Sunday, 27 January 2019

charge - Can you overcharge a capacitor with a lower voltage power source?


If I have a 5v capacitor and a 3v power source, and I connect the power source to the capacitor will it charge up to 3v then stop, or will the voltage rise above 3v?



Answer



With a static voltage source, a capacitor in series will charge up until its voltage is the same as that of the source.


With a few components you can build a boost converter, which is capable of charging a capacitor beyond the voltage of the supply due to the inductor forcing more charge into the capacitor when the switch is open.



Operating a capacitor near its voltage limit can result in reduced capacitance though, and charging it past its limit may destroy it violently.


No comments:

Post a Comment

arduino - Can I use TI's cc2541 BLE as micro controller to perform operations/ processing instead of ATmega328P AU to save cost?

I am using arduino pro mini (which contains Atmega328p AU ) along with cc2541(HM-10) to process and transfer data over BLE to smartphone. I...