Capacitor AC Current Measurement

DESIGN PHASE:       measurement
SUB ELEMENT NAME:   photo measurement -
                    capacitor ac current measurement
VARIABLE NAME:      [HEMTCAP]
DATE:               REVISION LETTER:    REVISION DATE:
APPLICABILITY:      switching mode circuits or filter circuits

ACTIVITY:  Measure (oscilloscope photographs) ac current through
and ac voltage across all capacitors with non-trivial ac currents
through them.

OUTPUT:  Labeled photographs in laboratory notebook for later
comparison to specifications and analysis.

ALGORITHM:

[HEMTCAP] =    engineer hours to measure capacitor currents
[HTMTCAP] =    technician hours to measure capacitor currents
0.0            hours to make capacitor current measurements

DISCUSSION:

Author: Jerrold Foutz, foutz@smpstech.com

Original: Foutz, J., Power Supply Circuit Development Estimating Aid - An Expert System Application, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Record, New Orleans, February 1-5, 1988. Revised 25 February 2001