaning – the component must be designed to maintain consistent excellence in quality and safety over long periods of time.

This is not an easy task as these components must be put through rigorous testing and extensive screening using established military specifications (MIL-SPECs) to prove reliability. For medical components, MIL-PRF-55681 and MIL-PRF-123 are the most common screening specifications used.

At a high level, MIL-PRF-55681 defines a mid-K stable dielectric designated as BX while MIL-PRF-123 covers the general requirements for high reliability, general purpose (BX and BR), and temperature stable (BP and BG) ceramic dielectric fixed capacitors, through-hole, and SMDs. Screening using MIL-PRF-123 provides an increased level of reliability over MIL-PRF-55681 as the screening specifications are more stringent.

Source: Knowles Precision Devices

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