Orders of magnitude (capacitance)

This page lists examples of capacitance. Grouped by orders of magnitude.

List of orders of magnitude for capacitance Factor (Capacitance)  | SI prefix | Value  | Item

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10−45 | N/A  | 1.798 × 10−45 | Planck capacitance
10−16 |  | 430 aF | Input capacitance of a minimum sized CMOS inverter in a 40nm process.
10−15 | fF  | 2 fF | Gate capacitance of a MOS transistor, per µm of gate width.[1]
10−14 |  | 30 fF | DRAM cell.[2]
10−13 |  | 100 fF | Small ceramic capacitor.[3]
150 fF | Pin to pin capacitance in a SSOP/TSSOP integrated circuit package.[4][5]
10−12 | pF  | 1 pF | Small mica and PTFE capacitor.[3]
2 pF | Solderless breadboard, between two adjacent 5-contact columns.[6]
4 pF | Capacitive sensing of air-water-snow-ice.[7]
5 pF | Low condenser microphone.
10−11 |  | 12 pF | Typical 10× passive oscilloscope probe.[8]
45 pF | Variable capacitor
49 pF | Yoga mat of TPE[9] with relative permittivity of 4.5[10] and 8 mm thick sandwiched between two 1 dm² electrodes.
50 pF | 1 m of Cat 5 network cable (between the two conductors of a twisted pair)
10−10 |  | 100 pF | Capacitance of the standard human body model.
1 m of 50 Ω coaxial cable (between the inner and outer conductors)
High condenser microphone.
330 pF | Variable capacitor
10−9 | nF  | 1 nF | Typical leyden jar.
10−8 |  |  |
10−7 |  | 100 nF | Small aluminium electrolytic capacitor.[3]
820 nF | Large mica and PTFE capacitor.[3]
10−6 | µF |  |
10−5 |  |  |
10−4 |  | 100 µF | Large ceramic capacitor.[3]
10−4 |  | 740 µF | Self-capacitance of earth [11]
10−3 | mF  | 6.8 mF | Small electric double layer supercapacitor.[3]
10−2 | cF  |  |
10−1 | dF  |  |
100 | F  | 1 F | Earth–ionosphere capacitance.[12]
1.5 F | Large aluminium electrolytic capacitor.[3]
101 | daF  |  |
102 | hF  |  |
103 | kF  | 5 kF | Large electric double layer supercapacitor.[3]

## SI multiples

SI multiples of farad (F)  Submultiples  |  | Multiples

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Value  | SI symbol  | Name  | Value  | SI symbol  | Name
10−1 F  | dF  | decifarad  | 101 F  | daF  | decafarad
10−2 F  | cF  | centifarad  | 102 F  | hF  | hectofarad
10−3 F  | mF  | millifarad  | 103 F  | kF  | kilofarad
10−6 F  | µF  | microfarad  | 106 F  | MF  | megafarad
10−9 F  | nF  | nanofarad  | 109 F  | GF  | gigafarad
10−12 F  | pF  | picofarad  | 1012 F  | TF  | terafarad
10−15 F  | fF  | femtofarad  | 1015 F  | PF  | petafarad
10−18 F  | aF  | attofarad  | 1018 F  | EF  | exafarad
10−21 F  | zF  | zeptofarad  | 1021 F  | ZF  | zettafarad
10−24 F  | yF  | yoctofarad  | 1024 F  | YF  | yottafarad

The farad is named after Michael Faraday. As with every SI unit named for a person, its symbol starts with an upper case letter (F), but when written in full it follows the rules for capitalisation of a common noun; i.e., "farad" becomes capitalised at the beginning of a sentence and in titles, but is otherwise in lower case.

## See also

* Capacitance
* Capacitor
* Types of capacitor
* Metric system
* Scientific notation

## References

1. ↑ Abraham, J.A. (2011-09-07). "CMOS Transistor Theory". Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. p. 13. http://www.cerc.utexas.edu/~jaa/vlsi/lectures/4-1.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
2. ↑ Wang, David Tawei (2005). "Modern DRAM Memory Systems: Performance Analysis and a High Performance, Power-Constrained DRAM Scheduling Algorithm". department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland. p. 11. http://www.ece.umd.edu/~blj/papers/thesis-PhD-wang--DRAM.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 digikey.com - Electronic Parts, Components and Suppliers | DigiKey, 2012-06-05
4. ↑ Clark, Sean. "IC Package Design's Effects on Signal Integrity" (PDF). Fairchild Semiconductor. p. 16. http://www.siongboon.com/projects/2005-09-07_home_pcb_fabrication/footprint/IC Package Design Effects on Signal Integrity.pdf. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
5. ↑ "AN-1205 Electrical Performance of Packages" (PDF). Texas Instruments. May 2004. p. 4. http://www.ti.com/lit/an/snoa405a/snoa405a.pdf. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
6. ↑ Jones, David. "EEVblog #568 - Solderless Breadboard Capacitance". EEVblog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIscUsnlM0. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
7. ↑ umanitoba.ca - Capacitive probe for ice detection and accretion rate measurement: proof of concept, 2010, p64
8. ↑ "Test Leads - Oscilloscope Probes". http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?FV=fff40023,fff80408,2dc117e,52c010f&k=test+probe&mnonly=0&newproducts=0&ColumnSort=785&page=1&stock=0&pbfree=0&rohs=0&quantity=&ptm=0&fid=0&pageSize=100. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
9. ↑ treadmillfactory.ca - Deluxe TPE Dual Tone Yoga & Pilates Mat Green -Yoga / Pilates, 2012-06-06
10. ↑ \- Dielectric characteristics of static shield for coil-end of gas-insulated transformer, 1992-06-..
11. ↑ Tipler, Paul; Mosca, Gene (2004). Physics for Scientists and Engineers (5th ed.). Macmillan. p. 752. ISBN 978-0-7167-0810-0.
12. ↑ Price, Colin (2010). "Seminar in Atmospheric Electricity". Department of Geophysics & Planetary Science, Telaviv University. http://www.tau.ac.il/~colin/courses/AtmosElec/Global Circuit.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-04.

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Orders of magnitude

Quantity|

* Acceleration
* Angular momentum
* Angular velocity
* Area
* Bit rate
* Capacitance
* Charge
* Computing
* Currency
* Current
* Data
* Density
* Energy / Energy density / Energy flow density
* Entropy
* Force
* Frequency
* Inductance
* Illuminance
* Length
* Luminance / Luminous flux
* Magnetic field
* Mass
* Molarity
* Momentum
* Numbers
* Power
* Pressure
* Probability
* Radiation
* Resistance
* Sound pressure
* Specific energy
* Specific heat capacity
* Speed
* Temperature
* Time
* Viscosity
* Voltage
* Volume

See also|

* Back-of-the-envelope calculation
* Fermi problem
* Powers of 10 and decades
* 10th
* 100th
* 1000000th
* Billionth
* Trillionth
* Metric (SI) prefix
* Macroscopic scale
* Microscopic scale
* Quantum realm

Related|

* Astronomical system of units
* Earth's location in the Universe
* "Cosmic View" (1957 essay)
* To the Moon and Beyond (1964 film)
* Cosmic Zoom (1968 film)
* Powers of Ten (1968 and 1977 films)
* Cosmic Voyage (1996 documentary)
* Cosmic Eye (2012)

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