Nichicon Doctor Capacitor Video Series

This series follows an eccentric tech expert “Doctor Capacitor” as he explains the ins and outs of electronic components.
  • Episone One: Dielectrics – Doctor Capacitor discusses common dielectrics, as well as the differences between electrolytic and film capacitors.
  • Episode Two: Terms - Doctor Capacitor explains the terms that you might encounter when working with capacitors like ESR, Ripple Current, Anode, Cathode, as well as many others.
  • Episode Three: Failure Modes - Doctor Capacitor discusses ten possible failure modes of capacitors and how to avoid them.
  • Episode Four: Applications - Doctor Capacitor explains all the capacitor applications you could image… and then some.
  • Episode Five: What's in a Capacitor - Doctor Capacitor explains what a capacitor is made of.
  • Episode Six - Hybrid Capacitors - Doctor Capacitor explains what hybrid capacitors are and what they do.
  • Episode Seven: What’s in the Mail Doc? – In this episode, the Doctor answers questions about capacitors and how they might be used.
  • Episode Eight: Nichicon Kitchen (or, all about soldering) – In this Episode, the Doctor (and his intern) discuss different ways to attach capacitors to the PCB.
  • Episode Nine: You Callin’ Me? – Today, we take time to answer those amazing phone calls from our listeners. We cover a broad range of topics in this episode.
  • Episode Ten: Disrupting and Revolutionizing Energy Storage – The doctor has a very special guest today, Professor Disruptor! They are discussing Nichicon's newest and very exciting product, the SLB series.
  • Episode Eleven: What's an ICEL? – Nichicon (Ameica) is celebrating our partnership with ICEL S.r.t and sending the Doctor to Italy to sit down with the team at ICEL to discuss power film capacitors.