If you are like [The Science Asylum], you might wonder how a capacitor can work since, at their core, they are nothing more than a gap filled with air or another insulator. He explains how in a recent ...

Capacitors are small components with a big job—storing and releasing energy in electronic circuits. This video explains how ...

Capacitors behave differently than resistors, where resistors allow a flow of electrons through them directly proportional to the voltage drop, and capacitors oppose changes in voltage by drawing or ...

Capacitors are small devices used to store electric charges and consist of one or more pairs of conductors separated by an insulator. They’re mainly used in energy-storing devices such as televisions, ...

Last month's column explained that AC current flowing through an inductance reaches its peak amplitude after the voltage. Lagging current is characteristic of an inductive circuit. Capacitive circuits ...

According to Dr Emmett Brown, it’s what makes time travel possible, although not without the considerable boost of 1.21 gigawatts of power. “But”, I hear you ask, “how does the flux capacitor work?” ...

A research team led by Prof. Hu Weijin from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), ...

TDK has unveiled through-hole aluminum electrolytic capacitors designed to work at up to +140°C for automotive power steering, fan control and transmission systems. They come in axial-lead (B41699) ...