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Mathew Jacob	Write for Electronic Design
Mathew Jacob is an applications engineering manager at National Semiconductor Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif. Email address: mathew.jacob@nsc.com Web site: http://www.nsc.com
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June 8, 2006 [Design View / Design Solution]
Turn Capacitors And Inductors Into "Active Passives"
When designers think of passive components, they think of manufacturing tolerances for inductors and capacitors that are typically ± 20% or ± 10%. That's okay in theory, but not when these components are used in an actual application. Applying dc bias to a ceramic capacitor or current to an inductor, at a particular frequency, changes the characteristics of these components. Hence, the name ?active passives.? For example, a 10- µF , 0603, 6.3-V capacitor can measure as...