SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Design engineers debated the practical uses of controlled equivalent series resistance bypass capacitors at an evening panel discussion during DesignCon here Monday (Jan. 29).

One of the most overlooked, but important performance characteristics of a capacitor used in power circuits is its equivalent series resistance. Ian W. Clelland and Rick A. Price, ITW Paktron, ...

System clock frequencies are increasing while logic operating voltages are dropping, resulting in designs that experience high switching-current demands. To meet those demands, designs depend on noise ...

Capacitor discharge circuits are used extensively in fast pulse generation. In such applications, the capacitor's stray inductance (or equivalent series inductance ...

Although there are other technologies competing for the same market – most notably polymer and hybrid polymer capacitors – electronics design engineers feel comfortable with electrolytics. They know ...

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MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new Automotive Grade series of vPolyTan™ surface-mount polymer tantalum molded chip ...

Panasonic has expanded its range of OS-CON conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors with a series that maintains low equivalent series resistance (ESR) even at low temperatures, according to the ...

Broadcast consultant Tom Osenkowsky recently constructed a panel with two vu meters and a DPDT switch. The switch allows him to configure the meters to display conventional Left and Right channels or ...

There’s a problem with collecting old tube amps and vintage electronics – eventually the capacitors in these machines will die. It’s not an issue of a capacitor plague that causes new electronics to ...