The interaction between capacitance and frequency is governed by capacitive reactance, represented as XC. Reactance is the opposition to AC flow. For a capacitor: where: Capacitive reactance XC is inversely proportional to frequency f. As frequency increases, reactance decreases, allowing more AC to flow through the capacitor.
As frequency increases, reactance decreases, allowing more AC to flow through the capacitor. At lower frequencies, reactance is larger, impeding current flow, so the capacitor charges and discharges slowly. At higher frequencies, reactance is smaller, so the capacitor charges and discharges rapidly.
Therefore, a capacitor connected to a circuit that changes over a given range of frequencies can be said to be “Frequency Dependant”. Capacitive Reactance has the electrical symbol “ XC ” and has units measured in Ohms the same as resistance, ( R ). It is calculated using the following formula:
In the RC Network tutorial we saw that when a DC voltage is applied to a capacitor, the capacitor itself draws a charging current from the supply and charges up to a value equal to the applied voltage. Likewise, when the supply voltage is reduced the charge stored in the capacitor also reduces and the capacitor discharges.
So the current, by the equation dq / dt, has also doubled. This means that capacitive reactance, which is equal to the impedance of the circuit given by the equation: Z = V / I, has been reduced to half its original value. Hence the frequency of the signal is inversely related to the capacitive reactance of the circuit.
Since we are only changing the frequency, the maximum amount of charge that can be deposited on the plates of the capacitor remains the same. Now if we were to double the frequency of the applied signal, the capacitor would reach its maximum in half the time. So the current, by the equation dq / dt, has also doubled.
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Capacitance and Frequency Relationship. The interaction between capacitance and frequency is governed by capacitive reactance, represented as XC. Reactance is the opposition to AC flow. For a capacitor: XC = 1/(2πfC) where: Xc is the capacitive reactance in ohms (Ω) f is the frequency in hertz (Hz) C is the capacitance in farads (F)
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