CL10A106MQ8NNNC
Samsung Electro-Mechanics · Capacitors · 0603 · SMD
Profile cl10a106mq8nnnc Profiled: 23 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Active
Availability risk: Medium
Specification
Transcribed from the manufacturer datasheet
| Capacitance | 10 µF |
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| Voltage rating | 6.3 V DC |
| Dielectric | X5R, Class II |
| Tolerance | ±20 % |
| Temp. range | -55 °C to +85 °C, ±15 % over range |
| Thickness | 0.8 mm max |
| Tolerance | ±20 % |
| Voltage rating | 6.3 V |
| Lifecycle | Active |
| Datasheet reference | Samsung CL series datasheet, rev. 2023-09, CL10A106MQ8NNNC detail plus DC-bias characteristic graph on p. 3 |
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| Manufacturer | Samsung Electro-Mechanics |
| Mounting | SMD |
Substitute graph
3 Alternates
Interchangeable part numbers for this profile. A solid node is already profiled in this catalogue; a hollow node is a valid substitute that has no profile yet.
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GRM188R60J106ME47 not yet profiled
Murata 0603 10 µF 6.3 V X5R. Nearly interchangeable; Murata's DC-bias curve holds about 8 % more capacitance at 3.3 V, which matters when the part is a switch-mode output capacitor sized at the edge of stability.
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CL10A106KP8NNNC not yet profiled
Same capacitance on X5R with the same case but ±10 % tolerance. Buy it when matching is needed; it does not fix the DC-bias loss, which dominates over tolerance by a factor of five at 5 V.
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CL21A106KAYNNNE not yet profiled
0805 version of the same value at 25 V. Bigger footprint and better voltage headroom; use it if the rail is above 6.3 V or if the layout has room, since the effective capacitance at 12 V is roughly triple the 0603 6.3 V part.
Selection notes
The only prose on this page
The 6.3 V rating is a hard ceiling
6.3 V is the absolute maximum working voltage, not a design margin. On a 5 V rail a 6.3 V X5R runs at 79 % of rating, where DC bias has already removed roughly 60 % of the nominal capacitance. That leaves about 4 µF of effective capacitance from a part sold as 10 µF. If the rail can ring to 6.5 V during a load step, go to an 0805 25 V part instead of adding a second 0603.
Effective capacitance in a regulator loop
Switch-mode output capacitors are usually selected from the loop-stability table, which lists effective capacitance, not nominal. Substituting a 10 µF 6.3 V X5R for a 10 µF 16 V X7R at the same nominal value can cut the effective capacitance by 40 % and push a marginally compensated loop into oscillation.
Soldering and thermal shock
Large-capacitance MLCCs in thin cases are sensitive to thermal shock. Above a 3 °C/s ramp the risk of micro-cracking rises sharply; the standard profile peaks at 260 °C with a 3 °C/s maximum ramp for this reason. Hand rework with a hot-air station at 400 °C will crack a 0603 10 µF reliably, so preheat and use 320 °C.
Sources
Murata — https://www.murata.com/en-global/support/faqs/capacitor/ceramiccapacitor/char/0005 · Siemens Matsushita Components — https://docs.rs-online.com/9018/0900766b80090f7a.pdf · Texas Instruments — https://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva840/slva840.pdf
| Sourcing — Availability risk | High-capacitance MLCCs in small cases are the first to disappear in a shortage because they compete for the same base-metal-electrode lines as much larger values. 10 µF 0603 is available from Samsung, Murata, TDK, Yageo and Taiyo Yuden, so multi-sourcing is easy — but all five tighten at the same time during an allocation event. |
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| Pinout and handling | Two-terminal, non-polarised, but electrically the part does have a soft preferred orientation: mounting it with the termination bands perpendicular to the current path reduces ESL slightly. On 0603 the difference is small enough to ignore; the more important habit is not to rotate a 10 µF 0603 next to a 10 µF 0402 and assume the same performance. |
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