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James Lewis - They're JUST Capacitors

Supplyframe Hardware

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A conference talk by Kemet's James Lewis comparing capacitor types, their weaknesses and derating, including how ceramic values drift with voltage and after reflow.

Watch for: Long talk; slides are available separately

In their words

There's a great talk by James Lewis of Kemet called "They're JUST Capacitors" which discusses the voltage / capacitance relationship in some detail, and it gives some good advice on capacitor selection and derating.

Polynomial on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jan 2017. CC BY-SA.

See [video] (James Lewis, Kemet presented a talk at a Supplyframe Hardware talk: They're JUST Capacitors)

Toybuilder on electronics.stackexchange.com, Sept 2019. CC BY-SA.

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