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- In ceramic capacitors the dielectric is a thin layer of ceramic and both plates are metal foil. These capacitors are unpolarized. These capacitors have negligible internal inductance or resistance.
- In electrolytic capacitors the dielectric is an ultra thin layer of corrosion on the surface of a metal foil plate and the other plate is an electrolyte paste. These capacitors are polarized and if connected backwards are likely to explode. These capacitors have significant internal inductance, making them bad filters of noise in the MHz range and above which requires ceramic capacitors.
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MaxineThe main difference between a ceramic capacitor and an electrolytic capacitor is that in a ceramic capacitor, two conductive plates are separated by a ceramic material, while in an electrolytic capacitor, two conductive plates are separated by an electrolyte and a metal oxide layer.
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How ceramic capacitors can do filtering in replacement of electrolytic capacitors?
Electrolytic capacitors do a very good job of bulk filtering, but they have poor high frequency performance due to distributed inductance. The ceramic capacitor has excellent high frequence response, and will often be used in parallel to the electrolytic to filter out fast rise time step changes in current demand.
Is capacitor polarity sensitive?
Some capacitors are polarity sensitive; some are not. It depends on the design. Electrolytic capacitors, for instance, are polarity sensitive, while ceramic disc capacitors are not. You can generally tell, if the capacitor is marked with polarity signs, such as + and -, if it is or not.
Whether film capacitors can be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitor?
Film capacitors cannot be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitors if used for analog signal processing. However, mica capacitors can be replaced with ceramic capacitors in general.
What is use of decoupling capacitor?
to protect a circuit from damaging
What is the functions of ceramic capacitor?
Ceramic capacitors can be used anywhere a capacitor having very low internal parasitic inductance is required. Most commonly they are used as powersupply bypass capacitors. They are also sometimes used for coupling capacitors for HF signal amplifiers.
