Measuring the capacitance of capacitors with large losses

Conclusions The application range of the beating method and similar methods for measuring capacitances with large losses are limited by errors which are inherent in these methods and are due to the loss resistances affecting the measurement results (12).The effect of losses on the capacitance measurements is completely eliminated in measuring circuits with modulated parameters. The utilization of circuits with an external modulation serves to raise the sensitivity of capacitance measurements. The automation of these circuits makes them very promising for designing commercial instruments.Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 8, pp. 58–61, August, 1968.