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  2. Series and parallel circuits - Wikipedia

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    Parallel resistance is illustrated by the circulatory system. Each organ is supplied by an artery that branches off the aorta. The total resistance of this parallel arrangement is expressed by the following equation: 1/R total = 1/R a + 1/R b + ... + 1/R n. R a, R b, and R n are the resistances of the renal, hepatic, and other arteries ...

  3. Capacitance - Wikipedia

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    A common form is a parallel-plate capacitor, which consists of two conductive plates insulated from each other, usually sandwiching a dielectric material. In a parallel plate capacitor, capacitance is very nearly proportional to the surface area of the conductor plates and inversely proportional to the separation distance between the plates.

  4. Capacitor - Wikipedia

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    The interleaved capacitor can be seen as a combination of several parallel connected capacitors. For n {\displaystyle n} number of plates in a capacitor, the total capacitance would be C = ε o A d ( n − 1 ) {\displaystyle C=\varepsilon _{o}{\frac {A}{d}}(n-1)} where C = ε o A / d {\displaystyle C=\varepsilon _{o}A/d} is the capacitance for ...

  5. Quantum capacitance - Wikipedia

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    In a traditional metal-insulator-metal capacitor, the galvani potential is the only relevant contribution. Therefore, the capacitance can be calculated in a straightforward way using Gauss's law. However, if one or both of the capacitor plates is a semiconductor, then galvani potential is not necessarily the only important contribution to ...

  6. Equivalent impedance transforms - Wikipedia

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    These include resistors in series, resistors in parallel and the extension to series and parallel circuits for capacitors, inductors and general impedances. Also well known are the Norton and Thévenin equivalent current generator and voltage generator circuits respectively, as is the Y-Δ transform. None of these are discussed in detail here ...

  7. Capacitor types - Wikipedia

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    Capacitors for AC applications are primarily film capacitors, metallized paper capacitors, ceramic capacitors and bipolar electrolytic capacitors. The rated AC load for an AC capacitor is the maximum sinusoidal effective AC current (rms) which may be applied continuously to a capacitor within the specified temperature range.

  8. Two capacitor paradox - Wikipedia

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    Two identical capacitors are connected in parallel with an open switch between them. One of the capacitors is charged with a voltage of V i {\displaystyle V_{i}} , the other is uncharged. When the switch is closed, some of the charge Q = C V i {\displaystyle Q=CV_{i}} on the first capacitor flows into the second, reducing the voltage on the ...

  9. Double-layer capacitance - Wikipedia

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    Because an electrochemical capacitor is composed out of two electrodes, electric charge in the Helmholtz layer at one electrode is mirrored (with opposite polarity) in the second Helmholtz layer at the second electrode. Therefore, the total capacitance value of a double-layer capacitor is the result of two capacitors connected in series.