A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage

Last updated: 6/11/2023

A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage rating 1 kV using a material of dielectric constant 3 and dielectric strength about 107 Vm Dielectric strength is the maximum electric field a material can tolerate without breakdown i e without starting to conduct electricity through partial ionisation For safety we should like the field never to exceed say 10 of the dielectric strength What minimum area of the plates is required to have a capacitance of 50 pF