The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007...

In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that...

significant challenges, such as the capacitor plague, which refers to a widespread failure of electrolytic capacitors, particularly in consumer hardware...

An electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization...

Aluminium electrolytic capacitors are (usually) polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminium foil with an etched...

capacitors, motor capacitors, DC-link capacitors, suppression capacitors, audio crossover capacitors, lighting ballast capacitors, snubber capacitors...

ABIT's motherboards produced between 1999 and 2005, were victims of the capacitor plague. Gonzo; Fisher, Ken "Cæsar". "Abit BP6 Dual Socket-370 Motherboard"...

up plague or plagues in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plague or The Plague may refer to: Plague (disease), (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or...

previously. The ESR of capacitors larger than about 1 μF is easily measured in-circuit with an ESR meter. Capacitor plague Polymer capacitor Dissipation factor...

aging capacitors on PC motherboards. Ultimately, this was shown to be the result of a faulty electrolyte formulation, an issue termed capacitor plague. Modern...

them.[citation needed] This issue was not related to the Taiwanese capacitor plague. In 2010 Dell settled a civil lawsuit concerning its shipment of at...

increasing pressure inside the capacitor housing and sometimes causing an explosion; an example is the capacitor plague.[citation needed] Tantalum versions...

Power supplies with capacitors that have reached the end of their life or suffer from manufacturing defects such as the capacitor plague will fail eventually...

from frequent failures due to faulty capacitors supplied by Nichicon as part of the capacitor plague. These capacitors would bulge and leak, resulting in...

inside the eMac's case. Certain models of eMac also suffered from capacitor plague, that caused video distortion or the computer to lock up. Apple responded...

experience the effects of slowly failing capacitors, as their motherboards were manufactured during the capacitor plague era of the early 2000s, and most of...

examinations. Originally implemented in January 2013, AS5553A was expanded. Capacitor plague Counterfeit consumer goods Supply-chain security "Defense Industrial...

generation Slingboxes were susceptible to the capacitor plague. While many enthusiasts replaced these capacitors on their own, Sling later addressed these...

few inexpensive parts, such as a wire for an antenna, a coil of wire, a capacitor, a crystal detector, and earphones. However they are passive receivers...

submodules, each containing its own storage capacitor. The IGBTs in each submodule either bypass the capacitor or connect it into the circuit, allowing the...

Directed-Energy and Radiation) used the Shiva Star project (a high energy capacitor bank which provided the means to test weapons and other devices requiring...

transistors, only the desired pixel receives a charge, and the pixel acts as a capacitor to hold the charge until the next refresh cycle, improving image quality...

Leyden jar invented by Ewald Georg von Kleist was the first electrical capacitor 1751: Jacques de Vaucanson perfects the first precision lathe 1752: Lightning...

and governments from May 2003 to July 2005 that suffered from faulty capacitors. A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching...

small antiphase signal, which could be adjusted by special variable trim capacitors to cancel out the stray signal coupled to the grid via plate-to-grid capacitance...

different loads and eliminating the excessive inrush currents to load capacitors. The connection to loads is normally controlled through electromagnetic...

fusing system which eliminated dangerous duds. The system relied on a capacitor in each submunition that was charged by a wind generator in the nose of...

started operations in 1947. Follow-on experiments used large banks of capacitors to store energy that was quickly dumped into the plasma through a solenoid...

method uses a double wound transformer and a capacitor. With no arc current, the transformer and capacitor resonate at line frequency and generate about...

barrier via quantum tunnelling. The structure is similar to a ferroelectric capacitor, but the ferroelectric layer is fabricated thin enough to enable significant...