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What is the formula for charging a capacitor with constant current?

I read that the formula for calculating the time for a capacitor to charge with constant voltage is 5·τ = 5·(R·C) which is derived from the natural logarithm.

In another book I read that if you charged a capacitor with a constant current, the voltage would increase linear with time. Is this true, and if it is, what is the formula used for calculating this? Would a complete voltage charge be possible with a constant current?

Ryan Abbas
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