// To find the self capacitance // Modern Electronic Instrumentation And Measurement Techniques // By Albert D. Helfrick, William D. Cooper // First Edition Second Impression, 2009 // Dorling Kindersly Pvt. Ltd. India // Example 6-5 in Page 162 clear; clc; close; // Given data // Values of frequencies in Hz f_1 = 2*10^6; f_2 = 5*10^6; // Values of the tuning capacitors in F C_1 = 450*10^-12; C_2 = 60*10^-12; //Calculations //Using the equation f = 1/(2*%pi*sqrt(L*(C_2+C_d))); //Since f_2 = 2.5*f_1 //Equating & reducing the equations // 1/(C_2 +C_d) = 6.25/(C_1 +C_d) C_d = (C_1 -6.25*C_2)/5.25 printf("C_d = %0.2E F\n",C_d); printf("i.e The value of the distributed capacitance = %0.1f pF",(C_d*10^12)); //Result // C_d = 1.43E-011 F // i.e The value of the distributed capacitance = 14.3 pF