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A Comprehensive Guide to Capacitors

vijeth_ds

1. Introduction Capacitors play an essential role in electrical and electronic circuits, along with resistors and inductors. Their ability to store electrical charges makes them crucial for power management, noise suppression, DC voltage biasing, and...
- 15 Apr 2025
Researchers Introduce a New Capacitor Design That Stores 19X More Energy Than Ferroelectric Capacitors

Catwell

(Image Credit: Mizter_X94/pixabay) Capacitors are extremely useful components found in everyday applications. They store a battery's electrical charge and provide rapid charge/discharge capabilities. Although those are some nice-to-hav...
- 13 May 2024
Capacitor Leakage Experiments

jc2048

Introduction I'm having a bit of fun experimenting. With capacitor leakage. It's all a bit ad hoc and Heath Robinson-ish, and I'm probably setting a very bad example of how to go about engineering, but never mind. As long as you just...
- 19 Jul 2019
Decoupling Capacitor Experiments

jc2048

Introduction I haven't done much blogging recently but, enthused by all the activity going on at the moment, I thought it might be interesting to take a quick look at the use of capacitors for power decoupling of logic circuits (or, at least...
- 22 Jun 2019
Ammeter Shunt FAQ

donblankenburg

DC Ammeter shunt – The term DC ammeter shunt stems from one of the early uses of the devices as a means of measuring DC currents in a circuit utilizing a simple analog milli-volt meter. Many of the terms associated with these products are direc...
- 25 Jan 2019
Your Mission Should You Decide to Accept it: Take My Polymer Capacitor Quiz and Pass It!

rscasny

Mission Impossible was always a favorite TV show of mine. It was a fast paced thriller for its time (in black and white, I believe) and everyone on the IM Force did their job flawlessly, especially the gadget/electronics guy. I also liked the op...
- 15 Jan 2019
Building a Resistor Kit - and BoM Upload

shabaz

I wanted to build a resistor kit for myself. Kits are available ready-made, but they are expensive. The lower-cost kits have a 5% tolerance but for prototype development purposes I'd rather just go for a 1% set with 100ppm temperature coefficient...
- 27 Oct 2018
Measuring Capacitor Characteristics

shabaz

Introduction Background Why does ESR matter and why measure it? Differences between the BA6010 and LCR Meters Is it worth using the BA6010 for measuring Capacitors? Capacitors and Specifications Results Tantalum Results Ceramic Capaci...
- 1 Oct 2018
Seeking Someone to Write a Tutorial on Charge Pumps Including Building Some Examples

rscasny

I am interested in sponsoring a member to write a tutorial on charge pumps. I'd like the member to: a) explain what they areb) explain how they workc) build a few variants of charge pumps. I would buy all the parts. And I would throw i...
- 22 Sep 2018
Murata ECAS series (polymer-type aluminum electrolytic capacitor)

murata

IntroductionIf you take a look at the main board of an electronic device such as a personal computer, you’re likely to see some of the six types of capacitors shown below (Fig. 1). Common types of capacitors include tantalum electrolytic capacitors (...
- 22 Aug 2018
RECOM's DC/DC Book of Knowledge

recompower

RECOM´s DC/DC Book of Knowledge is a detailed introduction to the various DC/DC converter topologies, feedback loops (analogue and digital), test and measurement, protection, filtering, safety, reliability, constant current drivers and DC/DC applicat...
- 25 Mar 2015
Vishay C52T High Power 900W Resistor | Farnell Element14

anitai

The Vishay MCB C52T reinforced wirewound resistor is constructed with a grooved ceramic core with double spiral, Ni-CR alloy winding and unique on the market. It can handle up to 900W power with very high dissipation and has a special and vitreous co...
- 20 Mar 2015
Top 8 Applications for Vishay 196 HVC ENYCAP™︎ - Energy Harvesting & More

anitai

Part of Vishay’s 2015 Super 12 line up the Hybrid Storage 196 HVC ENYCAP Capacitors are high density, high energy polarized capacitors available in 1.4V increments up to 8.4V. They boast the industry's highest energy density at 13Ws/g. The ...
- 10 Mar 2015
Vishay 2015 Super 12 | Semiconductor & Passive Components

anitai

Farnell element14 is proud to launch the latest edition of Vishay Super 12 Featured Products, which highlights twelve key product families selected by the market-leading manufacturer within the 34,000+ products we stock. The range is arguably the bes...
- 3 Mar 2015
AVX 0402 TACMICROCHIP®︎ -WORLD’S SMALLEST TANTALUM CAPACITOR

anitai

Giving design engineers a new option for reducing the size of portable electronic devices, AVX recently developed the industry’s first 0402 tantalum chip capacitor. Designated the 0402 TACMicrochip Series, the capacitors offer the highest volumetric...
- 2 Mar 2015
Capacitors for Automotive, Renewable Energy & Other Applications

anitai

Here are some of the top picks of capacitors launched in 2014 at Farnell element14 in alphabetically grouped by Manufacturer.Visit http://uk.farnell.com/new-products for the latest Passive Components Highlights from leading manufacturers including Vi...
- 2 Mar 2015
3 trends in passives for 2015

wpolk

By Larissa Miles (originally published on ECN.com)Like any evolving technology, in recent years the electronic components industry has seen a shift toward passive components that are smaller, more reliable and more powerful. Distributors and manufact...
- 13 Feb 2015