Selecting the most reliable capacitors for today's automotive electronics requires the design engineer to examine a number of different device parameters and performance characteristics. The next step ...

Application of distributed generations (DGs) in distribution systems due to growth in energy demand has many advantages such as reducing power losses and system cost, improving the voltage profile and ...

Engineers designing power electronics find that capacitors are needed for several functions, from energy storage to filters and decoupling. Different capacitor types are available, that at first sight ...

In recent years, multilevel inverters (MLIs) have attracted significant attention in medium- and high-power applications due to their superior output waveform quality, reduced electromagnetic ...

With their low equivalent series resistance (ESR), which allows for good ripple-current handling as well as high surge-voltage ratings and self-healing properties, film capacitors are strong ...