Capacitor

In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. ^[1]

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1. 274 relations: AC power, Accelerometer, Aerogel, Airbag, Airplane, Alessandro Volta, Alternating current, Aluminium, Aluminum electrolytic capacitor, Amplifier, Analog sampled filter, Analogue electronics, Analogue filter, Angular frequency, Antiderivative, Applications of capacitors, Arrhenius equation, Artillery battery, Audio crossover, Automotive battery, Avalanche breakdown, Bell Labs, Benjamin Franklin, Breakdown voltage, Brinkley stick, Cambridge University Press, Capacitance, Capacitance meter, Capacitive coupling, Capacitor plague, Capacitor types, Catastrophic failure, Ceramic, Ceramic capacitor, Charge carrier, Charge density, Charge pump, Charge-coupled device, Circuit breaker, Coilgun, Computer History Museum, Constant of integration, Contact breaker, Coulomb, Coulomb's law, CRC Press, Curie temperature, Damping, Daniel Gralath, Dawon Kahng, ... Expand index (224 more) » « Shrink index

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AC power

In an electric circuit, instantaneous power is the time rate of flow of energy past a given point of the circuit.

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Accelerometer

An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object.

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Aerogel

Aerogels are a class of synthetic porous ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component for the gel has been replaced with a gas, without significant collapse of the gel structure.

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Airbag

An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate exceptionally quickly and then deflate during a collision.

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Airplane

An airplane (North American English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine.

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Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.

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Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Aluminum electrolytic capacitor

Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are (usually) polarized electrolytic capacitors whose anode electrode (+) is made of a pure aluminum foil with an etched surface. Capacitor and aluminum electrolytic capacitor are capacitors.

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Amplifier

An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or current).

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Analog sampled filter

An analog sampled filter an electronic filter that is a hybrid between an analog and a digital filter.

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Analogue electronics

Analogue electronics (analog electronics) are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels.

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Analogue filter

Analogue filters are a basic building block of signal processing much used in electronics.

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Angular frequency

In physics, angular frequency (symbol ω), also called angular speed and angular rate, is a scalar measure of the angle rate (the angle per unit time) or the temporal rate of change of the phase argument of a sinusoidal waveform or sine function (for example, in oscillations and waves).

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Antiderivative

In calculus, an antiderivative, inverse derivative, primitive function, primitive integral or indefinite integral of a function is a differentiable function whose derivative is equal to the original function.

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Applications of capacitors

Capacitors have many uses in electronic and electrical systems. Capacitor and Applications of capacitors are capacitors.

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Arrhenius equation

In physical chemistry, the Arrhenius equation is a formula for the temperature dependence of reaction rates.

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Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Audio crossover

Audio crossovers are a type of electronic filter circuitry that splits an audio signal into two or more frequency ranges, so that the signals can be sent to loudspeaker drivers that are designed to operate within different frequency ranges.

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Automotive battery

An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.

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Avalanche breakdown

Avalanche breakdown (or the avalanche effect) is a phenomenon that can occur in both insulating and semiconducting materials.

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Bell Labs

Bell Labs is an American industrial research and scientific development company credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor, the laser, the photovoltaic cell, the charge-coupled device (CCD), information theory, the Unix operating system, and the programming languages B, C, C++, S, SNOBOL, AWK, AMPL, and others.

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher.

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Breakdown voltage

The breakdown voltage of an insulator is the minimum voltage that causes a portion of an insulator to experience electrical breakdown and become electrically conductive.

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Brinkley stick

A Brinkley stick is a safety device used to discharge high voltage capacitors and ensure HT (high voltage) electrical circuits are discharged.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Capacitance

Capacitance is the capability of a material object or device to store electric charge.

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Capacitance meter

A capacitance meter is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure capacitance, mainly of discrete capacitors.

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Capacitive coupling

Capacitive coupling is the transfer of energy within an electrical network or between distant networks by means of displacement current between circuit(s) nodes, induced by the electric field. Capacitor and Capacitive coupling are capacitors.

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Capacitor plague

The capacitor plague was a problem related to a higher-than-expected failure rate of non-solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors between 1999 and 2007, especially those from some Taiwanese manufacturers, due to faulty electrolyte composition that caused corrosion accompanied by gas generation; this often resulted in rupturing of the case of the capacitor from the build-up of pressure. Capacitor and capacitor plague are capacitors.

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Capacitor types

Capacitors are manufactured in many styles, forms, dimensions, and from a large variety of materials. Capacitor and Capacitor types are capacitors.

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Catastrophic failure

A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure from which recovery is impossible.

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Ceramic

A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.

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Ceramic capacitor

A ceramic capacitor is a fixed-value capacitor where the ceramic material acts as the dielectric. Capacitor and ceramic capacitor are capacitors.

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Charge carrier

In solid state physics, a charge carrier is a particle or quasiparticle that is free to move, carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric charges in electrical conductors.

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Charge density

In electromagnetism, charge density is the amount of electric charge per unit length, surface area, or volume.

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Charge pump

A charge pump is a kind of DC-to-DC converter that uses capacitors for energetic charge storage to raise or lower voltage.

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Charge-coupled device

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors.

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Circuit breaker

A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by current in excess of that which the equipment can safely carry (overcurrent).

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Coilgun

A coilgun is a type of mass driver consisting of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a linear motor that accelerate a ferromagnetic or conducting projectile to high velocity.

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Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California.

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Constant of integration

In calculus, the constant of integration, often denoted by C (or c), is a constant term added to an antiderivative of a function f(x) to indicate that the indefinite integral of f(x) (i.e., the set of all antiderivatives of f(x)), on a connected domain, is only defined up to an additive constant.

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Contact breaker

A contact breaker (or "points") is a type of electrical switch, found in the ignition systems of spark-ignition internal combustion engines.

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Coulomb

The coulomb (symbol: C) is the unit of electric charge in the International System of Units (SI).

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Coulomb's law

Coulomb's inverse-square law, or simply Coulomb's law, is an experimental law of physics that calculates the amount of force between two electrically charged particles at rest.

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CRC Press

The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.

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Curie temperature

In physics and materials science, the Curie temperature (TC), or Curie point, is the temperature above which certain materials lose their permanent magnetic properties, which can (in most cases) be replaced by induced magnetism.

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Damping

In physical systems, damping is the loss of energy of an oscillating system by dissipation.

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Daniel Gralath

Daniel Gralath (30 May 1708 – 23 July 1767) was a physicist and a mayor of Danzig.

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Dawon Kahng

Dawon Kahng (강대원; May 4, 1931 – May 13, 1992) was a Korean-American electrical engineer and inventor, known for his work in solid-state electronics.

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DC bias

In signal processing, when describing a periodic function in the time domain, the DC bias, DC component, DC offset, or DC coefficient is the mean value of the waveform.

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Decimal separator

A decimal separator is a symbol that separates the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form (e.g., "." in 12.45).

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Decoupling capacitor

In electronics, a decoupling capacitor is a capacitor used to decouple (i.e. prevent electrical energy from transferring to) one part of a circuit from another. Capacitor and decoupling capacitor are capacitors.

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Deep-level transient spectroscopy

Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) is an experimental tool for studying electrically active defects (known as charge carrier traps) in semiconductors.

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Defibrillation

Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach).

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Depletion region

In semiconductor physics, the depletion region, also called depletion layer, depletion zone, junction region, space charge region, or space charge layer, is an insulating region within a conductive, doped semiconductor material where the mobile charge carriers have diffused away, or forced away by an electric field.

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Dichroism

In optics, a dichroic material is either one which causes visible light to be split up into distinct beams of different wavelengths (colours) (not to be confused with dispersion), or one in which light rays having different polarizations are absorbed by different amounts.

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Dielectric

In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field.

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Dielectric absorption

Dielectric absorption is the name given to the effect by which a capacitor, that has been charged for a long time, discharges only incompletely when briefly discharged. Capacitor and Dielectric absorption are capacitors.

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Dielectric strength

In physics, the term dielectric strength has the following meanings.

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Diode

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance).

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.

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Disposable camera

A disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera meant to be used once.

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Dissipation factor

In physics, the dissipation factor (DF) is a measure of loss-rate of energy of a mode of oscillation (mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical) in a dissipative system.

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Duality (electrical circuits)

In electrical engineering, electrical terms are associated into pairs called duals.

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Dynamic random-access memory

Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology.

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E series of preferred numbers

The E series is a system of preferred numbers (also called preferred values) derived for use in electronic components. Capacitor and e series of preferred numbers are electrical components.

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Elasticity (physics)

In physics and materials science, elasticity is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed.

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Electric armour

Electric armour or electromagnetic armour is a type of reactive armour proposed for the protection of ships and armoured fighting vehicles from shaped charge and possibly kinetic weapons using a strong electric current, complementing or replacing conventional explosive reacting armour (ERA).

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Electric battery

An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices. Capacitor and electric battery are 18th-century inventions and energy storage.

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Electric charge

Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

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Electric displacement field

In physics, the electric displacement field (denoted by D) or electric induction is a vector field that appears in Maxwell's equations.

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Electric field

An electric field (sometimes called E-field) is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles.

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Electric motor

An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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Electric potential

Electric potential (also called the electric field potential, potential drop, the electrostatic potential) is defined as the amount of work/energy needed per unit of electric charge to move the charge from a reference point to a specific point in an electric field.

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Electric power transmission

Electric power transmission is the bulk movement of electrical energy from a generating site, such as a power plant, to an electrical substation.

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Electric susceptibility

In electricity (electromagnetism), the electric susceptibility (\chi_; Latin: susceptibilis "receptive") is a dimensionless proportionality constant that indicates the degree of polarization of a dielectric material in response to an applied electric field.

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Electrical breakdown

In electronics, electrical breakdown or dielectric breakdown is a process that occurs when an electrically insulating material (a dielectric), subjected to a high enough voltage, suddenly becomes a conductor and current flows through it.

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Electrical conductor

In physics and electrical engineering, a conductor is an object or type of material that allows the flow of charge (electric current) in one or more directions.

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Electrical energy

Electrical energy is energy related to forces on electrically charged particles and the movement of those particles (often electrons in wires, but not always).

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Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

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Electrical impedance

In electrical engineering, impedance is the opposition to alternating current presented by the combined effect of resistance and reactance in a circuit.

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Electrical injury

An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.

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Electrical insulation paper

Electrical insulation papers are paper types that are used as electrical insulation in many applications due to pure cellulose having outstanding electrical properties.

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Electrical load

An electrical load is an electrical component or portion of a circuit that consumes (active) electric power, such as electrical appliances and lights inside the home.

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Electrical network

An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g., batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g., voltage sources, current sources, resistances, inductances, capacitances).

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Electrical reactance

In electrical circuits, reactance is the opposition presented to alternating current by inductance and capacitance.

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Electrical resistance and conductance

The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current.

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Electricity

Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge.

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Electroluminescence

Electroluminescence (EL) is an optical and electrical phenomenon, in which a material emits light in response to the passage of an electric current or to a strong electric field.

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Electrolyte

An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that are electrically conductive through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons.

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Electrolytic capacitor

An electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization. Capacitor and electrolytic capacitor are capacitors.

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Electromagnetic forming

Electromagnetic forming (EM forming or magneforming) is a type of high-velocity, cold forming process for electrically conductive metals, most commonly copper and aluminium.

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Electromagnetic interference

Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction.

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Electronic circuit

An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow.

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Electronic component

An electronic component is any basic discrete electronic device or physical entity part of an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. Capacitor and electronic component are electrical components.

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Electronics

Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.

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Electrophorus

In electromagnetism, an electrophorus or electrophore is a simple, manual, capacitive, electrostatic generator used to produce charge via the process of electrostatic induction. Capacitor and electrophorus are capacitors.

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Electrostatic generator

An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current.

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Energy density

In physics, energy density is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume.

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Equivalent series inductance

Equivalent series inductance (ESL) is an effective inductance that is used to describe the inductive part of the impedance of certain electrical components. Capacitor and Equivalent series inductance are capacitors.

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Equivalent series resistance

Capacitors and inductors as used in electric circuits are not ideal components with only capacitance or inductance. Capacitor and Equivalent series resistance are capacitors.

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Ewald Georg von Kleist

Ewald Georg von Kleist (10 June 1700 – 11 December 1748), also known as Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, was a German jurist, Lutheran cleric, physicist and the inventor of the Leyden jar.

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Exploding-bridgewire detonator

The exploding-bridgewire detonator (EBW, also known as exploding wire detonator) is a type of detonator used to initiate the detonation reaction in explosive materials, similar to a blasting cap because it is fired using an electric current.

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Exponential decay

A quantity is subject to exponential decay if it decreases at a rate proportional to its current value.

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Farad

The farad (symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to 1 coulomb per volt (C/V).

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Fatigue (material)

In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading.

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Feedthrough

A feedthrough is a conductor used to carry a signal through an enclosure or printed circuit board. Capacitor and feedthrough are electrical components.

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Ferroelectricity

Ferroelectricity is a characteristic of certain materials that have a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by the application of an external electric field.

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Fibrillation

Fibrillation is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers.

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Film capacitor

Film capacitors, plastic film capacitors, film dielectric capacitors, or polymer film capacitors, generically called film caps as well as power film capacitors, are electrical capacitors with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric, sometimes combined with paper as carrier of the electrodes. Capacitor and film capacitor are capacitors.

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Flash (photography)

A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting to of a second) at a color temperature of about to help illuminate a scene.

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Flashtube

A flashtube (flashlamp) is an electric arc lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full-spectrum white light for a very short time.

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Fluorescent lamp

A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.

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Fourier analysis

In mathematics, Fourier analysis is the study of the way general functions may be represented or approximated by sums of simpler trigonometric functions.

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Frequency

Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

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Fusion power

Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions.

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Gauss's law

In physics (specifically electromagnetism), Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem (or sometimes Gauss's theorem), is one of Maxwell's equations.

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Glass

Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.

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Glow discharge

A glow discharge is a plasma formed by the passage of electric current through a gas.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

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Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, electrical engineer, and politician, known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system.

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Harmonic oscillator

In classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x: \vec F.

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Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space.

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Henry (unit)

The henry (symbol: H) is the unit of electrical inductance in the International System of Units (SI).

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High voltage

High voltage electricity refers to electrical potential large enough to cause injury or damage.

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Hydraulic accumulator

A hydraulic accumulator is a pressure storage reservoir in which an incompressible hydraulic fluid is held under pressure that is applied by an external source of mechanical energy. Capacitor and hydraulic accumulator are energy storage.

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Hydraulic analogy

Electronic-hydraulic analogies are the representation of electronic circuits by hydraulic circuits.

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IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published bimonthly by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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Ignition system

Ignition systems are used by heat engines to initiate combustion by igniting the fuel-air mixture.

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Image sensor

An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to form an image.

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Imaginary unit

The imaginary unit or unit imaginary number is a solution to the quadratic equation Although there is no real number with this property, can be used to extend the real numbers to what are called complex numbers, using addition and multiplication.

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Inductance

Inductance is the tendency of an electrical conductor to oppose a change in the electric current flowing through it.

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Induction motor

An induction motor or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor that produces torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding.

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Inductor

An inductor, also called a coil, choke, or reactor, is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it. Capacitor and inductor are energy storage.

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Industrial process control

Industrial process control (IPC) or simply process control is a system used in modern manufacturing which uses the principles of control theory and physical industrial control systems to monitor, control and optimize continuous industrial production processes using control algorithms.

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Information

Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform.

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Insulator (electricity)

An electrical insulator is a material in which electric current does not flow freely.

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Integral

In mathematics, an integral is the continuous analog of a sum, which is used to calculate areas, volumes, and their generalizations.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

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Jar (unit)

A jar was an early unit of capacitance once used by the British Royal Navy.

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John Vincent Atanasoff

John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer.

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Joule

The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).

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Karol Pollak

Karol Franciszek Pollak (15 November 1859 – 17 December 1928) was a Polish electrical engineer, inventor and businessman.

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Kirchhoff's circuit laws

Kirchhoff's circuit laws are two equalities that deal with the current and potential difference (commonly known as voltage) in the lumped element model of electrical circuits.

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Landfill

A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials.

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Laplace transform

In mathematics, the Laplace transform, named after Pierre-Simon Laplace, is an integral transform that converts a function of a real variable (usually t, in the time domain) to a function of a complex variable s (in the complex-valued frequency domain, also known as s-domain, or s-plane).

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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LC circuit

An LC circuit, also called a resonant circuit, tank circuit, or tuned circuit, is an electric circuit consisting of an inductor, represented by the letter L, and a capacitor, represented by the letter C, connected together.

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Lead (electronics)

In electronics, a lead or pin is an electrical connector consisting of a length of wire or a metal pad (surface-mount technology) that is designed to connect two locations electrically. Capacitor and lead (electronics) are electrical components.

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Lead-acid battery

The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté.

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Leiden University

Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Capacitor and Leiden University are science and technology in the Dutch Republic.

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Leyden jar

A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar, or archaically, Kleistian jar) is an electrical component that stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source) between electrical conductors on the inside and outside of a glass jar. Capacitor and Leyden jar are 18th-century inventions, capacitors, Dutch inventions, energy storage, german inventions and science and technology in the Dutch Republic.

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Lightning

Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or one in the atmosphere and one on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of between 200 megajoules and 7 gigajoules of energy, depending on the type.

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Line integral

In mathematics, a line integral is an integral where the function to be integrated is evaluated along a curve.

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Linear response function

A linear response function describes the input-output relationship of a signal transducer, such as a radio turning electromagnetic waves into music or a neuron turning synaptic input into a response.

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List of capacitor manufacturers

A capacitor is a passive device on a circuit board that stores electrical energy in an electric field by virtue of accumulating electric charges on two close surfaces insulated from each other.

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Magnetic field

A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.

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Marx generator

A Marx generator is an electrical circuit first described by Erwin Otto Marx in 1924.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Megohmmeter

A Megohmmeter or insulation resistance tester, is a special type of ohmmeter used to measure the electrical resistance of insulators.

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Memory cell (computing)

The memory cell is the fundamental building block of computer memory.

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MEMS

MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) is the technology of microscopic devices incorporating both electronic and moving parts.

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Mica

Micas are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates.

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Microphone

A microphone, colloquially called a mic, or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.

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Microphonics

Microphonics, microphony, or microphonism describes the phenomenon wherein certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an undesired electrical signal (noise).

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Microwave oven

A microwave oven or simply microwave is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range.

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Mohamed M. Atalla

Mohamed M. Atalla (محمد عطاالله; August 4, 1924 – December 30, 2009) was an Egyptian-American engineer, physicist, cryptographer, inventor and entrepreneur.

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MOSFET

W and controlling a load of over 2000 W. A matchstick is pictured for scale. In electronics, the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon.

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Motor capacitor

A motor capacitor is an electrical capacitor that alters the current to one or more windings of a single-phase alternating-current induction motor to create a rotating magnetic field. Capacitor and motor capacitor are capacitors.

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Natural frequency

Natural frequency, measured in terms of eigenfrequency, is the rate at which an oscillatory system tends to oscillate in the absence of disturbance.

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Negative feedback

Negative feedback (or balancing feedback) occurs when some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances.

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Network analysis (electrical circuits)

In electrical engineering and electronics, a network is a collection of interconnected components.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Operating temperature

An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.

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Order of integration (calculus)

In calculus, interchange of the order of integration is a methodology that transforms iterated integrals (or multiple integrals through the use of Fubini's theorem) of functions into other, hopefully simpler, integrals by changing the order in which the integrations are performed.

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Ordinary differential equation

In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a differential equation (DE) dependent on only a single independent variable.

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Oxide

An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.

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Paper

Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.

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Parasitic capacitance

Parasitic capacitance or stray capacitance is the unavoidable and usually unwanted capacitance that exists between the parts of an electronic component or circuit simply because of their proximity to each other.

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Particle accelerator

A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies to contain them in well-defined beams.

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Passivity (engineering)

Passivity is a property of engineering systems, most commonly encountered in analog electronics and control systems.

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P–n junction

A p–n junction is a combination of two types of semiconductor materials, p-type and n-type, in a single crystal.

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Pearson Education

Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.

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Permittivity

In electromagnetism, the absolute permittivity, often simply called permittivity and denoted by the Greek letter (epsilon), is a measure of the electric polarizability of a dielectric material.

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Phase (waves)

In physics and mathematics, the phase (symbol φ or ϕ) of a wave or other periodic function F of some real variable t (such as time) is an angle-like quantity representing the fraction of the cycle covered up to t. It is expressed in such a scale that it varies by one full turn as the variable t goes through each period (and F(t) goes through each complete cycle).

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Phase-locked loop

A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop (PLL) is a control system that generates an output signal whose phase is fixed relative to the phase of an input signal.

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Phosphorescence

Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence.

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Photoflash capacitor

A photoflash capacitor is a high-voltage electrolytic capacitor used in camera flashes and in solid-state laser power supplies. Capacitor and photoflash capacitor are capacitors.

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Pieter van Musschenbroek

Pieter van Musschenbroek (14 March 1692 – 19 September 1761) was a Dutch scientist.

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Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials—such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA, and various proteins—in response to applied mechanical stress.

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Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.

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Plastic film

Plastic film is a thin continuous polymeric material.

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Polychlorinated biphenyl

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.

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Polymer capacitor

A polymer capacitor, or more accurately a polymer electrolytic capacitor, is an electrolytic capacitor (e-cap) with a solid conductive polymer electrolyte. Capacitor and polymer capacitor are capacitors.

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Polystyrene

Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.

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Polysulfone

Polysulfones are a family of high performance thermoplastics.

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Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert.

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Pomerania

Pomerania (Pomorze; Pommern; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany.

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Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between.

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Potential energy

In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

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Power factor

In electrical engineering, the power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of the real power absorbed by the load to the apparent power flowing in the circuit.

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Power supply

A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load.

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Pre-charge

Pre-charge of the powerline voltages in a high voltage DC application is a preliminary mode which limits the inrush current during the power up procedure.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.

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Printed circuit board

A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a medium used to connect or "wire" components to one another in a circuit.

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Pulse-forming network

A pulse-forming network (PFN) is an electric circuit that accumulates electrical energy over a comparatively long time, and then releases the stored energy in the form of a relatively square pulse of comparatively brief duration for various pulsed power applications.

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Pulsed power

Pulsed power is the science and technology of accumulating energy over a relatively long period of time and releasing it instantly, thus increasing the instantaneous power.

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Q factor

In physics and engineering, the quality factor or Q factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how underdamped an oscillator or resonator is.

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Quantum vacuum state

In quantum field theory, the quantum vacuum state (also called the quantum vacuum or vacuum state) is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves.

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Radio frequency

Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field or mechanical system in the frequency range from around to around.

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Radio receiver

In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form.

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Railgun

A railgun or rail gun, sometimes referred to as a rail cannon is a linear motor device, typically designed as a weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles.

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Rainer Waser

Rainer Waser (born September 16, 1955, in Frankfurt) is a German professor of Electrical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.

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Random-access memory

Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.

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Real number

In mathematics, a real number is a number that can be used to measure a continuous one-dimensional quantity such as a distance, duration or temperature.

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Rechargeable battery

A rechargeable battery, storage battery, or secondary cell (formally a type of energy accumulator), is a type of electrical battery which can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times, as opposed to a disposable or primary battery, which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use.

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Rectifier

A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), which flows in only one direction.

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Resistor

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element. Capacitor and resistor are electrical components.

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Resonance

In physics, resonance refers to a wide class of phenomena that arise as a result of matching temporal or spatial periods of oscillatory objects.

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Ringing (signal)

In electronics, signal processing, and video, ringing is oscillation of a signal, particularly in the step response (the response to a sudden change in input).

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Ripple (electrical)

Ripple (specifically ripple voltage) in electronics is the residual periodic variation of the DC voltage within a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (AC) source.

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RKM code

The RKM code, also referred to as "letter and numeral code for resistance and capacitance values and tolerances", "letter and digit code for resistance and capacitance values and tolerances", or informally as "R notation" is a notation to specify resistor and capacitor values defined in the international standard IEC 60062 (formerly IEC 62) since 1952. Capacitor and RKM code are electrical components.

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RLC circuit

An RLC circuit is an electrical circuit consisting of a resistor (R), an inductor (L), and a capacitor (C), connected in series or in parallel.

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Root mean square

In mathematics, the root mean square (abbrev. RMS, or rms) of a set of numbers is the square root of the set's mean square.

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RS Americas, Inc

RS Americas, Inc (formerly Allied Electronics & Automation) is a United States-based omni-channel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations.

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Sample and hold

In electronics, a sample and hold (also known as sample and follow) circuit is an analog device that samples (captures, takes) the voltage of a continuously varying analog signal and holds (locks, freezes) its value at a constant level for a specified minimum period of time.

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Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material that has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass.

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Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device is an electronic component that relies on the electronic properties of a semiconductor material (primarily silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors) for its function.

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Semiconductor memory

Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic semiconductor device used for digital data storage, such as computer memory.

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Sensor

A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of detecting a physical phenomenon.

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Short circuit

A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance.

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Signal

Signal refers to both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation.

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Silver mica capacitor

Silver mica capacitors are high precision, stable and reliable capacitors. Capacitor and Silver mica capacitor are capacitors.

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Sintering

Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure or heat without melting it to the point of liquefaction.

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Slapper detonator

A slapper detonator, also called exploding foil initiator (EFI), is a detonator developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US Patent No.

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Snubber

A snubber is a device used to suppress ("snub") a phenomenon such as voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems (caused by for example water hammer) or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems.

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Spark-gap transmitter

A spark-gap transmitter is an obsolete type of radio transmitter which generates radio waves by means of an electric spark.

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Specific energy

Specific energy or massic energy is energy per unit mass.

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Spectrum

A spectrum (spectra or spectrums) is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary, without gaps, across a continuum.

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Squirrel-cage rotor

A squirrel-cage rotor is the rotating part of the common squirrel-cage induction motor.

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Substation

A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system.

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Supercapacitor

doi-access. Capacitor and Supercapacitor are capacitors.

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Surface condenser

A surface condenser is a water-cooled shell and tube heat exchanger installed to condense exhaust steam from a steam turbine in thermal power stations.

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Surface-mount technology

Surface-mount technology (SMT), originally called planar mounting, is a method in which the electrical components are mounted directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB).

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Switched-mode power supply

A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently.

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Tantalum

Tantalum is a chemical element; it has symbol Ta and atomic number 73.

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Tantalum capacitor

A tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. Capacitor and tantalum capacitor are capacitors.

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TEA laser

A TEA laser is a gas laser energized by a high voltage electrical discharge in a gas mixture generally at or above atmospheric pressure.

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Telephony

Telephony is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.

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Television set

A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor.

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Terminal (electronics)

A terminal is the point at which a conductor from a component, device or network comes to an end. Capacitor and terminal (electronics) are electrical components.

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Theremin

The theremin (--> originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/ thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist).

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Three-phase electric power

Three-phase electric power (abbreviated 3ϕ) is a common type of alternating current (AC) used in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.

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Time constant

In physics and engineering, the time constant, usually denoted by the Greek letter (tau), is the parameter characterizing the response to a step input of a first-order, linear time-invariant (LTI) system.

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Touch switch

A touch switch is a type of switch that only has to be touched by an object to operate.

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Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. Capacitor and transistor are electrical components.

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Transmission line

In electrical engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves in a contained manner.

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Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.

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Trimmer (electronics)

A trimmer, or preset, is a miniature adjustable electrical component. Capacitor and trimmer (electronics) are capacitors.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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Vacuum

A vacuum (vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter.

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Vacuum tube

A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied. Capacitor and vacuum tube are electrical components.

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Variable capacitor

A variable capacitor is a capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically. Capacitor and variable capacitor are capacitors.

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Varicap

In electronics, a varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent capacitance of a reverse-biased p–n junction. Capacitor and varicap are capacitors.

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Vehicle audio

Vehicle audio is equipment installed in a car or other vehicle to provide in-car entertainment and information for the occupants.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

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Voltage

Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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Wireless telegraphy

Wireless telegraphy or radiotelegraphy is transmission of text messages by radio waves, analogous to electrical telegraphy using cables.

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Work (thermodynamics)

Thermodynamic work is one of the principal processes by which a thermodynamic system can interact with its surroundings and exchange energy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

18th-century inventions

• Bifocals
• Capacitor
• Carbonated water
• Celsius
• Coffeemaker
• Electric battery
• Fire extinguisher
• Guillotine
• Hot air balloon
• Hydrostatic bubbles
• Leyden jar
• London shrunk
• Pyrometer
• Shaker broom vise
• Shaker-style pantry box
• Spinning jenny
• Steam engine
• Threshing machine
• Vaccine
• Walter Baily's Motor

Science and technology in the Dutch Republic

• Aquatint
• Capacitor
• Cartography in the Dutch Republic
• De Thiende
• Dutch inventions
• Hollander beater
• Leiden Observatory
• Leiden University
• Leyden jar
• List of Dutch discoveries
• List of Dutch inventions and innovations
• Lists of Dutch inventions and discoveries
• Refracting telescope
• The Astronomer (Vermeer)
• The Geographer

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor

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