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Capacitors used in power electronics

Author: Gérard MOURIÈS

Publication date: August 10, 2007

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2. Technologies used

2.1 Technology families

For power electronics applications, four main families are used:

  • aluminum electrolytic capacitors ;

  • ceramic capacitors ;

  • film capacitors (paper, plastic, dry or impregnated) ;

  • double-layer capacitors or "supercapacitors".

  • Electrolytic capacitors 2.6 are only used for filtering DC...

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