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Difference between charge-voltage relations of ordinary and fractional capacitors

Classical Physics 2024-08-30 v1

Abstract

In an ordinary time-varying capacitor, there is debate whether a time-domain multiplication or a time-domain convolution of capacitance and voltage determines charge. A time-varying capacitor in parallel with a resistor was implemented by a motor-driven potentiometer and op-amps. The response matched a power-law function over about two decades of time, and not an exponential, for several sets of parameters. This confirms the time-domain multiplication model. This result is the opposite of that obtained for a Constant Phase Element (CPE) in its common time- and frequency-varying capacitor interpretation. This demonstrates that a CPE is fundamentally different from an ordinary time- and frequency-varying capacitor.

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@article{arxiv.2309.01701,
  title  = {Difference between charge-voltage relations of ordinary and fractional capacitors},
  author = {Eirik Brenner Marthins and Sverre Holm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.01701},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures