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1Capacitor — This article is about the electronic component. For the physical phenomenon, see capacitance. For an overview of various kinds of capacitors, see types of capacitor. Capacitor Modern capacitors, by a cm ruler Type Passive …
2Capacitor discharge ignition — (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in motorcycles, lawn mowers, chain saws, small engines, Turbine powered aircraft, and some cars. It was originally developed to overcome the long… …
3capacitor dielectric and piezoelectric ceramics — ▪ ceramics Introduction advanced industrial materials that, by virtue of their poor electrical conductivity, are useful in the production of electrical storage or generating devices. Capacitors (capacitor) are devices that store… …
4capacitor — /keuh pas i teuhr/, n. Elect. a device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric. Also called condenser. [1925 30; CAPACIT(Y) +… …
5capacitor — A device for holding a charge of electricity. SYN: condenser (4). * * * ca·pac·i·tor kə pas ət ər n a device giving capacitance and usu. consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the… …
6Decoupling capacitor — A decoupling capacitor is a capacitor used to decouple one part of an electrical network (circuit) from another. Noise caused by other circuit elements is shunted through the capacitor, reducing the effect they have on the rest of the circuit.… …
7Electric double-layer capacitor — Maxwell Technologies MC and BC series supercapacitors (up to 3000 farad capacitance) An electric double layer capacitor (EDLC), also known as supercapacitor, supercondenser, electrochemical double layer capacitor, or ultracapacitor, is an… …
8Switched capacitor — is a circuit design technique for discrete time signal processing. It works by moving charges between different capacitors when switches are opened (off) and closed (on). Usually, non overlapping signals are used to control the switches, so that… …
9Reservoir capacitor — A reservoir capacitor is a capacitor that is used to smooth the pulsating DC from an AC rectifier. Performance with low impedance source The above diagram shows reservoir performance from a near zero impedance source, such as a mains supply. As… …
10electrolytic condenser-capacitor — Plate or surface capable of storing small electrical charges …
