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Recent Developments in Pulse Power Capacitors (Oct 2001)

From General Atomics Energy Products
 

 
High voltage, film dielectric capacitors are used in many pulse power circuits for energy storage, pulse generation, and pulse shaping. Capacitors are frequently a limiting factor for pulse power engineers in terms of size, cost, and parasitic impedances. Lifetime and reliability of capacitors, especially in systems containing large numbers of units, is always an important consideration. General Atomics Energy Products (GAEP, formerly known as Maxwell Energy Products) offers several product types of high voltage capacitors for pulse power and dc filter applications, ranging from 200 Joule defibrillator capacitors to 100,000 Joule energy storage units used in large banks. Several styles of packaging are combined with a variety of dielectric/electrode systems to provide custom solutions. Examples of recent pulse power capacitors are described. Keywords: capacitors, self-healing, high energy, energy density, energy storage
Product Announcements
General Atomics Energy Products - Custom Designed High Voltage Capacitors
General Atomics Energy Products (manufacturers of Maxwell High Voltage Capacitors) has designed several thousand custom high voltage capacitors for a wide variety of applications. Their experience... (read more)
RFI Corporation - High Voltage, High Frequency Custom Capacitors
RFI's Custom capacitors are available for applications in military, industrial, medical and R&D. RFI can provide burn-in, corona and qualification samples when required. Some of the large... (read more)
General Atomics Energy Products - Series CMF - High Energy Density Capacitors
Self-healing metallized electrode energy storage capacitors in welded metal cans, designed for millisecond discharge for industrial and R&D applications. These capacitors have higher energy... (read more)
Oren Elliott Products, Inc. - Air-Dielectric Variable Capacitors
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General Atomics Energy Products - Custom High Voltage Capacitors
We manufacture a broad range of high voltage capacitors, represented by the various Series listed here. If the capacitor you are looking for isn't listed in any of the Series, we can provide a custom... (read more)
HDW Electronics Inc. - SWG CI-1750 Underground Cable Fault Locator
The SWG series surge generators are designed with switchable, multi-stage surge capacitors and three (3) voltage ranges. (read more)
Topics of Interest
General Atomics Energy Products (GAEP) designs and manufactures large energy storage / pulse discharge capacitors using a variety of dielectric and electrode systems that are optimized for different... (Read More)
It is an unfortunate fact that "real" capacitors differ from ideal capacitors in many respects. Real capacitors include parasitic inductance and resistance, and vary in capacitance with temperature,... (Read More)
Capacitors continue to be major components of pulsed power systems, especially as energy storage and pulse discharge devices. On-going research and development at GA-ESI (formerly "Maxwell") in... (Read More)
In the last fifteen years, self-healing high voltage capacitors have become standard technology for single-shot and low repetition rate (< 1 shot/minute) applications in R&D environments, such as... (Read More)
Large capacitors used in the pulsed power industry offer a unique challenge from both a design and application standpoint. The capacitors are getting larger, storing more energy, and delivering that... (Read More)