Capacitor in a circuit with a voltage:
Capacitor in series with a battery:
Polarized capacitor in series with a battery:
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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (Februari, 2020) % http://texample.net/tikz/examples/tag/circuitikz/ % http://texample.net/tikz/examples/circuitikz/ % https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/CircuiTikz_package % http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/circuitikz/circuitikzmanual.pdf % http://repositorios.cpai.unb.br/ctan/graphics/pgf/contrib/circuitikz/circuitikzmanual.pdf \documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} % for \dfrac \usepackage{physics} \usepackage{tikz,pgfplots} \usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz} %[symbols] \usepackage{xcolor} \tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head \colorlet{Icol}{blue!50!black} \colorlet{Ccol}{orange!90!black} \colorlet{pluscol}{red!60!black} \colorlet{minuscol}{blue!60!black} %\tikzstyle{charged}=[top color=blue!20,bottom color=blue!40,shading angle=10] \tikzstyle{thick C}=[C,thick,color=Ccol,Ccol,l=$C$] \tikzstyle{mybattery}=[battery1,l=$\Delta V$,invert] \begin{document} % CAPACITOR without battery \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,2) to [short,*-] (3,2) to[thick C] (3,0) to [short,-*] (0,0); \node[below left] at (0,2) {$+$}; \node[above left] at (0,0) {$-$}; \node at (0,1) {$\Delta V$}; \end{tikzpicture} % CAPACITOR with battery \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) to[mybattery] (0,2) -- (3,2) to[thick C] (3,0) -- (0,0); \node at (-0.35,0.7) {$-$}; \node at (-0.35,1.4) {$+$}; \node at (3.3,0.65) {$-$}; \node at (3.3,1.45) {$+$}; \draw[->,Icol] (1.0,1.85) --++ (1,0) node[midway,left=1,below,scale=0.9] {$I$}; \end{tikzpicture} % POLARIZED CAPACITOR with battery \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) to[mybattery] (0,2) -- (3,2) (0,0) -- (3,0) to[polar capacitor,color=Ccol,thick,Ccol,l_=$C$] (3,2); %to[polar capacitor,color=Ccol,thick,l=$C$,reverse] (3,0) -- (0,0); \node at (-0.35,0.7) {$-$}; \node at (-0.35,1.4) {$+$}; \node at (3.3,0.55) {$-$}; \node at (3.3,1.45) {$+$}; %\node at (3.7,0.95) {$C$}; \draw[->,Icol] (1.0,1.85) --++ (1,0) node[midway,left=1,below,scale=0.9] {$I$}; \end{tikzpicture} % POLARIZED CAPACITOR with battery \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) to[polar capacitor,color=Ccol,thick,Ccol,l_=$C$] (0,2); \node at (0.3,0.55) {$-$}; \node at (0.3,1.45) {$+$}; \end{tikzpicture} % CAPACITORS in series \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,2) to [short,*-] (0.6,2) to[thick C,l=$C_1$] ++(1.5,0) to[thick C,l=$C_2$] ++(1.5,0) to[thick C,l=$C_3$] ++(1.5,0) %(6,2) to[C,color=Ccol,thick,l=$C_4$] -- ++(1.5,0) node[midway,fill=white,inner sep=5,scale=1.2] {$.\,.\,.$} -- (7,2) -- (7,0) to[short,-*] (0,0); \node at (0,1) {$\Delta V$}; \node[below left] at (0,2) {$+$}; \node[above left] at (0,0) {$-$}; \end{tikzpicture} % CAPACITORS in parallel \begin{tikzpicture} \node[fill=white,inner sep=5,scale=1.2] (ET) at (7.4,2) {$.\,.\,.$}; \node[fill=white,inner sep=5,scale=1.2] (EB) at (7.4,0) {$.\,.\,.$}; \node at (0,1) {$\Delta V$}; %\draw (0,0) to[battery1] (0,2) -- (2,2) to[C,color=Ccol,thick,l=$C_1$] (2,0) -- (0,0); \draw (0,2) to[short,*-] (2,2) to[thick C,l=$C_1$] (2,0) to[short,-*] (0,0); \draw (2,2) -- (4,2) to[thick C,l=$C_2$] (4,0) -- (2,0); \draw (4,2) -- (6,2) to[thick C,l=$C_3$] (6,0) -- (4,0); \draw (6,2) -- (ET.180); \draw (6,0) -- (EB.180); %\draw (6,2) -- (8,2) to[C,color=Ccol,thick,l=$C_4$] (8,0) -- (6,0); \node at (0,1) {$\Delta V$}; \node[below left] at (0,2) {$+$}; \node[above left] at (0,0) {$-$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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