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electrolytic capacitors arent fast enough what is the fastest capacitor around uF range ?

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anotherbrick
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A speed rating? For capacitors?

Internal resistance, maybe?

Mike Harding

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Mike Harding

Ceramic caps OK for you? You can get them up to 10uF in 1206 size (10V).

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Stef
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Stef

Does he mean when you drop them? ;)

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AVRFreak

Are you meaning ESR?

If so then try tantalum. Also read the data sheets, there are low ESR electrolytic also.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Ralph

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Ralph Mason

I remember in the movie "Back to The Future" the mad scientist required a "flux capacitor" to make the time machine work correctly. Maybe a 1uF ceramic flux capacitor would work? Have you checked Digi-Key for these?

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Bob F.

Ceramic caps of around 1uF at low voltage are cheap and small these days.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Spehro Pefhany

I assume that you mean electrolytics have too much inductance at high frequencies. The usual solution is to parallel the electrolytic with something like a ceramic or metalized .1 uF capacitor to handle the high frequencies.

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Robert Scott

Perhaps you mean series resonant frequency. You'll find ceramic chip caps are very good, and yes they are very economical at 1uF.

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Mike Page

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