Everyone knows that the perfect capacitor to decouple the power rails around ICs is a 100 nF ceramic capacitor or equivalent, yet where does this ‘fact’ come from and is it even correct… ...

Women were significantly underrepresented in the SELECT and FLOW trials (SMD < -0.2). Self-reported race/ethnicity representation was imbalanced in all studies, with underrepresentation of Black (SMD ...

MIT engineers have created a “supercapacitor” made of ancient, abundant materials, that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black (which resembles powdered ...

How researchers built a supercapacitor from concrete and carbon black. Detailed theory and analysis, and the performance they achieved. The possible implications of this energy-storage component ...

Usually, can-style SMD capacitors have two attachment points, one on each side: one for positive, and one for negative. Usually, the negative side is marked with a colored or black stripe.

Simply put, while standard capacitors and supercapacitors operate on the same basic principle of storing energy in an electric field, supercapacitors are distinguished by their much higher storage ...

MIT scientists have created a energy-storing supercapacitor using carbon black and cement, which could be integrated into roads and building foundations.

In this paper, a bended differential transmission line using the asymmetric coupled line (ACL) with surface mount device (SMD) capacitor is proposed to suppress the common-mode noise. The bended ...