Answer to Question #159621 in Electric Circuits for Vanessa

Question

Assume you want to increase the maximum operating volge of a paralle-plate capacitor. Describe how you can do that with a fixed plate separation.
(a) If you werw asked to design a capacitor in which small size and large capaciance were required, what would be the two most important factors in your design?

Answer 1

(a) Changing the area will change the capacitance and maximum charge but not the maximum voltage.

By changing the area, The size of capacitor is also increases.

SInce, The question does not allow you to increase the plate separation. You can increase the maximum operating voltage by inserting a material with higher dielectric strength between the plates.