Difference between capacitor types
hcwong
Posts: 38
Can anyone point out to me the difference in performance and characteristics between the following capacitor types?
1) Multilayer ceramic cap
2) Ceramic·disc cap
3) Electrolytic·cap
4) Polyester cap
5) Mica cap
6) Tantalum cap
Thanks in advance.
1) Multilayer ceramic cap
2) Ceramic·disc cap
3) Electrolytic·cap
4) Polyester cap
5) Mica cap
6) Tantalum cap
Thanks in advance.
Comments
You're talking about a HUGE amount of information. To give you an idea, I looked up a webpage on this, and the webpage if printed would be 10+ pages. This is a large amount of information.
Heres the webpage, I think that's the best way to answer this question.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor
Knight.
I think that you can really narrow your inquiry if you specify one of three areas of use:
A. High voltage and /or high capacity (usually power supply filters to reduce ripple0
B. Digital noise reduction
C. Audiophile applications
If instance, Audiophiles hate tantalum, but really rely quite heavily on polyester [noparse][[/noparse]aka mylar] when linking stages in tube amplifiers.
Electrolic are really for either cheap or large. They seem to have the shortest life and most problematic life of any of the devices
Digital noise reduction focuses on mostly the ceramic disc and the tantalum.
And, this is the first I have heard of multilayer ceramic caps, but then again you have not included the 'super capacitors' or the old and very large 'air gap capacitors'.
As you can easily begin to see, the Pro and Con are generally dictated by the application. So start there
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