Of course C = eA/d, which shows no relationship with frequency but is there something more happening at frequencies above 100MHz? I understand that capacitive impedance changes as the parasitic resistance and inductance becomes more dominant. Even that the capacitor will appear like and inductor after a resonance frequency
I have been measuring capacitance of overlapping microstrip capacitors using a 4395A Impedance Analyzer up to from 10kHz to 100MHz. I am monitoring Cs and Rs. I'm measuring 15-40pF for different overlap lengths. As frequency increases I am seeing a decrease in capacitance of about 10% per decade until around 40MHz where the value turns to increase sharply before 100MHz (or course I cant see anything above 100MHz). The increase is sharper for greater overlap lengths, higher capacitance
Is there some limitation of my analyzer to truly separate capacitance and esr from the parasitics? Or is there something in the understanding of capacitance that I am missing?
I have been measuring capacitance of overlapping microstrip capacitors using a 4395A Impedance Analyzer up to from 10kHz to 100MHz. I am monitoring Cs and Rs. I'm measuring 15-40pF for different overlap lengths. As frequency increases I am seeing a decrease in capacitance of about 10% per decade until around 40MHz where the value turns to increase sharply before 100MHz (or course I cant see anything above 100MHz). The increase is sharper for greater overlap lengths, higher capacitance
Is there some limitation of my analyzer to truly separate capacitance and esr from the parasitics? Or is there something in the understanding of capacitance that I am missing?
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