EDN

Tips and Techniques for Capacitor Testing

Virtually every type of electronic hardware incorporates capacitors, which are widely used for functions such as bypassing, coupling, filtering, and tunneling electronic circuits. However, to be ...
Electronics Weekly

Seeing how capacitors work is invaluable, says Keithley

Guest columnist Dale Cigoy, lead applications engineer at Keithley Instruments, outlines how an understanding of the challenges for testing capacitors can be invaluable to engineers. Capacitors are ...
Hackaday

Calculating The Capacitance And ESR Specifications For The Output Capacitor In Your Switching-Mode Power Supply

[Dr Ali Shirsavar] from Biricha Digital runs us through How to Select the Perfect Output Capacitor for Your Power Supply. Your switching-mode power supply (SMPS) will require an output capacitor both ...
Electronic Design

Output Capacitance Optimization and Picking the Right Slammer—An Introduction

Existing test solutions aren’t always suitable for the latest improvements in switching regulator technology. Transient load testing can address these inequities. In response to the recent ...
Electronic Design

How to Measure Op-Amp Input Capacitance to Minimize Noise

An optimal way to determine an op amp's input capacitance. Steps involved in making the input-capacitance measurement. 1. With a series resistor at the op-amp input, the input capacitance of the op ...
T&D

Transformer and Capacitor Testers Make 'Quick Checks'

The Quick-Check Transformer & Capacitor Tester from HD Electric is a versatile tool for quick and easy checks of capacitors, transformers and the connections made to them. In the field, the ...
T&D

Test Set Measures Capacitance and Dissipation Factor

Megger’s new CDAX 605 test set measure capacitance and dissipation factor at high voltages. Faster and easier to use than self-balancing capacitance bridges, the CDAX 605 combines an exceptionally ...