Chris, It depends on a couple of factors. If you are going to bypass to both rails, it is hard to do better than X2Ys. If your image returns are only GND as is a good idea, then bypassing the reference to that plane takes care f the cavity issues. Steve At 01:48 PM 7/18/2005 -0400, Christopher R. Johnson wrote: >I have seen references that have Vref bypass capacitors to both VDD and >GND. Other references have capacitors only to GND. Is it really >necessary to have "balanced" capacitors on the Vref lines? Why? If the >"balanced" design is desirable, would an X2Y capacitor be a good choice, >since it is "2 capacitors in one"? > >Regards, > >Chris Johnson >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu