variable capacitor is a capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically. Variable capacitors are...
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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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In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that...
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Electronic component (section Capacitors)
LC-circuits Vacuum variable capacitor Capacitors for special applications Power capacitor Safety capacitor Filter capacitor Light-emitting capacitor (LEC) Motor...
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Capacitors are divided into two mechanical groups: Fixed-capacitance devices with a constant capacitance and variable capacitors. Variable capacitors...
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Electronic symbol (section Capacitors)
electrolytic and tantalum capacitors Variable capacitor Ganged (co‑moving) variable capacitors (IEC‑style) Trimmer variable capacitor Optionally, the triangle in...
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SW: Switch TFT: Thin-film transistor (display) TH: Thermistor VC: Variable capacitor VDR: Voltage-dependent resistor VFD: Vacuum fluorescent display VT:...
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several advantages: The frequency may be adjusted using a single variable capacitor, one side of which can be earthed The output amplitude remains constant...
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Trimmer (electronics) (redirect from Trimmer capacitor)
adjusted by the device's user. Trimmers can be variable resistors (potentiometers), variable capacitors, or trimmable inductors. They are common in precision...
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Legendre transformation (section Variable capacitor)
convex on a real variable. Specifically, if a real-valued multivariable function is convex on one of its independent real variables, then the Legendre...
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Varicap (redirect from Variable capacitance diode)
reverse-biased p–n junction. Varactors are used as voltage-controlled capacitors. They are commonly used in voltage-controlled oscillators, parametric...
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R3 = a variable non-inductive resistance, C4 = a variable capacitor, R4 = a non-inductive resistance in parallel with the variable capacitor C4. Schering...
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A variable-frequency drive (VFD, or adjustable-frequency drive, adjustable-speed drive, variable-speed drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverter drive, variable...
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Rectifier (redirect from Reservoir capacitor)
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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one of the two capacitors. If tuning by variable capacitor is needed, it should be done with a third capacitor connected in parallel to the inductor (or...
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of 1pF/inch (0.4 pF/cm). "... twisted-pair wire makes an excellent variable capacitor, sometimes called a gimmick" Pease, Robert A. (1991). Troubleshooting...
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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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amount of correction can be adjusted; it behaves like a variable capacitor. Unlike with capacitors, the amount of reactive power furnished is proportional...
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set the membrane-post distance; the membrane and the post formed a variable capacitor acting as a condenser microphone and providing amplitude modulation...
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Capacitors have many uses in electronic and electrical systems. They are so ubiquitous that it is rare that an electrical product does not include at least...
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Crystal oscillator (redirect from Padder capacitor)
higher frequency selectivity) than can be reliably achieved with discrete capacitors (C) and inductors (L), which suffer from parasitic resistance (R). Once...
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Charge pump (redirect from Flying capacitor)
A charge pump is a kind of DC-to-DC converter that uses capacitors for energetic charge storage to raise or lower voltage. Charge-pump circuits are capable...
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A switched capacitor (SC) is an electronic circuit that implements a function by moving charges into and out of capacitors when electronic switches are...
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amperes). Parasitic capacitance: The nonconducting diode behaves like a capacitor, which can distort and corrupt high-speed signals. Lower capacitance is...
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output capacitor value ( C OUT {\textstyle C_{\text{OUT}}} ), the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the output capacitor, the bypass capacitor ( C BYP...
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Potentiometer (redirect from Variable resistor)
divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. The measuring instrument called a potentiometer is...
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circuits for variable-frequency drives, for coupling signals between amplifier stages, and storing energy as in a flashlamp. Electrolytic capacitors are polarized...
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frequency range can be covered by a given variable capacitor in an RC oscillator. For example, a variable capacitor that could be varied over a 9:1 capacitance...
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Electrical impedance (redirect from Deriving capacitor impedance)
V_{p}e^{j\omega t}} and thus, as previously, Z capacitor = v C ( t ) i C ( t ) = 1 j ω C . {\displaystyle Z_{\text{capacitor}}={\frac {v_{\text{C}}{\mathord...
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on or off. The isolated gate-electrode of the MOSFET forms a capacitor (gate capacitor), which must be charged or discharged each time the MOSFET is...
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