Guys, I think you kinda missed the boat on this. What if you removed the dielectric?
Would there still be a capacitor or TL? Thinking that there can be no capacitor (or TL) without a dielectric, is like saying you can not have an inductor without a ferro-magnetic core within it. Of course you can remove the dielectric! ...and for all intents and purposes, we do. Air-capacitors, and vacuum capacitors have no dielectric. There is very little difference in terms of the dielectric constant in each (1.00059 vs. 1.00000 respectively). A dielectric constant of 1.00000 means no dielectric is present. Look at the Equation for capacitance: C = εrε0 * A/dwhere ε r is relative permittivity (introduced by a dielectric), ε 0 is vacuum permittivity, A is area between the plates, and d is the plate separation. In vacuo, ε r = 1. This means that C is a non-zero value even without a dielectric.The answer to the question then, is a resounding YES. .99
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