A novel transmission line bridge planar type circuit for surface mount device capacitance measurement in microwave frequency bands is proposed. The circuit possesses a symmetrical structure and can be used for even-odd mode analysis to obtain two-port scattering parameters in terms of physical parameters. The influences of various transmission line impedance values, electrical lengths and load capacitances on the scattering parameters are widely investigated. The analysed results are helpful for actual circuit design. One prototype circuit has been designed at 1 GHz, simulated by Microwave Office V2.66 and IE3D microwave simulators, and fabricated on FR-4 substrate. The simulated and experimental results show good agreement in the frequency of interest.