Soft termination uses an epoxy that absorbs and re-directs bending stress away from the ceramic body. The example graph shows a traditional copper termination part that begins to fail bending test after 2 mm. For the soft termination parts, the parts exceed the automotive 2 mm bending requirement. In this particular example, the solder traces started to separate before any signs of component failure and the test was stopped at 10 mm. Soft termination allows greater bending strength without component failure. This construction performs well under bending, temperature cycle, and vibration testing.