Thickness of capacitor plates

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nangineer

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Nov 9, 2008

How does the thickness of the capacitor plates affect capacitance when the distance between the plates are comparable to the thickness of the individual plates?

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Phrak

Nov 10, 2008

It doesn't effect the capacitance, but it does effect the effective series resistance.

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