Title :
Charge conservation and the transcapacitance element: an exposition
Author :
Snider, Arthur David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL
fDate :
11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple gedanken experiment is presented to demonstrate the violation of charge (and energy) conservation, as predicted by D.E. Ward (1981), J.J. Paulos and D.A. Antoniadis (1983), and D. Root and B. Hughes (1988), in the two-parameter nonlinear modeling of capacitance. The paradoxes are resolved through examination of a complete physical model of the capacitor. The role of the transcapacitive element in reestablishing charge conservation is explored in this context. Discussion of the software implementation of transcapacitance and its dual, transinductance, is also included
Keywords :
capacitance; electric charge; nonlinear network analysis; capacitance modelling; charge conservation; energy conservation; gedanken experiment; software implementation; transcapacitance element; transinductance; two-parameter nonlinear modeling; Capacitance measurement; Capacitors; Charge measurement; Circuits; Current measurement; Energy resolution; FETs; Helium; Predictive models; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
