[SI-LIST] Re: Capacitor Arrays for clock AC coupling

  • From: steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SI-LIST" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:55:21 -0800

David,

My "donts'":

Don't line up those arrays in a big line.

Don't worry about tolerance between the caps.

Don't use NPO

Don't use a higher value than necessary.

Don't forget to think in terms of fields.

Good luck.

Steve.

At 01:43 PM 2/10/2006 +0000, David Greig wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>Apart from "don't do it!", would anyone care to share their experiences 
>(bad or otherwise) of using 2 capacitor arrays for
>differential clock coupling?
>The parts in mind are 0504 arrays, NP0 100p or X7R 10n, 10% tol. There are 
>no supporting S params or models from the
>manufacturers that I have contacted.
>
>Best Regards
>
>David Greig
>
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