Capacitance in parallel connection

The total capacitance of capacitors connected in parallel is the sum of the capacitances of individual capacitors.

Conditions:

1. Components are connected in parallel.

Links:

1. Physics LibreTexts, formula 8.3.9.

total_capacitance

Total capacitance.

Symbol:

C

Latex:

\(C\)

Dimension:

capacitance

capacitance

capacitance of \(i\)-th capacitor.

Symbol:

C[i]

Latex:

\({C}_{i}\)

Dimension:

capacitance

law

C = Sum(C[i], i)

Latex:

\[C = \sum_i {C}_{i}\]