When a crew employed by a local electric utility set out to conduct a DC hi-pot test on a new circuit breaker, the task seemed like nothing more than a routine call. Unfortunately, the events that ...

Among the abundance of components making up electronic circuits, very few are as important as capacitors. These components, taking the form of conductive plates separated by an insulating material ...

Of course, we all know that capacitors are conceptually two conductors separated by a dielectric of some sort. But outside of air-variable capacitors you normally don’t see them looking like that. For ...

The pioneering years in the history of capacitors was a time when capacitors were used primarily for gaining an early understanding of electricity, predating the discovery even of the electron. It was ...

While at PCB West I can across a nice paper (pdf) from high-performance capacitor maker X2Y. They have some capacitors that might replace two or three capacitors in a decade arrangement, saving you ...

ALL applications of linear pinch devices require that the current distribution in the discharge be symmetric about the axis of symmetry of the electrodes. Symmetry is not difficult to achieve when the ...

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 ...

Out of all of the fundamental passive electronic components, capacitors are arguably the most abundantly used. In fact, it is hard to find a circuit board that does not have a capacitor on it and a ...

General Atomics Energy Products’ series of PDS capacitors for ultra fast pulse discharge applications is available at AMS Technologies, who represents General Atomics in most parts of Europe. The PDS ...

The choice of dielectric material significantly influences the performance of film capacitors in high-frequency applications, impacting energy storage density, dielectric strength, and overall ...