[SI-LIST] Capacitors at high frequency

Hi all,
I have a question about power (de)coupling and ac coupling capacitors;

Situation 1:
Thinking about capacitors at high frequency, According to what I've read,
the power supply (de)coupling discrete capacitors works until some hundred
of MHz. Above this, the inductance goes dominant and the power charge
capacity goes down.

Situation 2:
Now, thinking about this same discrete capacitor working as AC coupling on
1Gb/s or 3,125Gbp/s signals. I have done this in my projects (using 0402
capacitors) and no error have been reported at this signals.


Q1. What do you think about it ?

Q2. Why the dominant inductance is a problem in situation 1, and not for 2 ?

Thank you very much,
Álvaro Alkschbirs

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