T496 COTS Tantalum Chip Capacitors KEMET T496 Series COTS Tantalum Chip Capacitors offer a 'fail safe' design, with a patented built in fuse assembly. The built-in fuse element offers excellent protection from damaging short circuit conditions in applications where damaging high fault currents exist. Protection from costly circuit damage due to reversed installation is offered with this device. Applications for KEMET T496 Series COTS Tantalum Chip Capacitors include decoupling and filtering in computing and telecommunications end applications, such as high-end servers requiring built-in fuse capability.