Four metallic plates, each with a surface area of one side A, are placed at a distance d apart from each other. The two inner plates are connected to point A and the other two plates to another point A as shown in fig. Then the capacitance of the system is
The two condensers in the middle are connected together .i.e., the connected plates act as a single conductor. In this way, effectively there are two capacitors connected in
parallel. The capacity of each capacitor is given by
Net capacitance between A and B is given by