ENGR 153

Dr. Martnez

Lab #7: Capacitors in Series & Parallel

1.Using the tolerance, find the maximum and minimum values for each capacitor. Use a digital multimeter to measure the exact value of capacitance and then find the percent error compared to Cnominal for each capacitor.

% error = (|Cnominal - Cmeasured| / Cnominal ) x 100%CnominalCminCmaxCmeasured% error

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

2.For the following series combinations of capacitors, fill in the table with calculated and measured capacitance values. Use a breadboard to construct series combinations.

CnominalCmeasured% error

C1 + C2

C1 + C2 + C3

C1 + C2 + C3 + C4

C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5

3.For the following parallel combinations of capacitors, fill in the table with calculated and measured capacitance values. Use a breadboard to construct parallel combinations.

CnominalCmeasured% error

C1 C2

C1 C2 C3

C1 C2 C3 C4

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

5.For the following parallel & series combinations of capacitors, fill in the table with calculated and measured capacitance values. Use a breadboard to construct series and parallel combinations.

CnominalCmeasured% error

C1 + (C2 C3)

(C1 C2) + C3

(C1 + C2) (C3 + C4)

(C1 C2) + (C3 C4) + C5