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The 52 pages that link to Capacitor, each with the reason it gives.

• Electric fieldRelated: A capacitor creates a controllable field to store electrical energy.

• Alternating currentRelated: A capacitor's response to AC depends on frequency and phase.

• Direct currentRelated: A capacitor blocks steady-state DC after charging but passes changing current during transients.

• DielectricRelated: A dielectric between its conductors increases capacitance and helps determine its voltage limit.

• Electrical insulatorRelated: An insulating dielectric separates its conductors and increases charge storage.

• Electrical impedanceRelated: Its reactance decreases as signal frequency increases.

• MicaRelated: Mica has served as a stable dielectric in precision capacitors.

• Electric circuitRelated: Capacitors store charge and shape changing voltages in circuits.

• Exponential decayRelated: A discharging capacitor loses charge exponentially in a simple resistor-capacitor circuit.

• Voltage dividerRelated: Capacitors can form frequency-dependent dividers with resistors or other capacitors.

• Power electronicsRelated: Capacitors filter voltage ripple and buffer energy at converter inputs and outputs.

• Electrostatic inductionRelated: Induction separates charge between its conductors when a voltage is applied.

• Reactive powerRelated: An ideal capacitor alternately absorbs and returns electric-field energy.

• Electric polarizationRelated: Polarization increases capacitance by reducing the field produced by a given free charge.

• Switch-mode power supplyRelated: Input and output capacitors smooth pulsed currents and reduce voltage ripple.

• Electric potential differenceRelated: Its stored charge and energy depend on the potential difference across its conductors.

• Electric potential energyRelated: Its stored energy is electric potential energy associated with separated charges.

• ElectronicsRelated: Capacitors store charge and shape changing signals in circuits.

• Jack KilbyRelated: A capacitor was another circuit element included in Kilby’s 1958 demonstration.

• Relative permittivityRelated: The dielectric’s relative permittivity helps determine a capacitor’s capacitance.

• Volatile memoryRelated: A DRAM cell uses a capacitor’s charge to represent a bit temporarily.

• Dielectric polarizationRelated: A dielectric’s polarization increases capacitance by reducing the internal field for a given free charge.

• Memory cellRelated: In dynamic memory, capacitor charge represents the cell’s data.

• NiobiumRelated: Niobium oxides can serve as dielectric materials in some capacitor designs.

• Atanasoff–Berry computerRelated: Capacitors stored binary digits on rotating drums.

• FaradRelated: A capacitor's capacitance, expressed in farads, relates its stored charge to voltage.

• Aluminium foilRelated: Aluminium foil serves as an electrode in many wound and electrolytic capacitor designs.

• Electronic circuitRelated: Its changing charge lets circuits filter signals, store energy, and set timing.

• Frank PantridgeRelated: A capacitor stored the energy needed for the portable defibrillator’s shock.

• Charge (electricity)Related: It stores separated charge on its conductors.

• Displacement current densityRelated: Between its plates, changing electric displacement accounts for magnetic effects despite the insulating gap.

• Electric-field screeningRelated: Dielectric polarization screens the internal field and increases capacitance.

• Miller theoremRelated: Capacitors are the most familiar impedances transformed by Miller’s theorem.