A key parameter of capacitors is their dielectric absorption (DA). If you want to estimate the capacitor’s quality or recognize its type of dielectric you can simply measure its DA. This simple ...

This application note is about switcher dielectric testing for fully assembled power modules. The document provides a precautionary guideline when testing fully assembled units to avoid failure in ...

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 ...

Innovations in energy storage technology are vital for the effective use of renewable energy and the mass production of electric vehicles. Current energy storage technology, such as lithium-ion ...

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 ...

Guest columnist Dale Cigoy, lead applications engineer at Keithley Instruments, outlines how an understanding of the challenges for testing capacitors can be invaluable to engineers. Capacitors are ...

EEStor Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ESU) ("EEStor" or the "Company") announced today that it has completed independent third party testing of its Composite Modified Barium Titanate ("CMBT") dielectric ...

The deleterious effect of the dead layer on the static response of the device can be understood from the induced potentials shown in Fig. 1b. First we kept the atoms fixed to their zero-field ...

A research group led by Nagoya University in Japan has used nanosheet technology to develop a dielectric capacitor for advanced electronic and electrical power systems. Innovations in energy storage ...