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Air Plate Trimmers

Air plate trimmers are a type of variable capacitor used for fine-tuning radio-frequency (RF) circuits. They use air as the dielectric (insulating medium) between metal plates, which makes them very stable and low-loss compared to many other capacitor types.

Air has properties that make it ideal for RF tuning due to Very low dielectric loss → better RF efficiency, High-Q factor (important for tuned circuits), very stable with temperature, no dielectric absorption, and can handle relatively high voltages.

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Part-No. Height (mm) Weight (mm) Cmin (pF) Cmax (pF0 # of Plates Stator/Rotor Air Gap Voltage Rating VDC Datasheet
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PPI-10-2421-40020-000 18.9 27.0 3.5 23.0 3/4 0.40 750
PPI-10-2421-40050-000 25.9 32.0 4.5 50.0 7/8 0.40 750
PPI-10-2421-40070-000 29.1 36.0 6.0 70.0 10/10 0.40 750
PPI-10-2421-40090-000 34.7 41.0 6.5 93.0 13/14 0.40 750
PPI-10-2421-40140-000 45.3 43.0 8.6 142.0 19/20 0.40 750
PPI-10-3411-50020-000 3.5 24.0 17.9 37.0 3/3 0.50 750
PPI-10-3411-50050-000 4.5 50.0 23.3 44.0 6/6 0.50 750
PPI-10-3411-50100-000 7.5 100.0 34.5 56.0 12/12 0.50 750
PPI-10-3411-50140-000 10.0 146.0 43.1 64.0 17/17 0.50 750
PPI-10-3411-81013-000 4.5 13.5 27.0 39.0 4/4 1.40 1800
PPI-10-3411-81030-000 6.5 29.0 42.0 60.0 9/8 1.40 1800
PPI-10-3412-95026-901 134 11.0 26.0 2.15 3500
PPI-10-3412-50020-000 20.6 39 3.5 24 2×3/3 0.50 750
PPI-10-3412-50050-000 23.8 46 4.5 50 2×6/6 0.50 750
PPI-10-3412-50100-000 34.1 60 7.5 100 2×12/12 0.50 750
PPI-10-3412-50140-000 43.1 68 10 146 2×17/17 0.50 750
PPI-10-3412-81012-000 27 49 4.5 13.5 2×4/4 1.40 1800
PPI-10-3412-81022-000 38 61 6 24 2×7/7 1.40 1800
PPI-10-3412-81030-000 42 70 7 30 2×9/8 1.40 1800

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