Mikrofaraadeina

Mikrofaraadeina is a hypothetical unit of electrical capacitance. The prefix "mikro-" signifies one millionth, and "faraad" refers to the farad, the SI derived unit of capacitance. Therefore, one mikrofaraad is equivalent to 10⁻⁶ farads. This unit is commonly used in electronics to describe the capacitance values of small capacitors found in integrated circuits, smaller power supplies, and various signal processing applications.

Capacitance is a measure of a system's ability to store electrical charge. A capacitor consists of two conductive plates separated by an insulating dielectric material. When a voltage is applied across the plates, electric charge accumulates on each plate, creating an electric field in the dielectric. The amount of charge stored for a given voltage is its capacitance.

The mikrofaraad is a practical unit because many common electronic components have capacitances in this range. For instance, electrolytic capacitors used for filtering in power supplies or ceramic capacitors used for decoupling applications often have values expressed in mikrofaraads. While smaller capacitances are measured in picofarads (10⁻¹² F) and larger ones in millifarads (10⁻³ F) or even farads, the mikrofaraad sits in a widely applicable middle ground for everyday electronic design. The symbol for mikrofaraad is typically µF.