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Subject:Re: Capacitor for filter on AFM
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:44:16 -0400
At 04:21 PM 6/5/2002, Matthew Pollard wrote:
>Yes and no. tantalium capicators are not polarized so they are easier to
>mess with, where the electrolytic ones are polarized and the user need
>to know which side is the high and low potential on the afm....

No, they're polarized like any electrolytic.  You make a "non-polarized"
electrolytic by putting two polarized ones in series back-to-back IIRC --
means twice the bulk and half the capacitance, all else being equal.

david

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