Shrinking in size by 30% and extending lifespan several times over, the lighting industry is undergoing a quiet revolution.
Walk into a home furnishing store, and have you noticed that the latest LED lights are becoming increasingly smaller and more refined? Drivers have transformed from bulky “black boxes” into lightweight modules. Behind this transformation lies the advancement of gallium nitride (GaN) technology and miniaturized capacitors, driving the lighting industry towards miniaturization and high efficiency.
As the core of lighting, the LED driver directly determines the brightness, lifespan, and stability of the lamp. Capacitors, as a key component of the driver, are seeing technological advancements reshaping the form and performance of lighting products.
01 The Capacitor Revolution Under the Trend of Miniaturization
The lighting industry is undergoing a transformation from traditional fluorescent and halogen lamps to LED lighting. LED lighting has become mainstream, widely used in home, commercial, emergency, and street lighting.
With breakthroughs in high-frequency and high-efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) technology, LED lighting products have entered a new era of miniaturization and micro-miniaturization. This technological iteration places higher demands on supporting electronic components, especially aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
Miniaturized LED driver power supplies require corresponding miniaturized electronic components. Aluminum electrolytic capacitors, as a key component, need to maintain excellent electrical performance, temperature characteristics, and overload resistance while reducing size.
Indoor lighting, such as bulb lamps, requires 270° or even 360° illuminance, needing the same illumination range as incandescent lamps. This places higher demands on the miniaturization of driver power supplies.
02 YMIN Capacitors’ Technological Advantages
As a leader in the field of miniaturized capacitors, YMIN Electronics has cultivated the lighting market for over two decades. Its products fully meet the stringent requirements of gallium nitride (GaN) LED power supplies for capacitors.
YMIN’s liquid miniaturized LKM series products have advantages such as ultra-small size, high capacitance density, lightning protection, low internal resistance, and high ripple resistance, perfectly matching the high-frequency and high-efficiency characteristics of GaN.
The small size and high capacitance characteristics facilitate the miniaturization design of new GaN solutions, while the ultra-low internal resistance improves the capacitor’s ability to withstand high ripple at input, reduces capacitor body heat generation, and thus significantly improves the performance of LED power supplies.
Compared to traditional products, YMIN’s miniaturized capacitors have reduced size by 15%-30%, while maintaining high levels of electrical performance, temperature rise, ESR, and ripple current withstand capability. Product lifespan and overload resistance are also on par with pre-miniaturization models.
03 Solving Pain Points in the Lighting Industry
YMIN capacitors demonstrate unique value in the field of smart lighting. Their VKM series surface-mount aluminum electrolytic capacitors are specifically designed for the low-temperature environments of smart lighting, maintaining a capacitance retention rate of over 80% at -40°C, effectively solving the problems of difficult low-temperature start-up and short lifespan of LED lamps.
At 105°C, YMIN capacitors achieve a lifespan of up to 10,000 hours, with significantly reduced leakage current, providing strong support for the high reliability of smart lighting operations.
Facing the trend of intelligent automotive lighting, YMIN’s capacitors also perform exceptionally well. Their liquid surface-mount and solid-liquid hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors possess low ESR characteristics, filtering stray noise and interference in the circuit and ensuring stable headlight brightness.
Low ESR ensures that the capacitor maintains low ripple temperature rise when large ripple currents pass through, meeting the heat dissipation requirements of automotive lights and thus extending their lifespan.
04 Application Prospects and Industry Impact
Currently, YMIN’s miniaturized capacitors have gained recognition and favor from leading domestic and international lighting brands such as Philips and Opple, playing a key role in the high-end lighting market.
YMIN has established seven major capacitor product lines, including liquid aluminum electrolytic capacitors, polymer solid-state capacitors, and solid-liquid hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors. This rich product portfolio meets the high-standard requirements of various scenarios.
With the upgrading of smart automotive lighting functions, the number of LEDs used internally increases, and the operating current is higher, requiring high-performance capacitors to provide stable energy storage and filtering functions. YMIN capacitors perfectly meet this market demand.
Adhering to the philosophy of “For capacitor applications, if you have difficulties, find YMIN,” YMIN provides strong support for customers’ innovative designs with highly innovative and competitive products, driving the development of the entire lighting industry.
YMIN’s solid-liquid hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors and liquid surface-mount aluminum electrolytic capacitors have been successfully applied in the field of intelligent automotive lighting. Their low ESR, high ripple current tolerance, and long lifespan address the pain points of unstable operation and short lifespan in automotive lights.
From homes to automobiles, from ordinary lighting to intelligent control, the miniaturization of capacitors is quietly changing the way we interact with light.
Post time: Nov-12-2025