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Mathematical formulation of capacitance......

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Hello,
Sir I made acapacitor sensor model in COMSOL, using following dimensions-
60e-6*60e-6*1.5e-6(first plate)
60e-6*60e-6*1.5e-6(second plate,acting as air)

60e-6*60e-6*1.5e-6(third plate)
Can anybody tell How to calculate capacitance of plates MATHEMATICALLY?????!!!
Please provide any information regarding this problem....

1 Reply Last Post 3 août 2012, 07:12 UTC−4
Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)

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Posted: 1 decade ago 3 août 2012, 07:12 UTC−4
Hi

You can check on Wiki, or do a search on the FORUM, but if you ignore the side effects, the capacity is proportiaonal to the area, the inverse separation distance times the dielectric constant of you material (e_0*e_r) in [F/m] and a 1/4/pi for the geoemtrical normalisation.

It's also explained in most books ;)

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Good luck
Ivar
Hi You can check on Wiki, or do a search on the FORUM, but if you ignore the side effects, the capacity is proportiaonal to the area, the inverse separation distance times the dielectric constant of you material (e_0*e_r) in [F/m] and a 1/4/pi for the geoemtrical normalisation. It's also explained in most books ;) -- Good luck Ivar

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