The need for small, adjustable resistors created trim potentiometers. They lack the potentiometer shaft and are operated through an adjustment screw or a rotor. The setting needs to be maintained during handling and environmental influence. Thus, the contact pressure of the wiper is high. The setting stability is specified as a voltage change expressed in percent of input voltage. The first trimming potentiometers had...
According to IEC precision potentiometers are classified as Type 1. They exist in both bushing mount styles and in servo applications. In the latter case high demands are made for rotational life and low torque. Such potentiometers are supplied with ball bearings. If they in addition are sealed against moisture this will influence the torque. The solution of such problems implies explicit requirement specifications...
R 4.2.1 Power potentiometers Power potentiometers are as a rule wirewound. They are wound on a ceramic body and lack, due to heat dissipation concerns, encapsulation in casings or housings. Often they have a touch protection of silicone lacquer, cement or enamel and they are readily used as rheostats. If we turn the shaft of a rheostat towards zero resistance it is not unusual...
by Ciprian Ionescu, Andrei Drumea, Paul Svasta, Alexandru Vasile, Norocel CodreanuUniversity “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania, Center of Technological Electronics and Interconnection Techniques, UPB-CETTI presented by C.Ionescu at the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 5.3. Abstract Supercapacitors are strongly emerged as a promising technology to complement the batteries. Due to their low rated voltages it is usual to build supercapacitor banks,...
by Alexander Teverovsky; Jacobs Technology Inc. NASA GSFC, USA BEST PAPER AWARD BY PCNS ATTENDEES presented by A.Teverovsky at the 2nd PCNS 10-13th September 2019, Bucharest, Romania as paper 5.1. Introduction One of the major benefits of chip polymer tantalum capacitors (CPTCs) compared to conventional MnO2 capacitors is reduction of the equivalent series resistance (ESR). Reduction of ESR improves the efficiency of parts for...
