High Voltage Ceramic Capacitors

Measuring the Power Dissipation Capability of High-Voltage, Low-Capacitance Ceramic Chip Capacitors

This paper describes a successful strategy for measuring the power dissipated by high-voltage, low-capacitance ceramic chip capacitors at frequencies typical of switch-mode power supplies. For these devices, the simpler techniques employed to measure the power dissipation of highcapacitance tantalum and aluminum devices prove inadequate, and a more fundamental approach is required. The various ...

Calibration of Voltage Transformers and High- Voltage Capacitors at NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) calibration service for voltage transformers and high-voltage capacitors is described. The service for voltage transformers provides measurements of ratio correction factors and phase angles at primary voltages up to 170 kV and secondary voltages as low as 10 V at 60 Hz. Calibrations at frequencies from 50-400 Hz are available over a mor...

Screening Techniques for Ceramic Capacitors Guidelines for Selection, Screening and Qualification of Low-Voltage Commercial Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors for Space Programs

A Modified Series Z-Source Inverter Based on Switched Inductors with High Voltage Gain and Reduced Voltage Stress on Capacitors

In this paper, a series Z-source inverter based on switched inductors cell is proposed for the first time. This inverter is able to increase the voltage gain in comparison to the conventional Z–source inverters in additon to solve the ST (shoot-through) state’s problems. In this inverter, the value of voltage gain is increased by increasing the number of used diodes and inductors in the switche...

Modeling the voltage nonlinearity of high-k MIM capacitors

Voltage nonlinearity is a crucial performance parameter of MIM capacitors for RF, analog and mixed signal IC applications. In present work, the fabrication and characterization of anodic high-k MIM capacitors are reported in detail and modeling of nonlinearity coefficient of capacitance is developed using polarization of induced dipoles. The model agrees with experimental results for various hi...