Using a simple charge-discharge circuit to estimate capacitors equivalent circuit at their operating conditions

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 737-742

  Amaral, Acácio M R ^a   Cardoso, A J Marques ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aluminium electrolytic capacitors; Capacitance measurement; Equivalent series resistance and failure analysis; Measurement systems; Measurements of physical quantities

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR; ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE AND FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES;

ALUMINUM; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATLAB; MEASUREMENT THEORY; POWER ELECTRONICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 70449807743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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