Every now and then you need to make your own capacitor. That includes choosing a dielectric for it, the insulating material that goes between the plates. One dielectric material that I use a lot is ...

Among the various diagnostic methods used to assess transformer condition, capacitance and Tan Delta testing has gained broad acceptance as an effective means of evaluating insulation health. By ...

Last month's column explained that AC current flowing through an inductance reaches its peak amplitude after the voltage. Lagging current is characteristic of an inductive circuit. Capacitive circuits ...

As you will probably already know if you are engaged in electronics design at some level, a capacitor is a passive device ...

The Tettex 2830/2831 from Haefely Test is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating materials. It incorporates a fast and advanced procedure to measure capacitance and tan ...

COC blend dielectric rated 25°C higher than standard film capacitors, enabling more compact DC-link designs for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have experimentally demonstrated how to harness a property called negative capacitance for a new type of transistor that could reduce power consumption, validating a ...

I grew up in Massachusetts. I cut my teeth on electrical cord and learned how not to splice such by age 7. Started building my first hobby circuits at age 11 using the venerable 1N34A diode & 2N107 ...