The total capacitance of a circular parallel plate capacitor including edge effect, can be calculated using the following formula.
Where r is the Radius in mm
εr is the Relative Dielectric Constant
d is the Dielectric thickness in mm
d << r
The calculator can be used to check results obtained with the Accurate Method for Measuring Relative Dielectric Constant of a PCB Using a Vector Network Analyser
The calculator uses the equation above, derived from Kirchhoff's formula for a circular capacitor
This calculator is provided free by Chemandy Electronics in order to promote the FLEXI-BOX
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