Hi Matt,
We use almost all ceramic caps for smaller values. The package sizes I have used are 0603 and 1206. And we have used values as high as 10 uF in special situations. The only down side is the obvious... the bigger the capacitance, the lower the rated voltage in a given package size. If you are dealing with small voltages then this doesn't really matter. But we like to de-rate any capacitor's rated voltage by 50% in any situation.
Chuck
Matt Ettus wrote:
My advice is to choose the technology that best suits your needs. They both work and we have a lot of success with both of them when we take precautions as described above.
I don't know how they do in space, but you can now get very large ceramic caps -- like 22uF in a 1206 package.
Matt