Flat Plate Capacitor Calculator:
Dimension Units:
inches
millimeters
Dielectric Material:
LDPE/HDPE
GLASS
AIR
PVC
DC
=
Number of Plates (
N
):
Plate Spacing (
D
):
Plate Area
(
A
):
Length (overlap)(
L
):
Width ( overlap )(
W
):
Capacitance :
C
=
uF
The capacitance of a home made parallel plate capacitor can be determined by entering plate area, spacing and quantity in the boxes above.
Click the 'Calculate' button to update the result.