There are numerous factors to consider when adding external capacitors to switched-mode power supplies (SMPS). This article will discuss noise, startup, ESR, stability, pre-bias applications, Sense ...

Multistage amplifiers are essential for driving capacitive loads that span from picofarads to nanofarads in applications such as sensor interfaces, high-speed data converters and power-management ...

This application note discusses on the how operational amplifiers drive capacitive loads. To dig this topic deeper, simulations are shown as a way of presenting the data. This note will help engineers ...

In 2008, Bob Pease exchanged e-mails with Linear Technology’s Mark Thoren, me, and a few other friends. The subject was how an amplifier will oscillate if you put a capacitive load on it. Bob knew ...

The DS-2100 and the DS-2100 WiFi displays from Loadstar Sensors Inc. are load indicators designed to work seamlessly with the company's patented capacitive load sensors. The DS-2100 and the DS-2100 ...

Such cells also need a bulky and expensive signal conditioner to make them useful. Engineers at Loadstar Sensors, Mountain View, Calif. (loadstarsensors.com), use a capacitive sensing scheme in their ...

Op amps are generally pretty easy to apply, but there are some practical nonideal behaviors you have to keep in mind. [EEforEveryone] takes a test board with some 2X amplifiers on it and — after some ...

Op amps are generally pretty easy to apply, but there are some practical nonideal behaviors you have to keep in mind. [EEforEveryone] takes a test board with some 2X amplifiers on it and — after some ...

. The data can be imported to a PC with an RS-232 or 802.11b wireless connection. The displays work with Windows XP-based software that lets users calibrate the sensors, show individual and total ...