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Trimmer potentiometers and preset resistors are small variable resistors which are used in circuits for tuning and (re)calibration.

Types of Trimming Potentiometer

Several different versions of trimmer are available, using different mounting methods (through hole, smd) and adjusting orientations (top, side) as well as single and multi-turn variation.

1》Open, carbon track
2》Enclosed, side adjust
3》Enclosed, SMD

Single turn

Single turn trimmers/presets are very common and used where a resolution of one turn is sufficient. They are the most cost effective variable resistors available.

Multi turn

For higher adjustment resolutions, multi-turn Trimming Potentiometers are used. The amount of turns varies between roughly 5-25, but 5, 12 or 25 turns are quite common. They are often constructed using a worm-gear (rotary track) or (linear track) mechanism to achieve the high resolution. Because of their more complex construction and manufacturing, they are more costly than single turn preset resistors. The lead screw packages can have a higher power rating because of their increased surface area.

Trimming potentiometer symbols

The following IEC symbols are used for trimmers and preset resistors. Although this are the official symbols for occasionally adjusted resistors, the standard symbols for a potentiometer or rheostat are often used.

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Historically, Tantalum capacitors have been used for smoothing and decoupling applications for switching power supplies, DC/DC converters, LCD drivers and general digital circuits. As the need grew for efficient power converters that operate at high frequencies, the design engineer needed components that dissipated less heat. For high frequency applications‚ chip capacitor is an excellent substitute for a Tantalum capacitor. Compared to a Tantalum capacitor‚ chip capacitor has a low ESR and low ESL at high frequencies. As a result, selecting a Tanceram‚ capacitor with 1/2 to 1/10th the capacitance of a Tantalum will produce an impedance that is more than an order of magnitude lower than the Tantalum capacitor over the same high frequency range. The following example will compare the performance.

From 100 KHz to 70 MHz the typical 4.7µF, chip capacitor has a measured ESR from .05 to .02 Ohms while a typical 10µF Tantalum capacitor ESR measures from 1.2 to 0.8 Ohms. In this example‚ chip capacitor has a typical ESR that is 4% of the value of a comparable Tantalum capacitor over the frequency range of 100 KHz to 70 MHz. (See Figure 1.)

A typical 4.7uF Tanceram‚ chip capacitor has low impedance from 100 KHz to 70 MHz. From Figure 2 the self-resonant frequency is approximately 3 MHz, for a remarkably low ESL of 600pH! Also, the lower impedance produces less heat in power conversion applications. Figure 3 shows the temperature rise vs. ripple current. From the example capacitor values‚ chip capacitor can handle approximately 3 times the ripple current to produce a comparable temperature rise.

Often, substituting a Tanceram‚ chip capacitor to replace a Tantalum capacitor will reduce the circuit size and cost while providing superior performance. 

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