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A polarized and unpolarize capacitor are conencted in series at the input and output of the voltage regulator. What is the reason for this? To increase ESR?
A polarized and unpolarize capacitor are conencted in series at the input and output of the voltage regulator. What is the reason for this? To increase ESR?
You wouldn't want to INCREASE ESR, if anything you would want to DECREASE it.
The reason for doing it is that electrolytics don't work well at high frequencies, so the non-polarised capacitor gives high frequency decoupling, and the electrolytic gives low frequency decoupling.
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