What is fringing in capacitor?

In conductors having sharp ages,electric field lines bulge out non uniformly.

Let me be specific with a parallel plate capacitor.Herein at the ages of plates ,pattern of field lines is different from that within the dielectric.While inside dielectric they are straight,at corners they are bent.

EFFECT: Due to bending of field lines flux is not properly linked with second plate which leads to NET DECREASE in capacitance.

Akshay Bisht

[NIT Jalandhar]

India