Capacitor typesCapacitors are manufactured in many styles, forms, dimensions, and from a large variety of materials. They all contain at least two electrical conductors, called plates, separated by an insulating layer (dielectric). Capacitors are widely used as parts of electrical circuits in many common electrical devices. Capacitors, together with resistors and inductors, belong to the group of passive components in electronic equipment.
FerroélectricitéOn appelle ferroélectricité la propriété selon laquelle un matériau possède une polarisation électrique à l'état spontané, polarisation qui peut être renversée par l'application d'un champ électrique extérieur. La signature d'un matériau ferroélectrique est le cycle d'hystérésis de la polarisation en fonction du champ électrique appliqué. Le préfixe ferro- fut emprunté au ferromagnétisme par analogie.
Ceramic resonatorA ceramic resonator is an electronic component consisting of a piece of a piezoelectric ceramic material with two or more metal electrodes attached. When connected in an electronic oscillator circuit, resonant mechanical vibrations in the device generate an oscillating signal of a specific frequency. Like the similar quartz crystal, they are used in oscillators for purposes such as generating the clock signal used to control timing in computers and other digital logic devices, or generating the carrier signal in analog radio transmitters and receivers.
Film capacitorFilm capacitors, plastic film capacitors, film dielectric capacitors, or polymer film capacitors, generically called film caps as well as power film capacitors, are electrical capacitors with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric, sometimes combined with paper as carrier of the electrodes. The dielectric films, depending on the desired dielectric strength, are drawn in a special process to an extremely thin thickness, and are then provided with electrodes.
Electrolytic capacitorAn electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization. This oxide layer acts as the dielectric of the capacitor. A solid, liquid, or gel electrolyte covers the surface of this oxide layer, serving as the cathode or negative plate of the capacitor. Because of their very thin dielectric oxide layer and enlarged anode surface, electrolytic capacitors have a much higher capacitance-voltage (CV) product per unit volume than ceramic capacitors or film capacitors, and so can have large capacitance values.
Titanate de baryumLe titanate de baryum est un composé chimique de formule . Ce matériau céramique se présente sous la forme d'un solide blanc ferroélectrique à hystérésis prononcée ayant également un effet photoréfractif et un effet piézoélectrique. Il trouve des applications notamment dans les condensateurs, les transducteurs électromécaniques, les thermistances CTP et en optique non linéaire. Il existe également sous forme naturelle dans un minéral rare appelé baryopérovskite.
CondensateurUn condensateur est un composant électronique élémentaire, constitué de deux armatures conductrices (appelées « électrodes ») en influence totale et séparées par un isolant polarisable (ou « diélectrique »). Sa propriété principale est de pouvoir stocker des charges électriques opposées sur ses armatures. La valeur absolue de ces charges est proportionnelle à la valeur absolue de la tension qui lui est appliquée.
Magnetic domainA magnetic domain is a region within a magnetic material in which the magnetization is in a uniform direction. This means that the individual magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned with one another and they point in the same direction. When cooled below a temperature called the Curie temperature, the magnetization of a piece of ferromagnetic material spontaneously divides into many small regions called magnetic domains. The magnetization within each domain points in a uniform direction, but the magnetization of different domains may point in different directions.
Tantalum capacitorA tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of porous tantalum metal as an anode, covered by an insulating oxide layer that forms the dielectric, surrounded by liquid or solid electrolyte as a cathode. Because of its very thin and relatively high permittivity dielectric layer, the tantalum capacitor distinguishes itself from other conventional and electrolytic capacitors in having high capacitance per volume (high volumetric efficiency) and lower weight.
FerromagnétismeLe ferromagnétisme est le mécanisme fondamental par lequel certains matériaux (fer, cobalt, nickel...) sont attirés par des aimants ou forment des aimants permanents. On distingue en physique différents types de magnétismes. Le ferromagnétisme (qui inclut le ferrimagnétisme) se trouve être celui à l’origine des champs magnétiques les plus importants : c’est celui qui crée des forces suffisamment importantes pour être senties et qui est responsable du phénomène bien connu de magnétisme dans les aimants de la vie quotidienne.
