Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2014
Journal or Book Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
104
Issue
3
First Page
032901-1
Last Page
032901-4
DOI
10.1063/1.4862434
Abstract
This Letter presents an analytical expression for the capacitance of a curved patch capacitor whose electrodes conform to the curvature of a long, homogeneous, cylindrical dielectric rod. The capacitor is composed of two infinitely long curved electrodes, symmetrically placed about a diameter of the cylinder cross-section. The resulting capacitance per unit length depends on both the dielectric properties of the material under test and the capacitor configuration. A practical capacitance measurement is also presented, with appropriately guarded finite electrodes. Very good agreement between measured and theoretically predicted capacitances were observed, to within 2.4 percent. The analytical result presented in this Letter can be applied for extremely rapid evaluation of rod permittivity from measured capacitance.
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Copyright Owner
AIP Publishing
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Chen, Tianming; Bowler, John R.; and Bowler, Nicola, "Analytical solution for capacitance calculation of a curved patch capacitor that conforms to the curvature of a homogeneous cylindrical dielectric rod" (2014). Materials Science and Engineering Publications. 202.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/mse_pubs/202
Comments
The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters 104 (2014): 032901, and may be found at doi:10.1063/1.4862434.