Tag: Capacitor

New modulation method increases operational lifetime of switching power units through digital, highly dynamic control and the use of film capacitors. Switching power units are used for the power supply of many electrical devices, e.g. computers, LED lights or laser welding equipment....

This application note explains the step-up circuit using a bootstrap capacitor. In buck converters, this circuit is used when the high-side switch is the N-ch MOSFET. The configuration of the circuit in proximity to a buck converter depends on the polarity of the high-side switch.When...

Murata high-density silicon capacitors are developed with a semiconductor MOS process and are using the third dimension to substantially increase the capacitor surface and thus its capacitance without increasing the capacitor footprint. Murata silicon technology is based on a monolithic...

The project is built for professional photo flash systems. Circuit generates high voltage from low voltage battery to operate a photo-flash tube. The project can also be used in other applications like high voltage capacitor charger, emergency strobe, high voltage power supply,...

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore build a new type of flexible supercapacitor that aims to be used in wearables and other portable electronics such as T-shirts charging mobile phones. The new type of capacitor is made with out-of-plane wavy structures of...

circuitbasics.com has a tutorial on how to measure capacitance using arduino. With all the different ways capacitors are labeled, figuring out the values of your capacitors can be challenging. Especially if you don’t have a digital multi-meter to test them. In this tutorial,...

In this instructable by gustavio101 you will know how to make a capacitance meter using Arduino displayed on the TM1637 display with a range from 1 uF to 2000 uF. To build this project you need the following parts: Resistors 1x: 220 Ohm 1x: 10 kOhm, 8000 Ohms also would...

Peter Demchenko discuss about a design idea on how to test capacitors in circuit. The electrolytic capacitor is far from being the most reliable electronic component. One of its failure modes – a gradual loss of capacity – can hardly be noticed until power supply malfunction...