Permittivity experimental determination as a frequency function

Abstract

Objective: To determine the behavior of dielectric permittivity of class II ceramic capacitor in function of frequency up to 10MHz. Context: in telecommunications and high frequency circuits is necessary to take into account the diminishing of permittivity on dielectrics of ceramic capacitors with the frequency growth, two quantitative methods are proposed to determine this behavior. Method: First, the impedance meter bridge FLUKE PM5306 was used in the frequency range from 10^2 Hz to 10^5 Hz; and second, a novel low-cost electronic circuit for the frequency range between 10^4 Hz to 10^7. Results: The results from the circuit were validated using the impedance meter bridge RLC FLUKE PM 6306. The measure of the complex capacitance from three capacitors and their loss tangent were obtained. Conclusions: The capacitance decreasing with the increment of the frequency was observed in the impedance meter bridge and the implemented circuit, finding a convergence between both methods in the common frequency region.

Keywords

• capacitors, complex capacitance, complex permittivity, frequency circuits