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From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Big Capacitors
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 14:43:47 EST
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[Do engineers have a fixation on batteries, or just power supplies in general?]

But the frequency response of a battery is so totally dismal. With an internal
resistance of more than .1 ohms or so and the rc constant becomes a real pain
to deal with. Now if we could get one with an internal resistance of 1e-6 ohms,
then we'er talkin' big capacitor, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

-- Chuck
[Sorry if this seems a bit weird but this has always been a big laugh of mine
 ever since a friend in college (another sophomore EE like myself at the
 time) designed a "super" amp with 3 farad @240V capacitors on the output
 stages. It looked great in sinusoidal steady state, but those initial 
 conditions would kill you! :-)]
-- 
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