This is because a capacitor functions as the simplest noise filter by blocking DC current while allowing noise to pass. However, since there are many types of capacitors with different properties (frequency-impedance characteristics, etc.), if they are used in the wrong way, they can actually end up increasing noise.
When noise enters a DC current flowing inside an electronic circuit, voltage fluctuations could occur, leading to IC malfunctions. To deal with this, capacitors are widely used to remove noise. This is because a capacitor functions as the simplest noise filter by blocking DC current while allowing noise to pass.
The order of the explanation here is reversed, but noise countermeasures that employ capacitors make use of the basic capacitor characteristic of “passing AC currents, and passing them more easily at higher frequencies”. Capacitors are thus used to shunt unwanted noise (AC components) away from signals or power supply lines to GND, for example.
As frequency increases, reactance decreases, allowing more AC to flow through the capacitor. At lower frequencies, reactance is larger, impeding current flow, so the capacitor charges and discharges slowly. At higher frequencies, reactance is smaller, so the capacitor charges and discharges rapidly.
At higher frequencies, reactance is smaller, so the capacitor charges and discharges rapidly. In DC circuits, capacitors block current due to infinite reactance. But in AC circuits, capacitors pass current easily at high enough frequencies. The voltage and current are out of phase in an AC capacitance circuit.
This equation indicates that the smaller the electrostatic capacitance and the smaller the ESL of a capacitor, the higher is the resonance frequency. When applying this to the elimination of noise, a capacitor with a smaller capacitance and smaller ESL has a lower impedance at a higher frequency, and so is better for removing high-frequency noise.
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