22 Sep
2014
22 Sep
'14
2:26 p.m.
True enough, but there were sort-of non-polarized
tantalum caps; IBM used
them on many of their boards.
They had three leads with the two outside leads internally connected
together, so it didn't matter which way around you inserted them.
Not realyl. They had relaly only 2 electrical connections. The outer
leads were one 'plate', the central lead the other. So whichever way you
inserted the component, the 2 sides of the capacitor ended up goig nto
the right places. But I will assure you that if you connected it so that
the middle pin was the worn polarity compared to the 2 outer ones it
would do what all reveresed tantalum caps do...
-tony