If you search through an electrical engineering textbook, you probably aren’t going to find the phrase “gimmick capacitor” but every old ham radio operator knows about them. They come in handy when ...

My friend's computer has been acting flakey, especially when he's got a lot of bus-powered USB devices plugged in. I've narrowed the problem down to either the motherboard or power supply. The power ...

As you will probably already know if you are engaged in electronics design at some level, a capacitor is a passive device ...

Bypass capacitors are found in every working piece of electronic equipment. Most engineers know that systems, circuits, and individual chips need to be bypassed. The methods for choosing bypass ...

Editor’s note: The following is Part one of a technical white paper by Ericsson with some very educational and practical design information. The paper discusses the Loop Compensator and Capacitor ...