8532.25.00.45 - Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact

This HTS category, 8532.25.00.45, specifically covers fixed electrical capacitors featuring a dielectric composed of paper or plastics, which are designed for surface mounting (SMD) via contact. These components are integral to electronic circuits, serving to store electrical energy or to filter and smooth electrical signals. Their construction emphasizes a leadless design, facilitating their direct soldering onto printed circuit boards, thereby enabling miniaturization and automated manufacturing processes in electronics assembly.

The distinction between this category and its sibling, 8532.25.00.55 (Other), lies in the specific method of assembly. While both are leadless fixed capacitors with paper or plastic dielectrics, this particular classification is reserved for those explicitly manufactured and intended for surface mounting by contact. The sibling category would encompass other leadless paper or plastic dielectric fixed capacitors that do not meet this specific surface-mount-by-contact design criterion, or perhaps other leadless capacitor types not otherwise specified.

As this node represents a leaf node in the HTS structure, there are no further subcategories to introduce. Classification under this code is determined by the physical characteristic of being designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact, alongside the dielectric material (paper or plastics) and the fixed capacitor nature. Therefore, careful examination of the capacitor's design and intended application is crucial for accurate classification.