Flat Plate Capacitor Calculator:

 Dimension Units:
Dielectric Material:  
DC
=
Number of Plates (N):
Plate Spacing (D):
   Plate Area (A):  
 Length (overlap)(L):  
 Width ( overlap )(W):
   
   Capacitance :C=
uF

The capacitance of a home made parallel plate capacitor can be determined by entering plate area, spacing and quantity in the boxes above.

Click the 'Calculate' button to update the result.