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3 Capacitor Types
3.1 Overview of existing capacitor types
3 Capacitor Types
As mentioned already, there is a wide range of different capacitors. The capacitors
briefly introduced in Chapter 1.8, which play the most important role in industry are
presented in detail in the following chapters and in addition other existing designs are
shown.
The following chapters serve to provide an essential understanding of the existing
capacitor designs and to introduce and describe their basic features. Each of the
capacitor types could be dedicated its own reference book.
3.1 Overview of existing capacitor types
The capacitor types can be broadly divided into those with fixed capacitance and those
with variable capacitance. The most important are the fixed capacitance capacitors,
but capacitors with variable capacitance also exist. These include rotary or trimmer
capacitors.
Capacitors with fixed capacitance can be divided into film, electrolytic, ceramic and
super conductors. The film, electrolytic and ceramic capacitors are described in
more detail in the following chapters and are the capacitors most commonly found in
electronics.
Capacitor types