Electronics & Circuits
Intermediate

Capacitors in Series

Reciprocals of series capacitances add.

Formula

1Ceq=1C1+1C2+⋯\frac{1}{C_{eq}} = \frac{1}{C_1} + \frac{1}{C_2} + \cdots

Variables

C_iIndividual capacitances

Did You Know?

Capacitors in series combine like resistors in parallel, always giving less than the smallest one.

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