Hackaday

Calculating The Capacitance And ESR Specifications For The Output Capacitor In Your Switching-Mode Power Supply

[Dr Ali Shirsavar] from Biricha Digital runs us through How to Select the Perfect Output Capacitor for Your Power Supply. Your switching-mode power supply (SMPS) will require an output capacitor both ...
EDN

Detecting Failed Capacitors, Unveiling the Secrets (Capacitance, ESR, Phase Angle, Dissipation Factor)

Capacitors are essential components in electronics, primarily used for bypassing and decoupling. Depending on the capacitor type and its application, it is prone to aging and failure. Detecting a ...
EDN

AVX OXICap delivers high capacitance, ultra low ESR

Myrtle Beach, S.C. — AVX Corp. has developed a new niobium oxide multi-anode (NOM) capacitor that delivers low equivalent series resistance (ESR), high capacitance, and high ripple current for ...
Electronic Design

Stacked Chip Capacitors Deliver High Capacitance, Low ESR

The stacked design of the SMC and HSC series of multilayer ceramic chip capacitors offers very high capacitance and very low effective series resistance, exceeding the capabilities of wet tantalum ...