Please see the following link, page 8, of the PDF for the Micro/Q DIP, BGA, and PLCC/PGA capacitors. http://www.cci-msc.com/rigid/images/CCI%20PC%20board%20stiffeners.pdf Sincerely, Shawn Arnold International Product Design Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Cooke" <wcooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Michael_Greim@xxxxxxxx>; <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:03 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Decoupling capacitors > Hi Michael, > > I believe these were called "Micro/Q" capacitors, and were made by Circuit > Components Inc. I am not a "vintage engineer", but I read about these in > Howard Johnson's book "High-Speed Digital Design, a Handbook of Black > Magic". If you have this book, they are on page 289. > > Wayne Cooke > Signal Integrity Engineer, Innovance Networks > 19 Fairmont Ave, Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 1X4 > Tel: (613) 798-9293 > email: wcooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas C. Smith [mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 10:45 AM > To: Michael_Greim@xxxxxxxx > Cc: Alexander.Shapira@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Dieter > Eisenlohr > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Decoupling capacitors > > > > Hi Michael, > > I remember those capacitors. They were made by a company that also made > little bus bars that were used to carry power and ground around on two > layer boards. I don't remember the manufacturer, but if I do I will let > you know. I have copied this email to Dieter Eisenlohr. There is a good > chance he will know the answer. > > Doug > > Michael_Greim@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > On a non dissimilar tangent, I was generating > > a historical piece on the evolution of decoupling > > and ran into a memory hole that I was hoping > > that you could help me with. Back in the mid > > 80s when we still had dips with power pins on the > > corners, there was a flat capacitor that would > > fit under the chips and whose leads would fit into > > the same holes as the dip power pins, making contact. > > I used these all the time, but for the life of me > > can't remember what they were called. Does anyone > > remember this ancient technology and what it was > > called? Thanks for the help. Vintage engineers, > > where are you??? Any other interesting stories or > > technology from the dark ages would be much appre > > ciated. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 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 > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > ___ _ Doug Smith > \ / ) P.O. 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