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    What Exactly Is a Capacitor?

    Here is a very informative article, titled What Exactly Is a Capacitor? It give some history and discusses the common types. The section on ceramic types gives good info on temperature coefficients.

    Here is a technical information document from AVX, describing monolythic ceramic caps and their manufacture.
    PeteS in CA

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    I love the history stuff.
    Like when the first capacitor had gold and was measured in Cubits.
    Maybe one of those Leydon jars could cool my Proc and filter the V supply at the same time.
    Jim

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