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    A ceramic capacitor is a fixed-value capacitor where the ceramic material acts as the dielectric. It is constructed of two or more alternating layers of...
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    dielectric acts to increase the capacitor's charge capacity. Materials commonly used as dielectrics include glass, ceramic, plastic film, paper, mica, air...
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    bypassing capacitors. Often, more than one capacitor family is employed for these applications, e.g. interference suppression can use ceramic capacitors or film...
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    In electronics, a decoupling capacitor is a capacitor used to decouple (i.e. prevent electrical energy from transferring to) one part of a circuit from...
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    electrolytic capacitors have a much higher capacitance-voltage (CV) product per unit volume than ceramic capacitors or film capacitors, and so can have...
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    together, to form a capacitor body. Film capacitors, together with ceramic capacitors and electrolytic capacitors, are the most common capacitor types for use...
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    A polymer capacitor, or more accurately a polymer electrolytic capacitor, is an electrolytic capacitor (e-cap) with a solid conductive polymer electrolyte...
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  • "throwing"), slip casting, tape casting (used for making very thin ceramic capacitors), injection molding, dry pressing, and other variations. Many ceramics...
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    manufacture them. Ceramic capacitors were also used in the 1920s due to a shortage of mica, but by the 1950s silver mica had become the capacitor of choice for...
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    uses. Capacitor Integrated capacitors MIS capacitor Trench capacitor Fixed capacitors Ceramic capacitor Film capacitor Electrolytic capacitor Aluminum...
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    ISBN 978-0-471-66008-8. "Capacitor Characteristics". sound.whsites.net. Retrieved 2015-06-06. Caldwell, John. "Signal distortion from high-K ceramic capacitors". Retrieved...
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  • circuits, Class-1 ceramic or polypropylene capacitors instead of Class-2 ceramic capacitors, polyester film capacitors or electrolytic capacitors are used. For...
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    Aluminium electrolytic capacitors are (usually) polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminium foil with an etched...
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    A tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of porous tantalum...
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    certain circumstances, a non-ferrite ceramic may be used. This is most common for hybrid circuits where capacitors, inductors, and resistors will all be...
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    an ultracapacitor, is a high-capacity capacitor, with a capacitance value much higher than solid-state capacitors but with lower voltage limits. It bridges...
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    variable capacitor is a capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically. Variable capacitors are often...
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  • Equivalent series resistance (category Capacitors)
    Typically quoted values of ESR for ceramic capacitors are between 0.01 and 0.1 Ω. ESR of non-electrolytic capacitors tends to be fairly stable over time;...
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    particular colors used. Cylindrical capacitors marked with bands may look like resistors. Extra bands on ceramic capacitors identify the voltage rating class...
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  • materials are the dominant dielectric material in ceramic capacitors. About one trillion ceramic capacitors are produced each year to be used in electronic...
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    capacitor may come in the same package as a 10 nF, 150 V device. SMD (non-electrolytic) capacitors, which are usually monolithic ceramic capacitors,...
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    capacitors are often ceramic RFI/EMI suppression capacitors. The additional safety requirements for mains filtering are: Line to neutral capacitors are...
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    KEMET Corporation (category Capacitor manufacturers)
    2327), manufactures a broad selection of capacitor technologies such as tantalum, aluminum, multilayer ceramic, film, paper, polymer electrolytic, and...
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    ecology, similar to Fairphone. Instead of tantalum capacitors made from coltan, ceramic capacitors are used for their manufacturing. So far, eleven model...
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    obsolete capacitor symbols. Obsolete capacitor (very old style) Obsolete capacitor Obsolete capacitor Obsolete capacitor Obsolete capacitor Electronics...
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    resistor, shunt capacitor) or LC (series choke, shunt capacitor) sections. Two common filter geometries are known as Pi (capacitor, choke, capacitor) and T (choke...
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    This was measured to have no adverse effect on range. 2) A blocking ceramic capacitor bank backing up the 74AC04 switching array is crucial for correct...
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    Murata Manufacturing (category Capacitor manufacturers)
    Kyoto. It produces ceramic passive electronic components, primarily capacitors, and has a majority marketshare worldwide in ceramic filters, high-frequency...
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    AVX Corporation (category Capacitor manufacturers)
    and locomotives. KED Resale sells Kyocera products including ceramic and tantalum capacitors. Connectors are used in the automotive and medical industries...
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    A vacuum variable capacitor is a variable capacitor which uses a high vacuum as the dielectric instead of air or other insulating material. This allows...
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