Introduction and Theory:

• A Capacitor is a device stores electrical energy between its plates.

• The Capacitance of a Capacitor is the value of the amount of charge it can store.
•   Q = C V ;
• Q: amount of charge
• C: the capacitance
• V: voltage of the capacitor
• In this experiment we will combine Capacitors in two ways:

1. In series:

• The same current will be delivered to the Capacitors (the same charge will be stored).
• We can replace all the Capacitors with an equivalent capacitor whose capacitance is given by:

• Capacitors in Series are like Resistors in Parallel.

1. In parallel:

• We can replace all the Capacitors with an equivalent capacitor whose capacitance is given by:

• Capacitors in Parallel are like Resistors in Series.

RC Circuits:

• Time Constant:  is the time which the response has reached 63.2% of its steady state value (for charging), and dropped 36.8% of its initial value (for discharging) , given by:  τ = RC.

*Continue Reading the full report from the attached PDF (postlab):

PreLab.pdf

PostLab.pdf

Oscilliscope.pdf