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How do capacitors function?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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A capacitor stores accumulated charges as voltage.

The storing and discharging of these charges help regulate voltage in circuits.

As the switching frequency of storing or discharging increases the 'frequency dependant resistance' or reactance decreases and appears as a short circuit at infinite frequency.

The capacitor appears as a open circuit at zero frequency.

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