ABCs of Electronics: An Easy Guide to Electronics Engineering

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3. Capacitors and Inductors

Farzin Asadi^{1, 2}  

(1)

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Maltepe University, Istanbul, Türkiye

(2)

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Beykent University, Istanbul, Türkiye

 

Capacitors and inductors are important parts of electronic circuits. Both of them are energy storage devices. Capacitors store the energy in the electric field, while inductors store energy in the magnetic field.

This chapter studies the capacitors and inductors.

Capacitors

A capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy in an electric ...