notions of capacitance: self capacitance and mutual capacitance.: 237–238  An object that can be electrically charged exhibits self capacitance, for which...

variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent capacitance of a reverse-biased...

Parasitic capacitance or stray capacitance is the unavoidable and usually unwanted capacitance that exists between the parts of an electronic component...

two terminals. The utility of a capacitor depends on its capacitance. While some capacitance exists between any two electrical conductors in proximity...

finger is known as finger capacitance, or CF. The capacitance of the sensor without a finger present is known as parasitic capacitance, or CP. In this basic...

Differential capacitance in physics, electronics, and electrochemistry is a measure of the voltage-dependent capacitance of a nonlinear capacitor, such...

increase in the equivalent input capacitance of an inverting voltage amplifier due to amplification of the effect of capacitance between the amplifier's input...

Capacitance sensors (or Dielectric sensors) use capacitance to measure the dielectric permittivity of a surrounding medium. The configuration is like...

also called an ultracapacitor, is a high-capacity capacitor, with a capacitance value much higher than solid-state capacitors but with lower voltage...

The farad (symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units...

value of capacitance, but adjustable capacitors are frequently used in tuned circuits. Different types are used depending on required capacitance, working...

A capacitance meter is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure capacitance, mainly of discrete capacitors. Depending on the sophistication...

Capacitance hat may refer to: Capacitance hat, horizontal wires at the top of a T-antenna Capacitance hat, a network of rounded wires at the top of a...

only small capacitance values could be realized. The expanding market of radios in the 1930s and 1940s create a demand for higher capacitance values but...

Capacitance–voltage profiling (or C–V profiling, sometimes CV profiling) is a technique for characterizing semiconductor materials and devices. The applied...

A variable capacitor is a capacitor whose capacitance may be intentionally and repeatedly changed mechanically or electronically. Variable capacitors...

gate capacitance is the capacitance of the gate terminal of a field-effect transistor (FET). It can be expressed as the absolute capacitance of the...

Body capacitance is the physical property of a human body to act as a capacitor. Like any other electrically conductive object, a human body can store...

Evolutionary capacitance is the storage and release of variation, just as electric capacitors store and release charge. Living systems are robust to mutations...

Double-layer capacitance is the important characteristic of the electrical double layer which appears at the interface between a surface and a fluid (for...

Quantum capacitance, also known as chemical capacitance and electrochemical capacitance C μ ¯ {\displaystyle C_{\bar {\mu }}} , was first theoretically...

In electrical engineering, capacitive sensing (sometimes capacitance sensing) is a technology, based on capacitive coupling, that can detect and measure...

A capacitance multiplier is designed to make a capacitor function like a much larger capacitor. This can be achieved in at least two ways. An active circuit...

resonant circuit with externally connected parallel capacitance. Any small additional capacitance in parallel with the crystal pulls the frequency lower...

Diffusion Capacitance is the capacitance that happens due to transport of charge carriers between two terminals of a device, for example, the diffusion...

model makes permeance elements analogous to electrical capacitance (see magnetic capacitance section) rather than electrical resistance (see magnetic...

detect changes in capacitance. When a person touches it, their body increases the capacitance and triggers the switch. Unlike self-capacitance, mutual capacitive...

Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) is a method for determination of the dielectric permittivity distribution in the interior of an object from external...

The Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) is an analog video disc playback system developed by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in which video and audio...

parasitic impedance is a circuit element (resistance, inductance or capacitance) which is not desirable in an electrical component for its intended purpose...