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  2. Marx generator - Wikipedia

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    Marx generator diagrams; Although the left capacitor has the greatest charge rate, the generator is typically allowed to charge for a long period of time, and all capacitors eventually reach the same charge voltage. The circuit generates a high-voltage pulse by charging a number of capacitors in parallel, then suddenly connecting them in series ...

  3. Capacitor - Wikipedia

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    For DC circuits, a capacitor is analogous to a hydraulic accumulator, storing the energy until pressure is released. Similarly, they can be used to smooth the flow of electricity in rectified DC circuits in the same way an accumulator damps surges from a hydraulic pump. Charged capacitors and stretched diaphragms both store potential energy.

  4. Capacitance - Wikipedia

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    Mutual capacitance is measured between two components, and is particularly important in the operation of the capacitor, an elementary linear electronic component designed to add capacitance to an electric circuit. The capacitance between two conductors depends only on the geometry; the opposing surface area of the conductors and the distance ...

  5. Voltage doubler - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2.Greinacher circuit. The Greinacher voltage doubler is a significant improvement over the Villard circuit for a small cost in additional components. The ripple is much reduced, nominally zero under open-circuit load conditions, but when current is being drawn depends on the resistance of the load and the value of the capacitors used.

  6. RC time constant - Wikipedia

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    It is the time required to charge the capacitor, through the resistor, from an initial charge voltage of zero to approximately 63.2% of the value of an applied DC voltage, or to discharge the capacitor through the same resistor to approximately 36.8% of its initial charge voltage.

  7. Parasitic capacitance - Wikipedia

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    When two conductors at different potentials are close to one another, they are affected by each other's electric field and store opposite electric charges, forming a capacitor. [1] Changing the potential V {\displaystyle V} between the conductors requires a current i {\displaystyle i} into or out of the conductors to charge or discharge them: [ 2 ]

  8. Capacitive coupling - Wikipedia

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    Capacitive coupling is also known as AC coupling and the capacitor used for the purpose is also known as a DC-blocking capacitor. A coupling capacitor's ability to prevent a DC load from interfering with an AC source is particularly useful in Class A amplifier circuits by preventing a 0 volt input being passed to a transistor with additional ...

  9. Capacitive power supply - Wikipedia

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    This way up to 48 white LEDs in series can be powered (for example, 3.1 V/20 mA/20000 mcd). Analyzing the circuit of the lamp shown in the image, at 50 Hz, the 1.2 μF capacitor has a reactance of 2.653 kΩ. By Ohm's law, the current is limited to 240 V/2653 Ω ≈ 90 mA, assuming that voltage and frequency remain constant. The LEDs are ...