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Ceramic capacitors: main types and applications

An introduction to the main classes of ceramic capacitors and where they are commonly used.

Class 1 ceramic capacitors offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuits. Class 2 types offer high volumetric efficiency for buffering, bypass and coupling.

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