Every Type of Capacitor for Power Electronics Compared & Analysed

Today we take a look at capacitors and the performance of different types/constructions for power electronics applications, analysing results from LCR meter measurements.

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What happens when:
0:00 Introduction
0:14 What is a capacitor?
0:44 What makes a good capacitor?
2:30 Capacitor grouping for comparison
3:50 Elektor
4:45 Group 1 - 1000uF, 63V
5:04 Electrolytic
8:10 Polymer (prismatic aluminium)
12:34 Group 1 analysis
17:52 Group 2 - 10uF, 50V
19:41 Wet tantalum
20:22 Group 2 analysis
23:33 Group 3 - 1uF, 500V
23:49 Ceramic (stacked MLCC)
24:32 TDK CeraLink®
25:23 Group 3 analysis
27:50 Group 4 - 30uF, 850V
28:15 PolyCharge NanoLam™
28:40 What is a DC-Link?
29:36 Group 4 analysis
32:24 Overall comparison (all 13 capacitors)
40:28 DE-5000 vs Keysight E4980AL LCR meters
41:36 End
41:47 Outro

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