In this video prof Sam Ben-Yaakov introduces a comprehensive user-friendly simulation model of MLCC ceramic capacitors.
Class II MLCC ceramic capacitors are highly dependant on BIAS voltage and frequency. This presentation covers the development of a user friendly yet comprehensive simulation model that emulates the DC BIAS dependence of the capacitance and the ESR frequency dependence in transient and AC simulation.
The video is based on the author publications:
- Zeltser and S. Ben-Yaakov, “On SPICE Simulation of Voltage-Dependent Capacitors,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 3703-3710, May 2018, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2766025.
- S. Ben-Yaakov, “Some Observations on Loss and Hysteresis of Ferroelectric-Based Ceramic Capacitors,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 9127-9129, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2822771.
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