microfarad
Tiny charge measure
A microfarad is one millionth of a farad, the unit of electrical capacitance.
Capacitors in everyday electronics—power supplies, audio equipment, motor circuits—are typically rated in microfarads: a 100 microfarad capacitor.
Abbreviated μF or sometimes uF when the Greek letter is unavailable.
Charge-storing circuit element
- picofaradCapacitance unit, trillionth-scale
- millifaradCapacitance unit, thousandth-scale
- dielectricPolarizable electrical non-conductor
- electrolyticInvolving electrical chemical decomposition
ceramic · tantalum · film · polarized · decoupling · bypass · filtering · smoothing
AC circuit opposition
- reactanceOpposition to alternating current
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
accuracy · multimeter · oscilloscope · characteristic · specification · datasheet · testing · verification
capacitor
Charge-storing circuit element
- picofaradCapacitance unit, trillionth-scale
- millifaradCapacitance unit, thousandth-scale
- dielectricPolarizable electrical non-conductor
electrolytic · ceramic · tantalum · film · polarized · decoupling · bypass · filtering · smoothing · coupling
impedance
AC circuit opposition
- reactanceOpposition to alternating current
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
precision · accuracy · multimeter · oscilloscope · characteristic · specification · datasheet · testing · verification
decoupling
Removal of interdependence
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
coupling · timing · tuning · resonance · oscillator · rectifier · snubber · suppression · transient · ripple
- Electrical Unitswatt, ampere, volt, coulomb, ohm
- capacitorscapacitor, supercapacitor, capacitance, dielectric, supercapacitors
- faradspicofarad, millifarad
- tiny unitsmicrogram, micrometer, microliter, microsecond, milligram
microfaradohm
Electrical resistance measure
millihenry · henry · megohm · kilohm