Basic Concepts Capacitors
Failure Analysis of Capacitors and Inductors
"Failure analysis of capacitors and inductors" article by Javaid Qazi and Masahai Ikeda from KEMET Electronics appeared in ASM International®...
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An introduction to capacitor based Power Factor Correction circuits
Source: Capacitor Faks blog Some of the AC power consumed by inductive loads is used to maintain magnetic reversals due...
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How to read a capacitor data sheet
Source: Capacitor Faks blog by: Anthony Kelly, Capacitor Faks Capacitors are used in electronic circuits for a wide range of...
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What Do You Need to Know About Bypassing
Source: Electronic Design article by Lou Frenzel. The seemingly ubiquitous bypass capacitor is an important component in design, especially when...
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Negative capacitor enable higher voltage, high efficient system while operating at lower voltage
source: Science Daily news by DOE/Argonne National Laboratory, original written by Jared Sagoff. Researchers have created a permanent static 'negative...
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Why low ESR matters in capacitor design
Source: Capacitor Faks blog, EPCI by Anthony Kenny (Capacitor Faks) and Tomas Zednicek (EPCI). A practical capacitor is a non-ideal...
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Effects of ESL on capacitor performance
Source: Capacitor Faks blog Capacitors are widely used in electronic circuits for storing and managing energy. Typical applications include filtering,...
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The ‘relativity’ of High Q capacitors
Source: Electronics Specifier article by Johanson Technology. For many high power RF applications, the ‘Q factor’ of embedded capacitors is...
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What is a Dielectric Constant of Plastic Materials ?
Source: Omnexus tech note Omnexus technical note describes dielectric constant of plastic materials, how to calculate it and factors affecting...
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Capacitors – Derating and Category Concepts
C1.5 CATEGORY CONCEPTS AND DERATING Recommendation for voltage derating means that the actual capacitor shall be used in the application...
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