Tag: ABC of Capacitors

The article explains construction, manufacturing, application and features of ceramic capacitors. Ceramic dielectric electrostatic capacitors are dominating capacitor market in ...

Electrostatic capacitors dominates the market among the other capacitor technologies. The article provides introduction into construction of electrostatic capacitors, such ...

The article provides a quick capacitor technologies overview and their main position on voltage / capacitance range. There are multiple ...

Capacitors are critical elements in most analog and digital electronic circuits. One of the limitation - the power dissipated by ...

Continuous ripple current, power rating, transient/pulse capabilities etc. are the key parameters to consider for a proper capacitor selection in ...

The article explains capacitor derating principle and introduce category concepts. Almost all major capacitor technologies need a certain derating at ...

The article describes capacitor energy content, what energy can be stored and delivered by the capacitor and what forces present ...

Capacitors are widely used in electronic circuits for storing and managing energy. Typical applications include filtering, decoupling, energy storage, and ...

Some energy losses within a capacitor can be attributed to the conductors while others involve the dielectric material. These losses ...

This article explains capacitor losses (ESR, Impedance IMP, Dissipation Factor DF/ tanδ, Quality FactorQ) as the other basic key parameter ...