ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. – High-voltage multi-layer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) can experience field failures that are instantaneous and catastrophic. The initiator of the failure very often is an ...

Within the body of a high-voltage multi-layer ceramic capacitor, a gap-type defect is beginning its career of destruction. The defect may be a void within the ceramic dielectric, a crack within the ...

Many single-phase motors used on refrigeration systems will incorporate some type of capacitor. They will either use a start capacitor to aid in its starting or a run capacitor to improve its running ...

Ceramic capacitors are passive electronic components constructed using a ceramic dielectric. Ceramic materials have been used as insulators since the beginning of the study of electronics. Early ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 12, 2015) - EEStor Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ESU) ("EEStor" or the "Company"), today announced the findings of the independent Phase 3 testing conducted by Intertek ...

This article is part of The engineer’s complete guide to capacitors. If you’re unsure of what type of capacitor is best for your circuit, read How to choose the right capacitor for any application.

While working at a company that makes automotive embedded control systems, my colleagues and I set out to create a new PCB layout for one of our products. The product worked fine, but we needed to ...

Passive Plus Inc. says the 01005BB104 broadband 100-nF multilayer ceramic capacitors are the industry’s smallest 100-nF broadband parts characterized for RF performance, with cases measuring 16 x 8 x ...

Technical ceramics are utilized in a variety of products and also for coatings of components that have to be highly wear- or temperature-resistant. They are also used in non-conductive or ...

Chip capacitors are passive integrated circuit (IC) components that store electrical energy. Chip capacitors are simply capacitors manufactured as integrated circuit (IC) devices, also known as chips ...

The inverters and charging systems in hybrid or fully electric vehicles provide a topical example of a high-voltage application that faces extreme space constraints. When multilayer ceramic capacitors ...