When choosing a capacitor for any application, there are a few key characteristics that must be understood in order to analyze its suitability for the circuit. In a simple capacitor equivalent circuit ...
One of the most overlooked, but important performance characteristics of a capacitor used in power circuits is its equivalent series resistance (ESR). ESR determines the capacitor's I 2 R heating ...
Kemet has introduced polymer tantalum capacitors in its low equivalent series resistance (ESR)/ equivalent series inductance (ESL) ranges. The T528 Low ESR/ESL Polymer Tantalum Series has a new 5mO Z ...
Although there are other technologies competing for the same market – most notably polymer and hybrid polymer capacitors – electronics design engineers feel comfortable with electrolytics. They know ...
Some 99 percent of the “design” problems associated with linear and switching regulators can be traced directly to the improper use of capacitors: wrong type, wrong value, or incorrect physical ...
Power system designers are constantly under pressure to attain larger power densities and improved conversion efficiencies, whether it is for data servers for the internet of things or data centers.
Fig 3. This shows the impedance versus frequency for two different 100-µF capacitors. One is an aluminum electrolytic type, the other a multi-layered ceramic capacitor. At low frequencies, the ...
There’s a problem with collecting old tube amps and vintage electronics – eventually the capacitors in these machines will die. It’s not an issue of a capacitor plague that causes new electronics to ...