Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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When designing boards, this is what you need to know about capacitors. Thank you very much Ron Demcko

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Chapters:
00:00 What is this video about
00:55 DC and AC Bias
05:43 Properties of different dielectrics
07:25 Ceramic capacitor classes
12:33 Aging and temperature instability
14:30 Relationship between characteristics and voltage
17:05 Ceramic capacitors flexing/breaking
20:30 Flexiterm vs Standard
24:50 What influences inductance
28:48 Trends in ceramics
39:05 Stacked capacitors
40:50 Radial vs stacked capacitors
47:01 Why use non-ceramic capacitors
48:11 Film capacitors
55:38 Thin film capacitors
1:00:20 Super capacitors
1:13:16 Tantalum capacitors
1:16:32 When is low ESR important
1:20:49 What capacitors to use when

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