Out of all of the fundamental passive electronic components, capacitors are arguably the most abundantly used. In fact, it is hard to find a circuit board that does not have a capacitor on it and a ...

A capacitor is a two-terminal device that consists of two conducting bodies separated by a nonconducting material. The material is known as an insulator or a dielectric. The construction of the ...

Bypass capacitors are found in every working piece of electronic equipment. Most engineers know that systems, circuits, and individual chips need to be bypassed. The methods for choosing bypass ...