Engineers designing power electronics find that capacitors are needed for several functions, from energy storage to filters and decoupling. Different capacitor types are available, that at first sight ...

First, let's define a capacitor: It is an electromechanical device capable of storing electrical energy (electrons). It differs from a battery, as a battery produces electrical energy as a by-product ...

The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and several collaborating institutions have ...

Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Under development for two years, AVX Corp.'s microwave single-layer X7S dielectric capacitor (SLC) family employs the company's new Z dielectric, which replaces the Z5U and Y5V ...

The high-temperature characteristics of Murata capacitors are suitable for automotive electronics, primarily due to their material innovations, structural design, and product features, which can meet ...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH) is one of the 14 Small Publicly Traded Semiconductor Companies to Invest in Now. On ...

A snubber circuit limits voltage spikes in power converters. Snubbers are also used in the output of Class-D audio amplifiers for the same reasons (Fig. 1). When the transistor you use to switch the ...

Reliable high-capacity energy storage is one of the major challenges we face in developing new electrical technology. From long-range electric cars to backups for variable-output alternative energy ...

Occasionally a design requires capacitors that are much closer to being identical in value to one another than the usual ...