1. Notes

This lesson is tacked onto the end of Lesson 8 - Insulators and Conductors as it is the first electrical component in common use.

Well…​ besides free-space
     and insulators with dielectric properties
         and conductors via plates and wires.

1.1. Aluminum electrolytic capacitor

AlO2 layer is the insulator, can be made very thin.

Other electrolytics now becoming common

  • tantalum

  • conductive polymer

  • tantalum polymer

  • carbon nanotube

See much more reference information about capacitors in GDrive - ECE 341 - docs, capacitors subfolder.