Automatic-test equipment for the characterization of aluminum electrolytic capacitors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 682-688

  Zanobini, Andrea ^a   Iuculano, Gaetano ^a   Falciani, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Magnetek Power Electronics Group SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic testing; Automatic test equipment; Capacitance measurement; Electrolytic capacitors; Life estimation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TESTING; AUTOMATION; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; SERVICE LIFE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; AUTOMATIC-TEST EQUIPMENT; LIFE ESTIMATION;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 33645317627     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.870333     Document Type: Article

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