To Block DC voltages and couple AC signals through to the next circuit.
At high frequency, capacitor can be considered as 1. Short Circuit in AC analysis. 2. Open Circuit in DC analysis. {because Xc= 1/(2*f*pi) where f= supply frequency,pi=3.14} As at high frequencies, in DC analysis, capacitor will be open circuited & can block the DC signal while AC signal is allowed to pass through.. Hence, this capacitor will act as a blocking capacitor for DC supply.
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A capacitor whose capacitance is variable (within some range). They are usually used to adjust resonant circuits or delay circuits.
For most parts of electronics is concerned,there are two types of coupling in any alternating current source (AC) circuits: 1)capacitive coupling(Also known as the AC coupling) 2)Inductive Coupling(Also known as the Transformer coupling) Two circuits of different amplification factors and different hybrid parameter values can be merged or coupled by means of a capacitor (capacitive coupling) or an inductor or a transformer (inductive coupling).There are coupling coefficients involved with the transformer.But Capacitor blocks DC and allows AC most of the time.We use ceramic capacitors for this purpose.However never replace the ceramic capacitor with an electrolytic capacitor .Electrolytic capacitors are strictly polar while ceramic capacitors are not.Electrolytic capacitors are used as bypass capacitors.They bypass the current from the resistances that are parallel to them during high frequencies.This is so because the reactance of the capacitor is low at such high frequencies.Also current takes the least resistance path.As reactance gives the AC equivalent of the resistance,current flows into the capacitor while resistance and capacitors are connected end-end and thus the current reaches the other node(its like a diversion or a detour or a shortcut on the road for vehicles-analogously it is the simplest path a current can follow on the conductor
Capacitor is used in biasing circuits to block the passage of DC signals.
The electrolytic capacitor is most often used in power supply circuits to filter the rectified AC.
On the contrary, capacitors ARE used in a.c. circuits.
Dozens of functions. Short term power storage. Smoothing. Decoupling, Coupling, Voltage doubling. Resonant circuits. Phase shifting. Timing circuits. Delay circuits. Lumped constant delay lines as used in radar modulators. And many more...I even used one once as a poor man's one bit RAM.
To save a decoupling capacitor & biasing resistors for the PNP.
AC coupling is where a capacitor is used to block the DC componant of a signal. Used often in Medical devices when a DC componant could harm a patient Coupling refers to transferring electrons trough a media. It could magnetic such as coils proximity. A transformer and yes even a capacitor. And no it has no medical devices ONLY application.
In electronic circuits a capacitor is used to pass AC and block DC.
A capacitor whose capacitance is variable (within some range). They are usually used to adjust resonant circuits or delay circuits.