Due to the continuous development of power electronics following the trends of miniaturization, increase of reliability, and improvement of efficiency, concrete demands on electronic components are claimed. Since new technologies and materials for semiconductors were successful introduced in the market in the last years, an improvement of passive components is mandatory as well. This paper introduces a new robust capacitor technology overcoming limits in the high temperature range and power density. Unique device features and characteristics will be explained enabling new ideas in power electronic designs. Furthermore, low inductive design solutions are discussed and an outlook for further developments is given.
