Electronic Design

Calculate Hold-Up Capacitor Size For Switching, Linear Regulators

Many power supplies use hold-up capacitors to keep enough energy at the full-wave or bridge rectifier output to supply a load when the rectified voltage drops and rises again at the next half-cycle of ...
EDN

Science learns why size matters in capacitors

Portland, Ore. — If you look at the surface-mounted components on a typical printed-circuit board, the large ones are likely to be the capacitors. For reasons that were not previously verified, the ...
Electronic Design

High Volumetric Density Distinguishes 0603-Size Ceramic Capacitors

Their small size in a wide range of values suits them for applications where space is at a premium, such as mobile phones, digital audiovisual equipment, and PCs. The tiny capacitors, which suit flow ...
Business Wire

01005 Inch Size Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor with a Capacitance Value of 1.0μF, Another World’s First from Murata

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has developed the world’s first *1 multilayer ceramic capacitor with a capacitance value of 1.0μF in ...
Business Wire

Murata Pushes Capacitor Design with World’s First 10µF/50Vdc MLCC in 0805-inch Size for Automotive Applications

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has announced the new GCM21BE71H106KE02 multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) has entered mass production ...