ABC of Capacitors

C5. Variable Capacitors Variable capacitors are used for trimming and tuning purposes. They represent a small but important part of...

C 4.4. The time constant, t The time constant of electrostatic capacitors is defined in section C1.2.2 as the time...

C 4.0 SUPERCAPACITORS C 4.1. Introduction and Basic Function Supercapacitors (or ultracapacitors) are the fastest growing capacitor technology on the...

C 3.8  WET TANTALUM ELECTROLYTICS C 3.8.1.                 Introduction Wet tantalum capacitors have several advantages over solid tantalum, aluminum electrolytic,...

C 3.7. SOLID NIOBIUM and NIOBIUM OXIDE CAPACITORS Niobium is a sister metal to tantalum, and shares many chemical characteristics...

C 3.6 SOLID SINTERED TANTALUMS with MANGANESE DIOXIDE C 3.6.1 Introduction We start with cross section schematics of typical SMD...

C 3.5 SOLID AL ELECTROLYTICS with CONDUCTIVE POLYMER or TCNQ SALT C 3.5.1 Polymer electrolyte Other variant of a solid...

C 3.4 SOLID ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTICS (SAL) with MANGANESE DIOXIDE (obsolete capacitor technology) The SAL are aluminum electrolytic capacitors with anodic...

C 3.3 WET ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTICS C 3.3.1 Introduction Wet aluminum (Al) electrolytic capacitors continuously generate hydrogen gas under operation, even...

C 3.2 CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENTS C 3.2.1 The CV product The product CR x VR is called the CV product...