Our own experiences with “burn-in” (that is a material parameter change in electronic components over the early hours of being operated in a circuit after being manufactured, or inactive for a substantial time) caused us to investigate.
Here some samples of the literature we found:
- Self, D. ‘Self-Improvement for Capacitors’, Linear Audio 1 (April 2011), p.158 ibid, p. 159
- Zumbahlen, H. ‘Passive Components – Resistors and Potentiometers’, Linear Circuit Design Handbook 1st Edition (2007), p. 10.20 ibid, p. 10.21
- Kemet, ‘SHELF LIFE AND RE-AGEING’, Electrolytic Capacitors (Catalogue 2009), p. 17
Others exist and the above list is neither complete nor exhaustive.
We hope this has provided some insight.
