Ian said:
> the derating above 5MHz may not be due to the
mica at all. It could well be due to heating in the very thin
metallization, which would increase with frequency due to the skin
effect.<
Wouldn't one get the same effect with ceramic caps, where the electrodes are
similarly formed?
The old WW2 micas that Rich talks about were. I believe, mainly the 'stacked
foil and mica' type, where the electrodes were relatively thick and so had
relatively high thermal capacity and heatsinking ability. So we can accept that
they did get derated at frequency, but we don't have an answer as to why.
73
Peter G3RZP
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