With a thin metal coating instead of thicker foils, the capacitors could also be made smaller. These were very reliable. Of course we didn’t stop there. The modern era of capacitors has been ...

This process typically involves enclosing the capacitor in a protective case made of materials like plastic, resin, or silicone elastomer potting compounds. For example, aluminum electrolytic ...

But we all had to come from somewhere, and that was my introduction to the world of high voltages and homemade capacitors. And along the way I made some pretty interesting, or different ...

Behera and Cheema suggest the combination of "MLCC-like structures that integrate thin-film layers" could result in high ...

A capacitor made out of the precious metal tantalum. The silver-gray tantalum beads, in the form of compacted powder, can store a lot of charge relative to their mass. This enables smaller ...

Overall, capacitors made using this composite material had a greater charge–discharge efficiency and breakdown strength than did devices made using unengineered lead zirconate, thereby ...

The team found that they had exceptional electrical and thermal performance. Capacitors made from one of the polymers exhibited a record-high combination of heat resistance, insulating properties ...

Abstract: The salient characteristics of capacitors having dielectrics of polystyrene, polythene, polytetrafiuorethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate are enumerated, and the current trends are ...