Dielectric Insulation Resistance, Capacitor DCL Leakage Current and Voltage Breakdown
C1.2 INSULATION RESISTANCE, IR Figure C1-10. Schematic of the Insulation Resistance IR in a capacitor The dielectric of a capacitor has a large area and a short length. Even if the material is a good isolator there always flows a certain current between the charged electrodes (the current increases exponentially with the temperature). This leakage can be described as a parallel resistance with a...