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                | DennyShih2 | Posted - Jan 11 2024 : 15:01:58 Hi Enrico,
 
 Thank you for teaching me how to use "capgen" in my previous topic, I have successfully executed the program. I set two 10X10 plates capacitance separate in 1:
 
 capgen -s1 -w10 -p2 -n10 -d > <myfile.qui>
 
 I get the result:
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 CAPACITANCE MATRIX, nanofarads
 1          2
 1%GROUP1 1      1.058    -0.8864
 2%GROUP1 2    -0.8864      1.058
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 And I know C=#65288;#949;A#65289;/d
 
 In the parallel capacitor configuration I set up, why is there a significant difference in the calculated capacitance values between fastcap and capacitance formula? How do I fix it?
 
 Thank you !
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                | Enrico | Posted - Jan 16 2024 : 10:12:15 The difference is between a physical 3D capacitor and a simplified parallel plate capacitor, where fringing fields are completely neglected. Please see the sample file 'capacitor_simple.lst' in the Samples directory and read the comments inside the file.
 
 Best,
 Enrico
 
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                | DennyShih2 | Posted - Jan 11 2024 : 15:05:08 Sorry, the content format has shifted.
 capacitance C= e(A/d) e:epsilon
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