The size effect of parallel-plate capacitor

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  • 1. Department of Electrical and Information Engineering; Xi’an Jiaotong University City College,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710018 2. Department of Physics Education,Xi’an Jiaotong University City College,Xi’an,Shaanxi 710018

Received date: 2020-07-17

  Revised date: 2020-09-25

  Online published: 2021-03-19

Abstract

It is investigated in this paper how the capacitance of parallel circular-plate and rectangular-plate

capacitors varies with the size,respectively. For each kind of capacitor,first it is assumed that charge is distributed

uniformly on the plate,then approximate values of capacitance can be obtained conveniently,afterwards more accurate

values are obtained via finite element simulation using Ansoft. By comparison,it is discovered that results obtained

using the approximation of uniform charge distribution can reflect correctly the tendancy how the capacitance

varies with the size,which is better than the capacitance formula of parallel-plate capacitor in textbooks; however,

those values are smaller,since charge is not strictly distributed uniformly on the plate,but less in the middle and

more on the edge.

Cite this article

CAO Xiao-ge, YANG Yang . The size effect of parallel-plate capacitor[J]. College Physics, 2021 , 40(3) : 8 -11 . DOI: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.200308

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