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Fundamentals For all Capacitors

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For all practical purposes, consider only the parallel plate capacitor as illustrated in Fig. 1.1—two conductors or electrodes separated by a dielectric material of uniform thickness. The conductors can be any material that will conduct electricity easily. The dielectric must be a poor conductor—an insulator.

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Kaiser, C.J. (1993). Fundamentals For all Capacitors. In: The Capacitor Handbook. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8090-0_1

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