Engineers usually have access to signal and function generators, as well as frequency counters and oscilloscopes, but they may not have access to capacitance or inductance meters. Using the test setup ...

Last month's column explained that AC current flowing through an inductance reaches its peak amplitude after the voltage. Lagging current is characteristic of an inductive circuit. Capacitive circuits ...

Capacitive sensor technology has evolved markedly over recent years, underpinned by advancements in integrated circuit design and novel measurement approaches. These sensors function by detecting ...

A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230314495A1) describes a capacitance measurement circuit that includes an analog front-end circuit, a parasitic capacitor, an analog to digital ...

You can use the inherent capacitanceof an LED to make a seriesresonant boost circuit that can create avoltage large enough to light the LED.Depending on the color of the LED, youneed a voltage higher ...

How to build a circuit that converts capacitance into a pulse train. Test results of the circuit design. The circuit in Figure 1 allows you to convert capacitance into a pulse train by using a ...

In recent years, as ADAS and AD technologies advance, the number and performance level of systems installed in vehicles have ...

Murata has begun mass production of seven AEC-Q200-qualified MLCCs that claim to achieve the world’s largest capacitance for a given rated voltage and size supporting stable operation of in-vehicle ...