• DocumentCode
    3644080
  • Title

    Electrostatic measurements of low capacitance changes in a parallel plate capacitor

  • Author

    Christian Sohl;Mats Gustafsson;Gerhard Kristensson;Davor Lovrić;Martin Nilsson;Anders Sunesson

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electrical and Information Technology, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper describes an electrostatic experimental setup to measure the capacitance change when an uncharged object of arbitrary shape is inserted into a parallel plate capacitor. The employed measurement technique is discussed in detail, and measurements on two conducting spheres and two conducting circular cylinders of finite height are presented and compared with numerical simulations. It is concluded that the experimental setup is capable of detecting capacitance changes down to 10-17 F.
  • Keywords
    "Capacitance","Electrostatics","Capacitors","Electrostatic measurements","Capacitance measurement","Numerical simulation","Electromagnetics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5117-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050288
  • Filename
    6050288
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3644080