Which failure causes excessive ripple voltage on a DC power rail when a switching regulator capacitor ages?

💡 Explanation

Increased ESR causes excessive ripple because the Impedance increases within the capacitor at operating frequency because of ion mobility restrictions; therefore the ripple worsens, rather than a different path such as dielectric breakdown being a cause.

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