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Capacitors in Series and Parallel

Capacitors in Series The capacitors on the top left share the same current, is, which is related to their individual voltages by

Note also,

Now for the circuit on the bottom, it must be true that

which leads to

For the general case of N capacitors in series:

Some material reproduced with permission from Ulaby, F. T., & Maharbiz, M. M. (2012). Circuits. 2nd Edition, NTS Press.


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