Implementation Possibilities of SMD Capacitors for High Power Applications

2012
Jānis Zaķis, Dmitri Vinnikov

Focus is on implementation possibilities of surfacemount device (SMD) to be used in high power applications. SMD capacitors reduce the size and dimensions of a power circuit and increase the flexibility of placement of other components. Ceramic and electrolytic capacitors are compared by means of voltage ripple, volume, labour-intensity and impedance. A 1 kW experimental setup of a quasi-Z-Source inverter (qZSI) based converter was built to compare SMD capacitor performance in the quasi-Z-source (qZS) network.

Keywords
Power conditioning, switched-mode power supply, power capacitors, surface-mount technology.
DOI
10.2478/v10314-012-0003-2

Zaķis, J., Vinnikov, D. Implementation Possibilities of SMD Capacitors for High Power Applications. Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering. Vol.1, 2012, pp.18-23. ISSN 2255-9140. e-ISSN 2255-9159. Available from: doi:10.2478/v10314-012-0003-2

Publication language
English (en)