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Introduction to Capacitors and Capacitance: A Comprehensive Guide by B. Allen - Prof. Bret, Study notes of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Explore the fundamentals of capacitors and capacitance in this comprehensive online resource by b. Allen. Learn about capacitors as energy storage devices, their charging mechanism, electric fields, capacitance calculations, factors determining capacitance, capacitors in parallel and series, types of capacitors, and their coding. Understand the concepts of capacitor time constant, dc charging, ac charge and discharge, and phase relationship between capacitor current and voltage.

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Introduction to Capacitors and

Capacitance

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Capacitor

A device that stores electrical energy in theform of an electric field that exists within adielectric (insulator) between two conductingplates, each of which is connected to a load.This device was originally called a condenser.

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Electrostatic or electric field A force field produced by static electriccharges. Also called a voltage field, it is a fieldor force that exists in space between twodifferent potentials or voltages.Current generates a magnetic field.Voltage generates an electric field.

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Field strength

The strength of a electromagnetic field at agiven point.

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Electric polarization

Electric Polarization – A displacement ofbound charges in a dielectric when placed in anelectric field.Dielectric – Insulating material between two(di) plates in which the electric field exists.

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Unit of Capacitance

Farad (F) –A one farad capacitor stores 6.

×

18

electronsor A 1 F capacitor stores 6.

×

12

electrons

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Factors determining

capacitance

Area of the plates (A)Distance between the plates (d)Dielectric constant (K)

×^

10

×

K

×^

A

d

C =

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Dielectric breakdown and

leakage

Breakdown Voltage – The voltage at whichbreakdown occurs in a dielectric or insulator.Leakage Current – Small, undesirable flow ofcurrent through an insulator or dielectric.

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Capacitors in series

C

C

C

C

=^

+^

+^

+^

  • …..

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Voltage across a capacitor in

series

V^ X

V^ T

C^ T C^ X

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Coding of capacitors

Alphanumeric labels

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Color coding of capacitors

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Time constant

= R

×

C

The time constant is the time needed foreither a voltage or current to rise to 63.2% ofthe maximum or a fall to 36.8% of the initialvalue. The time constant of an RC circuit isequal to the product of R and C.

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Capacitor charging