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    CAPACITORS in PARALLEL

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    Two or more capacitors can be connected in parallel or series circuits. When connected in parallel, the capacitors have the same potential difference across them. The equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination of capacitors is calculated by adding the individual capacitances. For N capacitors in parallel, the equivalent capacitance is the sum of all the individual capacitances. In an example circuit, the student is asked to (a) calculate the equivalent capacitance of three capacitors in parallel, (b) find the charge on one capacitor, and (c) calculate the total charge in the circuit.

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    CAPACITORS in PARALLEL

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    Two or more capacitors can be connected in parallel or series circuits. When connected in parallel, the capacitors have the same potential difference across them. The equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination of capacitors is calculated by adding the individual capacitances. For N capacitors in parallel, the equivalent capacitance is the sum of all the individual capacitances. In an example circuit, the student is asked to (a) calculate the equivalent capacitance of three capacitors in parallel, (b) find the charge on one capacitor, and (c) calculate the total charge in the circuit.

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    Two or more capacitors can be connected in parallel or series circuits. When connected in parallel, the capacitors have the same potential difference across them. The equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination of capacitors is calculated by adding the individual capacitances. For N capacitors in parallel, the equivalent capacitance is the sum of all the individual capacitances. In an example circuit, the student is asked to (a) calculate the equivalent capacitance of three capacitors in parallel, (b) find the charge on one capacitor, and (c) calculate the total charge in the circuit.

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    CAPACITORS in PARALLEL

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    Two or more capacitors can be connected in parallel or series circuits. When connected in parallel, the capacitors have the same potential difference across them. The equivalent capacitance of a parallel combination of capacitors is calculated by adding the individual capacitances. For N capacitors in parallel, the equivalent capacitance is the sum of all the individual capacitances. In an example circuit, the student is asked to (a) calculate the equivalent capacitance of three capacitors in parallel, (b) find the charge on one capacitor, and (c) calculate the total charge in the circuit.

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    CAPACITORS IN

    PARALLEL
    CAPACITANCE and CAPACITORS
    CIRCUIT
    • In electronics, a circuit is a closed
    path that allows electricity to flow
    from one point to another. It may
    include various electrical
    components, such as transistors,
    resistors, and capacitors, but the
    • It’s important to realize that a
    circuit is a collection of real
    objects, usually containing a
    source of electrical energy
    (such as a battery) connected
    to elements that convert
    electrical energy to other
    forms (light, heat, sound) or
    store the energy in electric or
    magnetic fields for later
    retrieval.
    COMBINATIONS OF CAPACITORS
    • Two or more capacitors can be combined in
    circuits in several ways, but lost reduce to two
    simple configurations, called parallel and series.
    • The idea, then, is to find the single equivalent
    capacitance due to a combination of several
    different capacitors that are in parallel or in
    series with each other.
    • Capacitors are manufactured with a number of
    different standard capacitances, and by
    combining them in different ways, any desired
    Capacitors in Parallel
    • Two capacitors connected as shown and are said to be in parallel.

    The left plate of


    each capacitor is
    connected to the
    positive terminal of
    the battery by a
    conducting wire, so
    the left plates are at
    Capacitors in Parallel
    In the same way, the
    right plates, both
    connected to the
    negative terminal of
    the battery, are also
    at the same
    potential.
    Capacitors in Parallel
    This means that capacitors in parallel
    both have the same potential
    difference V across them.
    CAPACITANCE IN PARALLEL
    •• We
     
    can replace these two capacitors with one
    equivalent capacitor having a capacitance of
    • This equivalent capacitor must have exactly the same
    external effect on the circuit as the original
    two, so it must store Q units of
    charge and have the same
    potential difference across it.
    • The respective charges 𝑸 𝟏=𝑪 𝟏 ∆ 𝑽
     

    on each capacitor are


    𝑸 𝟐=𝑪 𝟐 ∆ 𝑽
     
    CAPACITANCE IN PARALLEL
    • The respective charges
    on each capacitor are
    𝑸 𝟏=𝑪 𝟏 ∆ 𝑽
     
    𝑸 𝟐=𝑪 𝟐 ∆ 𝑽
     

    • The charge on the


    equivalent 𝑸
     
    ¿𝑪 𝑽is
    capacitor
    𝒆𝒒
    • Substituting to the equation:
     
    𝑪 𝒆𝒒 𝑽 =𝑪𝟏 ∆ 𝑽 +𝑪 𝟐 ∆ 𝑽
    CAPACITANCE IN PARALLEL
    𝑸 𝟏=𝑪 𝟏 ∆ 𝑽
     
    𝑸 𝟐=𝑪 𝟐 ∆ 𝑽
     

    • The charge on the equivalent


    capacitor  is
    𝑸 ¿𝑪 𝑽 𝒆𝒒
    • Substituting to the equation:
     
    𝑪 𝒆𝒒 𝑽 =𝑪𝟏 ∆ 𝑽 +𝑪 𝟐 ∆ 𝑽
     
    𝑪 𝒆𝒒 =𝑪 𝟏 +𝑪 𝟐
    • Since they both have same
     
    CAPACITANCE IN PARALLEL
    •Therefore, If we extend
    this treatment to three or
    more capacitors
    connected in parallel, the
    equivalent capacitance is
     
    𝑪 𝒆𝒒 =𝑪 𝟏
    found to be
    +𝑪 𝟐 +𝑪 𝟑 +…
    The equivalent capacitance of a parallel
    combination of capacitors is larger than any
    of the individual capacitances.
    EXAMPLE
    •  
    • (a) Determine the capacitance of
    the single capacitor that is
    equivalent to the parallel
    combination of capacitors shown
    in Figure .
    • Find (b) the charge on the 12.0F
    capacitor
    • (c) the total charge contained in
    the configuration.
    EXAMPLE
    • (a) Determine the capacitance of the
    single capacitor that is equivalent to
    the parallel combination of
    capacitors
    EXAMPLE
    •  
    • Find (b) the charge on the
    12.0F capacitor
    EXAMPLE
    • (c) the total charge
    contained in the
    configuration
    ACTIVITY
    •  
    1. Find the equivalent
    capacitance of the
    three capacitors
    connected in
    parallel with a 24V
    battery.
    2. Find the total
    charge and the

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