"Jeroen" wrote in message
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John Larkin wrote:

I think multilayer ceramics are pushing 100 uF these days.

Yes, but alas, only with zero volts across them. Capacitance
drops precipitously with DC bias. For a cap with Y5V dielectric,
at half the rated DC voltage, there's only 10% of the initial
capacitance left. Most manufacturers don't tell you.


I didn't think it was quite as bad as that. Also very temperature
dependent. These type of ceramics are also pyroelectric as well as being
piezoelectric!